Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-838 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-838
Intimidating employers
Status: in_force

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Every person who, by use of force, threats or intimidation,

prevents or endeavors to prevent another from employing any person,

or to compel another to employ any person, or to force or induce

another to alter his or her mode of carrying on business, to

interrupt or disrupt the carrying on of business or to limit or

increase the number of his hired foremen, journeymen, apprentices,

workmen, laborers, servants or other persons employed by him, or

their rate of wages or time of service, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

R.L. 1910, § 2397. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 357, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2019.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1781 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1781
Letters, opening and reading - Publishing letters
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully opens or reads, or causes to be read,

any sealed letter not addressed to himself, without being authorized

so to do, either by the writer of such letter or by the person to

whom it is addressed, and every person who without like authority

publishes any letter, knowing it to have been opened in violation of

this section or any part thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1705v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1705v1
Grand larceny a felony
Status: in_force

Grand larceny is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the

custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding five (5)

years, a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by

both such fine and imprisonment if the value of the property is One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more and if the value of the

property is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) punishable by

incarceration in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or

by incarceration in the county jail one or more nights or weekends

pursuant to Section 991a-2 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, at

the option of the court, a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. The defendant

shall also be ordered to provide restitution to the victim as

provided in Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

R.L. 1910, § 2656. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 147, § 6, eff. Sept. 1,

1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 390, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st

Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 282, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2016, c. 221, § 17,

eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 390 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.5 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1290.5
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 21-1290.5v1 (HB 1630, Laws 2021, c. 146, § 5).

OS 21-1290.5v2 (SB 1291, Laws 2024, c. 28, § 1).
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-404 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-404
Hearing - Judgment of forfeiture - Sale of properties or
Status: in_force

assets.

The court having jurisdiction of the monies, funds, properties

or assets so seized upon conviction of the person, firm, or

corporation charged, shall, without a jury, order an immediate

hearing as to whether the monies, funds, properties or assets so

seized were being used for unlawful purposes, and take such legal

evidences as are offered on each behalf and determine the same as in

civil cases. Should the court find from a preponderance of the

testimony that the monies, funds, properties or assets so seized

were being used for the violation of the bribery laws of the State

of Oklahoma, it shall render judgment accordingly and declare said

monies, funds, properties or assets forfeited to the State of

Oklahoma. Thereupon, said properties or assets shall, under the

order of said court, be sold by the officer having the same in

charge, after ten (10) days' notice published in a daily newspaper

of the county wherein said sale is to take place, or if no daily

newspaper is published in said county, then by posting five notices

in conspicuous places in the city or town wherein such sale is to be

made; and if the same is money or a fund, or of such nature as being

negotiable and sale unnecessary, then such money, fund or negotiable

property shall be held by the officer having charge of same, until

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disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this act. All

sales of property and assets hereunder shall be for cash.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1699.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1699.1
Punishment
Status: in_force

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A. Every person who is guilty of a Class B5 felony offense

under any of the provisions of Sections 1694, 1695, 1696 and 1697 of

this title shall be punished by imprisonment in the State

Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10)

years, or a fine not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor

more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such

fine and imprisonment.

B. Every person who upon conviction is guilty of any of the

provisions of Section 1698 of this title shall be punished by

imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or

shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-649.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-649.3
Harming, mistreating or killing service animal – Willful interference with service animal’s
Status: in_force

performance - Permitting animal to fight, injure or kill service animal – Penalties – Exemption frominterference with service animal’s performance - Permitting animal

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to fight, injure or kill service animal – Penalties – Exemption from

registration or license fees.

A. No person shall willfully harm, including torture, torment,

beat, mutilate, injure, disable, or otherwise mistreat or kill a

service animal that is used for the benefit of any handicapped

person in the state.

B. No person including, but not limited to, any municipality or

political subdivision of the state, shall willfully interfere with

the lawful performance of any service animal used for the benefit of

any handicapped person in the state.

C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, any

person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this section

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by the imposition of a

fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by

imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by

both such fine and imprisonment.

D. Any person who knowingly and willfully and without lawful

cause or justification violates the provisions of this section,

during the commission of a misdemeanor or felony, shall be guilty of

a Class B6 felony offense, punishable by the imposition of a fine

not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment

in the Department of Corrections not exceeding two (2) years, or by

both such fine and imprisonment.

