1. A. Prosecutions for the crimes of bribery, embezzlement of public money, bonds, securities, assets or property of the state or any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof, or of any misappropriation of public money, bonds, securities, assets or property of the state or any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof, falsification of public records of the state or any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof, and conspiracy to defraud the State of Oklahoma or any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof in any manner or for any purpose shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the discovery of the crime; provided, however, prosecutions for the crimes of embezzlement or misappropriation of public money, bonds, securities, assets or property of any school district, including those relating to student activity funds, or the crime of falsification of public records of any independent school district, the crime of criminal conspiracy, or the crime of embezzlement, pursuant to Sections 1451 through 1462 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within five (5) years after the discovery of the crime. B. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any state income tax laws shall be commenced within five (5) years after the commission of such violation. C. 1. Prosecutions for the crime of rape or forcible sodomy, sodomy, lewd or indecent proposals or acts against children, involving minors in pornography pursuant to Section 886, 888, 1111, 1111.1, 1113, 1114, 1021.2, 1021.3 or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and child abuse pursuant to Section 7115 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the discovery of the crime. 2. However, prosecutions for the crimes listed in paragraph 1 of this subsection may be commenced at any time after the commission of the offense if: a. the victim notified law enforcement within seven (7) years after the discovery of the crime, b. physical evidence is collected and preserved that is capable of being tested to obtain a profile from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and c. the identity of the offender is subsequently established through the use of a DNA profile using evidence listed in subparagraph b of this paragraph. A prosecution under this exception must be commenced within three (3) years from the date on which the identity of the suspect is established by DNA testing. This paragraph shall have retroactive application to crimes committed prior to the effective date of this act. D. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any provision of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code shall be commenced within three (3) years after the commission of such offense. E. Prosecutions for the crime of criminal fraud or workers' compensation fraud pursuant to Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1662 or 1663 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall commence within three (3) years after the discovery of the crime, but in no event greater than seven (7) years after the commission of the crime. F. Prosecution for the crime of false or bogus check, Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1541.3 or 1541.4 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be commenced within five (5) years after the commission of such offense. G. In all other cases a prosecution for a public offense must be commenced within three (3) years after its commission. H. As used in paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section, "discovery" means the date that a physical or sexually related crime involving a victim under the age of eighteen (18) years of age is reported to a law enforcement agency, up to and including one (1) year from the eighteenth birthday of the child.

R.L. 1910, § 5625; Amended by Laws 1943, SB 79, p. 84, § 2, emerg. eff. April 12, 1943; Amended by Laws 1945, HB 22, p. 97, § 1, emerg. eff. February 1, 1945; Amended by Laws 1965, SB 245, c. 245, § 1, emerg. eff. June 16, 1965; Amended by Laws 1968, SB 748, c. 218, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 1968; Amended by Laws 1983, SB 182, c. 74, § 1, eff. November 1, 1983; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1368, c. 112, § 5, eff. November 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1939, c. 218, § 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 1986; Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1514, c. 348, § 14, eff. November 1, 1989; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 450, c. 308, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1619, c. 182, § 64, eff. September 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1994, 2nd Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff. November 4, 1994; Amended by Laws 2000, HB 1881, c. 245, § 3, eff. November 1, 2000 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 451, c. 18, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2002, HB 2790, c. 475, § 3 (superseded document available).