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§ 40.2. Victim protection order--Victims not to be discouraged from pressing charges

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 22. Criminal Procedure

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 22. Criminal Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Prevention of Public Offenses
Victim of Rape, Forcible Sodomy or Domestic Abuse
22 Okl.St.Ann. § 40.2
§ 40.2. Victim protection order--Victims not to be discouraged from pressing charges
Currentness
A. A victim protection order for any victim of rape, forcible sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a deadly weapon shall be substantially similar to a protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act.1
B. A member of the immediate family of a victim of first-degree murder may seek a victim protection order against the following persons:
1. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted as the principal in the crime of murder in the first degree; or
2. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted of being an accessory to the crime of murder in the first degree.
A victim protection order for a member of the immediate family of a victim of first-degree murder shall be substantially similar to a protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act.
C. No peace officer shall discourage a victim of rape, forcible sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a deadly weapon from pressing charges against any assailant of the victim.

Credits

Laws 1982, c. 220, § 3; Laws 1993, c. 325, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2002, c. 466, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002; Laws 2015, c. 206, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 183, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

Footnotes

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Title 22, § 60 et seq.
22 Okl. St. Ann. § 40.2, OK ST T. 22 § 40.2
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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