E. Any person who encourages, permits or allows an animal owned

or kept by such person to fight, injure, disable or kill a service

animal used for the benefit of any handicapped person in this state,

or to interfere with a service animal in any place where the service

animal resides or is performing, shall, upon conviction, be guilty

of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in subsection C of this

section. In addition to the penalty imposed, the court shall order

the violator to make restitution to the owner of the service animal

for actual costs and expenses incurred as a direct result of any

injury, disability or death caused to the service animal, including

but not limited to costs of replacing and training any new service

animal when a service animal is killed, disabled or unable to

perform due to injury. For purpose of this subsection, when a

person informs the owner of an animal that the animal is a threat

and requests the owner to control or contain the animal and the

owner disregards the request, the owner shall be deemed to have

encouraged, permitted or allowed any resulting injury to or

interference with a service animal.

F. Notwithstanding any ordinance in effect as of the effective

date of this act, no municipality or political subdivision of the

state, or any official thereof, may enact or enforce any ordinance

or rule that requires any registration or licensing fee for any

service animal as defined in this section that is used for the

purpose of guiding or assisting a disabled person who has a sensory,

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mental, or physical impairment. Any official violating the

provisions of this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

punishable by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

G. As used in this section, “service animal” means an animal

that is trained for the purpose of guiding or assisting a disabled

person who has a sensory, mental, or physical impairment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.11 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.11
Prosecution, conviction or adjudication not required -
Status: in_force

Proof of conviction or copy of adjudication order - Suspension of

proceedings.

An award may be made whether or not any person is prosecuted or,

convicted as an adult offender or adjudicated a delinquent child.

Proof of conviction of a person whose acts give rise to a claim or a

copy of the adjudication order for a delinquent child whose acts

give rise to a claim is conclusive evidence that the crime was

committed, unless an application for rehearing, an appeal of the

conviction, certiorari or adjudication is pending, or a rehearing or

new trial has been ordered. The Board may suspend the proceedings

pending disposition of a criminal prosecution or delinquent child

adjudication that has been commenced or is imminent, but may make a

tentative award under Section 143.13 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.28 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.28
Definitions - Illegal transfer of a firearm
Status: in_force

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A. For purposes of this section:

1. “Licensed dealer” means a person who is licensed pursuant to

18 U.S.C., Section 923 and pursuant to any laws of this state and

engages in the business of dealing in firearms;

2. “Private seller” means a person who sells or offers for sale

any firearm, as defined by the laws of this state, or ammunition;

3. “Ammunition” means any cartridge, shell, or projectile

designed for use in a firearm; and

4. “Materially false information” means information that

portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as

illegal.

B. Any person, who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages or

entices a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or

ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances

which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or the

United States is guilty of a felony.

C. Any person who provides to a licensed dealer or private

seller of firearms or ammunition what the person knows to be

materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or

seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm or ammunition

is guilty of a felony.

D. Any person who willfully procures another to engage in

conduct prohibited by this section shall be held accountable as a

principal.

E. This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer

acting in his or her official capacity or to a person acting at the

direction of such law enforcement officer.

F. A violation of this section is punishable by a fine not to

exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), a term of imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed five (5)

years, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-792 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-792
Force or fear - How employed
Status: in_force

To constitute robbery, the force or fear must be employed either

to obtain or retain possession of the property, or to prevent or

overcome resistance to the taking.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-733 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-733
Justifiable homicide by any person
Status: in_force

A. Homicide is also justifiable when committed by any person in

any of the following cases:

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1. When resisting any attempt to murder such person, or to

commit any felony upon him, or upon or in any dwelling house in

which such person is;

2. When committed in the lawful defense of such person or of

another, when the person using force reasonably believes such force

is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or

herself or another or to terminate or prevent the commission of a

forcible felony; or

3. When necessarily committed in attempting, by lawful ways and

means, to apprehend any person for any felony committed; or in

lawfully suppressing any riot; or in lawfully keeping and preserving

the peace.

B. As used in this section, "forcible felony" means any felony

which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence

against any person.

R.L. 1910, § 2334. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 391, § 1, emerg. eff.

June 3, 2014.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1320.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1320.3
Unlawful assembly
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful and shall constitute an unlawful assembly,

a Class B5 felony offense, for a person to assemble or act in

concert with four (4) or more persons for the purpose of engaging in

conduct constituting the crime of riot, or to remain at the scene of

a riot after being instructed to disperse by law authorities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.9 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.9
Waiver of physician-patient privilege - Mental or
Status: in_force

physical examination – Reports - Advisory panel - Limiting

compensation for treatment - Debt collection.

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A. Any person filing a claim under the provisions of Section

142.1 et seq. of this title shall be deemed to have waived any

physician-patient privilege as to communications or records relevant

to an issue of the physical, mental or emotional conditions of the

claimant.

B. If the mental, physical or emotional condition of a claimant

is material to a claim, the Crime Victims Compensation Board upon

good cause shown may order the claimant to submit to a mental or

physical examination. The examination report shall set out the

findings of the person making the report, including results of all

tests made, diagnoses, prognoses and other conclusions and reports

of earlier examinations of the same conditions.

