Oklahoma § 57-599.1 - Access to registries - Policies, procedures, forms and

§ 57-599.1. Access to registries - Policies, procedures, forms and

data.

A. All persons, businesses and organizations in this state

shall have access to search and identify individual names contained

in the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent

Crime Offenders Registry for purposes of verifying a person’s

suitability for employment, volunteering, and for screening persons

at risk of potential harm to children who may work with or provide

services to children by utilizing one or more of the following

methods:

1. A person may contact the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation, complete a form and pay the required fees for a name

search of both the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy

Violent Crime Offenders Registry and, if desired, search other

criminal history records pertaining to the person upon payment of

the required fees;

2. A person may conduct a free self-initiated search of both

the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime

Offenders Registry using a computer-Internet link to connect to a

state-agency-controlled database containing the names of all persons

currently registered on the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the

Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registry; or

3. A person may contact either their local law enforcement

agency or the Department of Corrections, complete the form and pay

the required fees for a name search of both the Oklahoma Sex

Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders

Registry.

B. The Department of Corrections shall develop the necessary

policies, procedures, forms and data access to make the provisions

of this section effective statewide and may publish web sites or

other information to assist the public in learning where and how to

conduct a name search of the two registries authorized in this

section. The information provided in a name search shall include

the searched person’s full name, any alias names, the crime which

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories

requires registration, and whether the person is deemed a habitual

or aggravated offender. In addition, information may be provided in

the name search concerning the date and place of the offense, the

sentence disposition, a photograph of the registered person, and

other pertinent information including the current residence

location. There shall be no liability to any governmental agency

for the release or publication of any information maintained on the

Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime

Offenders Registry under this section authorizing public access to a

name search for purposes of risk of potential harm to a child by a

caregiver or for suitability for employment.

Added by Laws 2008, c. 162, § 5, eff. July 1, 2008.