Oklahoma SB1596 extends the time limits for commencing certain criminal prosecutions.
Oklahoma SB1596 amends the statute of limitations for various criminal offenses. It extends the time for commencing prosecutions for crimes such as accessory after the fact, arson, and crimes involving deadly weapons to seven years after the crime's commission. For crimes against children, the prosecution window extends to the victim's forty-fifth birthday. The bill also allows for prosecution of certain crimes up to twenty years after commission if the victim was eighteen or older at the time of the crime.
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