C. The Board shall furnish a copy of the examination report.

If the victim is deceased, the Board, on request, shall furnish a

copy of the report to the claimant.

D. The Board may require the claimant to supply any additional

medical or psychological reports available relating to the injury or

death for which compensation is claimed.

E. In certain cases wherein mental health expenses are being

claimed, the Board and Administrator of the Crime Victims

Compensation Board may request assistance from a panel of

professionals in the mental health field. The panel of

professionals may only act in an advisory capacity to the Board.

F. The Board shall have the authority to set limits of

compensation on any medical or mental health treatment, and require

that providers of medical or mental health treatment be licensed

prior to compensating for said treatment. Awards for all medical

services shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the total cost of

the service less any other reduction for contributory conduct, as

determined by the Board. Any medical provider that receives payment

from the Crime Victims Compensation Revolving Fund for medical,

dental or psychological services, or any provider that supplies

equipment pursuant to an award under the Oklahoma Crime Victims

Compensation Act shall, as a condition of the receipt of such

payment, accept such payment as discharging in full any and all

obligations of the claimant to pay, reimburse or compensate the

provider for medical services, supplies or equipment that have been

reimbursed pursuant to the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Act.

In the event the claimant has paid for a medical service, the

claimant will be reimbursed for the out-of-pocket loss, less any

reductions for contributory conduct, as determined by the Board.

G. All records and information given to the Board to process a

claim on behalf of a crime victim shall be confidential. Such

exhibits, medical records, psychological records, counseling

records, work records, criminal investigation records, criminal

court case records, witness statements, telephone records, and other

records of any type or nature whatsoever gathered for the purpose of

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evaluating whether to compensate a victim shall not be obtainable by

any party to any civil or criminal action through any discovery

process except:

1. In the event of an appeal under the Administrative

Procedures Act from a decision of the Board and then only to the

extent narrowly and necessarily to obtain court review; or

2. Upon a strict showing to the court in a separate civil or

criminal action that particular information or documents are not

obtainable after diligent effort from any independent source, and

are known to exist otherwise only in Board records, the court may

inspect in camera such records to determine whether the specific

requested information exists. If the court determines the specific

information sought exists in the Board's records, the documents may

then be released only by court order if the court finds as part of

its order that the documents will not pose any threat to the safety

of the victim or any other person whose identity may appear in the

Board's records.

H. When a person files a claim, all providers that have been

given notice of a pending claim shall refrain from all debt

collection activities relating to medical treatment or other

services received by the person in connection with such claim until

an award is made on the claim or until a claim is determined to be

noncompensable pursuant to the provisions of this act. The statute

of limitations for collection of such debt shall be tolled during

the period in which the applicable health care provider or other

service provider is required to refrain from debt collection

activities under this subsection. For the purposes of this

subsection, "debt collection activities" means repeatedly calling or

writing to the claimant and threatening either to turn the matter

over to a debt collection agency or to an attorney for collection,

enforcement, or filing of other process. The term shall not include

routine billing about the status of the claim.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1771 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1771
Injuring fruit, melons or flowers in the day time
Status: in_force

Every person who maliciously or mischievously enters in the day

time, the enclosure, or goes upon the premises of another, with the

intent to knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away, or having

lawfully entered or gone upon does afterward wrongfully knock off,

pick, destroy, or carry away any apples, peaches, pears, plums,

grapes, or other fruit, melons, or flowers of any tree, shrub, bush,

or vine, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Hundred

Dollars ($100.00) and not less than Five Dollars ($5.00), or by

imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1305 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1305
County Attorney - Sheriff - Duties under act
Status: in_force

It is hereby made the duty of the district attorney and sheriff

and peace officers of each county of this state to diligently

prosecute any violations of this act; and failure or neglect to

diligently prosecute any violations of this act shall be a cause for

removal from office, and shall disqualify such officer from holding

any office of profit or trust within the State of Oklahoma, and it

shall be the duty of the Attorney General to file information and

complaint against any peace officer, district attorney or sheriff

who shall fail or neglect to diligently prosecute all violations of

this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-748v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-748v1
Human trafficking for forced labor or forced sexual
Status: in_force

exploitation.

