Litigation seeks to terminate Oklahoma's practice of marking certain driver’s licenses and state identification cards with the prominent label of “SEX OFFENDER.”
A lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District of Oklahoma to challenge the state's practice of labeling the driver’s licenses and state identification cards of registered individuals with the conspicuous designation of “SEX OFFENDER.”
A civil complaint was jointly filed by the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) attorney Larry King, Esq., and a collaborating attorney from Oklahoma in federal court on June 23, 2025. The plaintiffs include NARSOL, OK Voices, Inc., and three individual plaintiffs representing the class action, which impacts over 6,500 registrants in the state.
"Our complaint contends that the state has infringed upon the First Amendment by compelling registrants to display a government-mandated message without employing the least restrictive means to achieve this objective," stated King. "The label permanently stigmatizes registrants as a threat to public safety on their identification documents."
The complaint requests that the Court issue a declaratory judgment declaring the law unconstitutional both on its face and as applied to the plaintiffs, as well as an injunction prohibiting the defendants from enforcing the provisions of 47 O.S. § 6-111(E). Litigation of this nature is typically protracted and complex. NARSOL will keep its supporters and the media informed as developments occur.
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