A. As used in Sections 748 and 748.2 of this title:

1. "Coercion" means compelling, forcing or intimidating a

person to act by:

a. threats of harm or physical restraint against any

person,

b. any act, scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a

person to believe that performing, or failing to

perform, an act would result in serious physical,

financial, or emotional harm or distress to or

physical restraint against any person,

c. the abuse or threatened abuse of the law or legal

process,

d. knowingly destroying, concealing, removing,

confiscating or possessing any actual or purported

passport, labor or immigration document, or other

government identification document, including but not

limited to a driver license or birth certificate, of

another person,

e. facilitating or controlling a person's access to any

addictive or controlled substance other than for legal

medical purposes,

f. blackmail,

g. demanding or claiming money, goods, or any other thing

of value from or on behalf of a prostituted person

where such demand or claim arises from or is directly

related to the act of prostitution,

h. determining, dictating or setting the times at which

another person will be available to engage in an act

of prostitution with a third party,

i. determining, dictating or setting the places at which

another person will be available for solicitation of,

or to engage in, an act of prostitution with a third

party, or

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j. determining, dictating or setting the places at which

another person will reside for purposes of making such

person available to engage in an act of prostitution

with a third party;

2. "Commercial sex" means any form of commercial sexual

activity such as sexually explicit performances, prostitution,

participation in the production of pornography, performance in a

strip club, or exotic dancing or display;

3. "Debt bondage" means the status or condition of a debtor

arising from a pledge by the debtor of his or her personal services

or of those of a person under his or her control as a security for

debt if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is not

applied toward the liquidation of the debt or the length and nature

of those services are not respectively limited and defined;

4. "Human trafficking" means modern-day slavery that includes,

but is not limited to, extreme exploitation and the denial of

freedom or liberty of an individual for purposes of deriving benefit

from that individual's commercial sex act or labor;

5. "Human trafficking for labor" means:

a. recruiting, enticing, harboring, maintaining,

transporting, providing or obtaining, by any means,

another person through deception, force, fraud, threat

or coercion or for purposes of engaging the person in

labor, or

b. benefiting, financially or by receiving anything of

value, from participation in a venture that has

engaged in an act of trafficking for labor;

6. "Human trafficking for commercial sex" means:

a. recruiting, enticing, harboring, maintaining,

transporting, providing or obtaining, by any means,

another person through deception, force, fraud, threat

or coercion for purposes of engaging the person in a

commercial sex act,

b. recruiting, enticing, harboring, maintaining,

transporting, providing, purchasing or obtaining, by

any means, a minor for purposes of engaging the minor

in a commercial sex act, or

c. benefiting, financially or by receiving anything of

value, from participating in a venture that has

engaged in an act of trafficking for commercial sex;

7. "Legal process" means the criminal law, the civil law, or

the regulatory system of the federal government, any state,

territory, district, commonwealth, or trust territory therein, and

any foreign government or subdivision thereof and includes legal

civil actions, criminal actions, and regulatory petitions or

applications;

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8. "Minor" means an individual under eighteen (18) years of

age; and

9. "Victim" means a person against whom a violation of any

provision of this section has been committed.

B. It shall be unlawful to knowingly engage in human

trafficking.

C. 1. Any person violating the provisions of this section

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term of not less than five (5) years or for life, or by a fine of

not more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or by both

such fine and imprisonment.

2. Any person violating the provisions of this section where

the victim of the offense is under eighteen (18) years of age at the

time of the offense shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony

punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of

Corrections for a term of not less than ten (10) years, for life, or

for life without parole, or by a fine of not more than Two Hundred

Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

3. The court shall also order the defendant to pay restitution

to the victim as provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. In addition, the court shall require the

defendant to pay for a psychological evaluation to determine the

extent of counseling necessary for the human trafficking victim and

any necessary psychological counseling deemed necessary to

rehabilitate the victim. Such evaluations and counseling may be

performed by psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed professional

counselors, or social workers.

4. If the person is convicted of human trafficking, the person

shall serve eighty-five percent (85%) of the sentence before being

eligible for parole consideration or any earned credits. The terms

of imprisonment specified in this subsection shall not be subject to

statutory provisions for suspension, deferral or probation, or state

correctional institution earned credits accruing from and after

November 1, 1989, except for the achievement earned credits

authorized by subsection H of Section 138 of Title 57 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. To qualify for such achievement earned credits,

such inmates must also be in compliance with the standards for Class

level 2 behavior, as defined in subsection D of Section 138 of Title

57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for a criminal,

youthful offender, or delinquent offense that, during the time of

the alleged commission of the offense, the defendant or alleged

youthful offender or delinquent was a victim of human trafficking.

E. The consent of a victim to the activity prohibited by this

section shall not constitute a defense.

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F. Lack of knowledge of the age of the victim shall not

constitute a defense to the activity prohibited by this section with

respect to human trafficking of a minor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1843 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1843
Violations - Punishment
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of Section 1 of this act,

shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than Fifty Dollars

($50.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or

imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1)

year, or both, for each offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-587 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-587
False certificate by public officer
Status: in_force

Every public officer who, being authorized by law to make or

give any certificate or other writing, knowingly makes and delivers

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as true any such certificate or writing containing any statement

which he knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1021.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1021.4
Disclosure of obscene materials containing minors
Status: in_force

A. Any commercial film and photographic print processor or

commercial computer technician who has knowledge of or observes,

within the scope of such person's professional capacity or

employment, any film, photograph, video tape, negative, or slide, or

any computer file, recording, CD-Rom, magnetic disk memory, magnetic

tape memory, picture, graphic or image that is intentionally saved,

transmitted or organized on hardware or any other media including,

but not limited to, CDs, DVDs and thumbdrives, whether digital,

analog or other means and whether directly viewable, compressed or

encoded depicting a child under the age of eighteen (18) years

engaged in an act of sexual conduct as defined in Section 1024.1 of

this title shall immediately or as soon as possible report by

telephone such instance of suspected child abuse or child sexual

abuse material to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction

over the case and shall prepare and send a written report of the

incident with an attached copy of such material, within thirty-six

(36) hours after receiving the information concerning the incident.

For the purposes of this section:

1. "Commercial film and photographic print processor" means any

person who develops exposed photographic film into negatives,

slides, or prints, or who makes prints from negatives or slides, for

compensation. The term shall also include any employee of such a

person but shall not include a person who develops film or makes

prints for a public agency; and

2. "Commercial computer technician" means any person who

repairs, installs, or otherwise services any computer including, but

not limited to, any component part, device, memory storage or

recording mechanism, auxiliary storage, recording or memory

capacity, or any other materials relating to operation and

maintenance of a computer or computer network or system, for

compensation. The term shall also include any employee of such

person.

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B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section, upon

conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished

by the imposition of a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one

(1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or

authorize any person to act outside the scope of such person's

professional capacity or employment by searching for prohibited

materials or media.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-913 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-913
Compelling form of belief
Status: in_force

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Any willful attempt, by means of threats or violence to compel

any person to adopt, practice or profess any particular form of

religious belief, is a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.2
Legislative findings for Firearms Act
Status: in_force

LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS FOR FIREARMS ACT

The Legislature finds as a matter of public policy and fact that

it is necessary for the safe and lawful use of firearms to curb and

prevent crime wherein weapons are used by enacting legislation

having the purpose of controlling the use of firearms, and of

prevention of their use, without unnecessarily denying their lawful

use in defense of life, home and property, and their use by the

United States or state military organizations and as may otherwise

be provided by law, including their use and transportation for

lawful purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-642 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-642
Battery defined
Status: in_force

A battery is any willful and unlawful use of force or violence

upon the person of another.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1320.5 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1320.5
Penalty for unlawful assembly
Status: in_force

Any person guilty of the crime, as set forth in Section 1320.3

of this title, shall be deemed guilty of a Class B5 felony offense,

punishable by not more than five (5) years in prison, or a fine of

not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1168.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1168.3
Display of open burial ground, furniture or skeletal
Status: in_force

remains for profit or commercial enterprise.

Anyone who knowingly displays an open burial ground, burial

furniture or human skeletal remains previously buried in Oklahoma

for profit or to aid and abet a commercial enterprise shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and each day of display shall be a separate

offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1627 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1627
False or bogus order directing payment of money
Status: in_force

Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud, shall obtain

or attempt to obtain from any person any labor or personal services,

or the postponement of actual payment due for labor or personal

services theretofore performed, by means or use of any false or

bogus written, printed or engraved order directing the payment of

money, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof

shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than

six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

The term "false or bogus written, printed or engraved order

directing the payment of money," in addition to its common meaning,

also shall include any check, draft or order on any bank or trust

company which is not honored on presentation on account of

insufficient funds to the credit of the maker or drawer thereof with

which to pay same. The word "credit," as used herein, shall mean

any arrangement or understanding with a bank or trust company for

the payment by it of any check, draft or money payment order.

As against the maker or drawer of any false or bogus written,

printed or engraved order directing the payment of money, and as

against any officer or employee of the maker or drawer thereof, who

shall authorize or direct the making, drawing, uttering or

delivering, or who shall make, draw, utter or deliver any such false

or bogus written, printed or engraved order directing the payment of

money, to obtain or to attempt to obtain from any person any labor

or personal services, or the postponement of actual payment due for

labor or personal services, the fact of dishonor or refusal to pay

the amount of money specified in said false or bogus order shall be

prima facie evidence of intent to cheat or defraud, and of knowledge

of insufficient funds to the credit of the maker or drawer, with the

drawer specified therein, to pay the same; provided, said fact shall

not constitute prima facie evidence as above set forth if the maker

or drawer shall pay the amount of such false or bogus order,

together with protest fees, within five (5) days from the date the

same shall have been presented to the drawer for payment; and

provided further, that said fact shall not constitute prima facie

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 758

evidence as above set forth unless the said false or bogus order be

presented to the drawer within thirty (30) days after the same shall

have been uttered or delivered.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1320.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1320.4
Penalty for riot or incitement to riot
Status: in_force

Any person guilty of the crime, as set forth in Section 1320.2

of this title, shall be deemed guilty of a Class B4 felony offense,

punishable by not more than ten (10) years in prison, or a fine of

not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.11 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1040.11
Short title - Oklahoma Law on Obscenity and Child
Status: in_force

Sexual Abuse Material.

Sections 1021 through 1040.77 of this title shall be known as

the "Oklahoma Law on Obscenity and Child Sexual Abuse Material" and

may be referred to by that designation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1723 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1723
Larceny from the house
Status: in_force

Any person entering and stealing any money or other thing of

value from any house, railroad car, tent, booth or temporary

building shall be guilty of larceny from the house. Larceny from

the house is a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20N of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550
Person committing felony in possession or control of
Status: in_force

firearm with removed, defaced, etc. serial number.

A. Any person who, while in the commission or attempted

commission of a felony, has in his possession or under his control a

firearm, the factory serial number or identification number of which

has been removed, defaced, altered, obliterated or mutilated in any

manner, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a fine of not less

than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand

Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Any person who removes, defaces, alters, obliterates or

mutilates in any manner the factory serial number or identification

number of a firearm, or in any manner participates therein, upon

conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by

imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed one (1) year, or

by a fine of not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by

both such fine and imprisonment.

C. 1. Upon a conviction of a violation of this section, the

court clerk, sheriff, peace officer or other person having custody

of the firearm shall immediately deliver the firearm to the

Commissioner of Public Safety, who shall preserve the firearm

pending an order of the court.

2. At the conclusion of a trial or proceeding for a violation

of this section, if a finding is made that the factory serial number

or identification number of the firearm has been removed, defaced,

altered, obliterated or mutilated, the court shall issue a written

order to the Commissioner of Public Safety for destruction of the

firearm, unless the defendant files a timely motion to preserve the

firearm pending appeal. At the conclusion of the appeal, if a

finding is made that the factory serial number or identification

number of the firearm has been removed, defaced, altered,

obliterated or mutilated, the Court of Criminal Appeals or the trial

court shall issue a written order to the Commissioner for

destruction of the firearm.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 725
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1714 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1714
Fraudulent consumption of gas
Status: in_force

Every person who, with intent to defraud, makes or causes to be

made, any pipe or other instrument or contrivance, and connects the

same, or causes it to be connected, with any pipe laid for

conducting illuminating gas, so as to conduct gas to a point where

the same may be consumed without its passing through the meter

providing for registering the quantity consumed, or in any other

manner so as to evade paying therefor, and every person who with

like intent injures or alters any gas meter, or obstructs its

action, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-42 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-42
Attempts to commit crimes - Punishment
Status: in_force

Every person who attempts to commit any crime, and in such

attempt does any act toward the commission of such crime, but fails,

or is prevented or intercepted in the perpetration thereof, is

punishable, where no provision is made by law for the punishment of

such attempt, as follows:

1. If the offense so attempted be punishable by imprisonment in

the penitentiary for four (4) years or more, or by imprisonment in a

county jail, the person guilty of such attempt is punishable by

imprisonment in the penitentiary, or in a county jail, as the case

may be, for a term not exceeding one-half (1/2) the longest term of

imprisonment prescribed upon a conviction for the offense so

attempted.

2. If the offense so attempted be punishable by imprisonment in

the penitentiary for any time less than four (4) years, the person

guilty of such attempt is punishable by imprisonment in a county

jail for not more than one (1) year.

3. If the offense so attempted be punishable by a fine, the

offender convicted of such attempt is punishable by a fine not

exceeding one-half (1/2) the largest fine which may be imposed upon

a conviction of the offense so attempted.

4. If the offense so attempted be punishable by imprisonment

and by a fine, the offender convicted of such attempt may be

punished by both imprisonment and fine, not exceeding one-half (1/2)

the longest term of imprisonment and the fine not exceeding one-half

(1/2) the largest fine which may be imposed upon a conviction for

the offense so attempted.

R.L. 1910, § 2803. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 21, eff. July 1,

1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 10, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 21 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.12 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.12
Giving firearms to convicted persons
Status: in_force

GIVING FIREARMS TO CONVICTED PERSONS

It shall be unlawful for any person within this state to

knowingly sell, trade, give, transmit or otherwise cause the

transfer of rifles, shotguns or pistols to any convicted felon or an

adjudicated delinquent, and it shall be unlawful for any person

within this state to knowingly sell, trade, give, transmit or

otherwise cause the transfer of any shotgun, rifle or pistol to any

individual who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs or is

mentally or emotionally unbalanced or disturbed. All persons who

engage in selling, trading or otherwise transferring firearms will

display this section prominently in full view at or near the point

of normal firearms sale, trade or transfer. Any person convicted of

violating the provisions of this section shall be punished as

provided in Section 1289.15 of this title.

Any person convicted of a violation of this section after having

been issued a handgun license pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense

Act shall have the license suspended for six (6) months and shall be

liable for an administrative fine of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), upon a

hearing and determination by the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation that the person is in violation of the provisions of

this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.11 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.11
Reckless conduct
Status: in_force

RECKLESS CONDUCT

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in reckless

conduct while having in his or her possession any shotgun, rifle or

pistol, such actions consisting of creating a situation of

unreasonable risk and probability of death or great bodily harm to

another, and demonstrating a conscious disregard for the safety of

another person. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of

this section shall be punished as provided in Section 1289.15 of

this title.

Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this

section after having been issued a handgun license pursuant to the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 598

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall have the license revoked and shall

be subject to an administrative fine of One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), upon a hearing and determination by the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation that the person is in violation of the

provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1785 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1785
Works of literature or art in public place, injuring
Status: in_force

Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, disfigures, soils,

obliterates, breaks or destroys any book, map, chart, picture,

engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, specimen or other work of

literature or art, or object of curiosity deposited in any public

library, gallery, museum, collection, fair or exhibition shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20P of this title.

R.L. 1910, § 2790. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 419, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 305, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1060 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1060
Insuring lottery tickets
Status: in_force

Every person who insures or receives any consideration for

insuring for or against the drawing of any ticket, share, or

interest in any lottery, or for or against the drawing of any

number, or ticket, or number of any ticket in any lottery; and every

person who receives any valuable consideration upon any agreement to

pay any sum, or to deliver any property or thing in action in the

event that any ticket, share, or interest in any lottery, or any

number, or ticket, or number of any ticket in any lottery shall

prove fortunate or unfortunate, or shall be drawn or not drawn on

any particular day or in any particular order; and every person who

promises, agrees, or offers to pay any sum of money or to deliver

any property or thing in action, or to do, or forbear to do anything

for the benefit of any other person, with or without consideration,

upon any event whatever connected with any lottery, is guilty of a

misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-701.8 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-701.8
Murder in the second degree
Status: in_force

Homicide, a Class A1 felony offense, is murder in the second

degree in the following cases:

1. When perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to another

person and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life,

although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any

particular individual; or

2. When perpetrated by a person engaged in the commission of

any felony other than the unlawful acts set out in Section 1,

subsection B, of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1024.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1024.3
Seizure of evidentiary copy of obscene material or all
Status: in_force

copies of child sexual abuse material.

Every person who is authorized or enjoined to arrest any person

for a violation of this act is equally authorized or enjoined to

seize an evidentiary copy of any obscene material or child sexual

abuse material or all copies of explicit child sexual abuse material

found in the possession of or under the control of the person so

arrested and to deliver the obscene material or child sexual abuse

material to the magistrate before whom the person so arrested is

required to be taken.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1268.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1268.4
Hoax - Penalty
Status: in_force

A. Terrorism hoax is a felony.

B. A person convicted of terrorism hoax shall be guilty of a

Class B4 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the

State Penitentiary for a term of not more than ten (10) years. In

addition to any punishment imposed for the act of terrorism hoax,

the person shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim and to

reimburse the cost of any emergency personnel, equipment, supplies,

and other expenses incurred by the state and any political

subdivision as a result of responding to such act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-334 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-334
Compensation contingent upon influencing official action
Status: in_force

or legislation.

No person may retain or employ a lobbyist, as defined in Section

4249 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for compensation

contingent in whole or in part on the passage or defeat of any

official action or the approval or veto of any legislation, issuance

of an executive order or approval or denial of a pardon or parole by

the Governor. No lobbyist may accept any employment or render any

service for compensation contingent on the passage or defeat of any

legislation or the approval or veto of any legislation by the

Governor. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this

section shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by a

fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20N of this title, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1320.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1320.1
Riot
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Act, "riot" means that crime defined in

21 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1311.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1576 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1576
Imitation of genuine bank note defined
Status: in_force

Every plate specified in the last section shall be deemed to be

in the form and similitude of the genuine instrument imitated, in

either of the following cases:

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1. When the engraving on such plate resembles and conforms to

such parts of the genuine instrument as are engraved; or,

2. When such plate is partly finished, and the part so finished

resembles and conforms to similar parts of the genuine instrument.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-109 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-109
Present tense
Status: in_force

Words used in the present tense include the future, but exclude

the past.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1113 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1113
Slight penetration is sufficient to complete crime
Status: in_force

The essential guilt of rape or rape by instrumentation, except

with the consent of a male or female over fourteen (14) years of

age, consists in the outrage to the person and feelings of the

victim. Any sexual penetration, however slight, is sufficient to

complete the crime.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-759 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-759
Penalty for maiming
Status: in_force

Any person guilty of maiming another, as defined in Section 751

of this title, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense

punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through

F of Section 20M of this title, or by a fine not exceeding One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1265.14 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1265.14
Suspension of inconsistent laws - Conduct made
Status: in_force

unlawful by other laws.

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby

suspended in their application to any proceedings under this act. If

conduct prohibited by this act is also made unlawful by another or

other laws, the offender may be convicted for the violation of this

act or of such other law or laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1767.5 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1767.5
Possession, manufacture, storage, or use of explosive
Status: in_force

without permit.

A. Any person who shall possess, manufacture, store, or use any

explosive, as defined in Section 121.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, without having in the possession of the person a permit,

or a copy thereof, issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Explosives and

Blasting Regulation Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. This section shall not be construed to:

1. Apply to any person or activity expressly exempted from the

Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 826

2. Apply to, or repeal any laws pertaining to, the acts of

mischief of juveniles involving noninjurious firecrackers or devices

commonly called "stink bombs";

3. Apply to explosives while in transit in, into, or through

this state, if the operator of the vehicle transporting the

explosives carries in the vehicle the shipping papers required by 49

C.F.R., Section 172.200 et seq., and displays such papers to any law

enforcement officer upon request;

4. Apply to any person who may possess, store or use gunpowder

in a quantity reasonably calculated to be necessary for hunting or

shooting purposes; or

5. Apply to any certified bomb technician employed by a

federally accredited bomb squad of an agency of the federal

government, this state, or any political subdivision of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-839.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-839.3
Right of photographer to exhibit specimens of work -
Status: in_force

Other uses excepted.

Nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to

prevent any person, firm or corporation, practicing the profession

of photography, from exhibiting in or about his or its establishment

specimens of the work of such establishment, unless the same is

continued by such person, firm or corporation after written notice

objecting thereto has been given by the person portrayed; and

nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent

any person, firm or corporation from using the name, portrait or

picture of any manufacturer or dealer in connection with the goods,

wares and merchandise manufactured, produced or dealt in by him

which he has sold or disposed of with such name, portrait or picture

used in connection therewith; or from using the name, portrait or

picture of any author, composer or artist in connection with his

literary, musical or artistic productions which he has sold or

disposed of with such name, portrait or picture used in connection

therewith. Provided that this act shall not prevent the continued

use of names of such persons by business establishments using such

names and displaying such names at the effective date of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1211 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1211
Following of emergency vehicles unlawful
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle other than

one on official business to follow any emergency vehicle or to

purposely drive to any location on or near a highway where a

disaster area exists.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1117 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1117
Compelling woman to marry
Status: in_force

Any person who takes any woman against her will and, by force,

menace or duress, compels her to marry him or to marry any other

person, shall be guilty of a Class A2 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not less than ten (10) years.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 489

R.L. 1910, § 2420. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 294, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 195, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.6 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1290.6
Prohibited ammunition
Status: in_force

PROHIBITED AMMUNITION

Any concealed or unconcealed handgun when carried in a manner

authorized by the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and

when loaded with any ammunition which is either a restricted bullet

as defined by Section 1289.19 of this title or is larger than .45

caliber or is otherwise prohibited by law shall be deemed a

prohibited weapon for purposes of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be

punished for a criminal offense as provided by Section 1272 of this

title or any other applicable provision of law. In addition to any

criminal prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this

section, the licensee shall be subject to an administrative fine of

Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), upon a hearing and determination by

the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation that the person is in

violation of the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-853 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-853
Desertion of wife or child under 15 a felony
Status: in_force

Every person who shall without good cause abandon his wife in

destitute or necessitous circumstances and neglect and refuse to

maintain or provide for her, or who shall abandon his or her minor

child or children under the age of fifteen (15) years and willfully

neglect or refuse to maintain or provide for such child or children,

shall be deemed guilty of a Class B4 felony offense and, upon

conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State

Penitentiary for any period of time not less than one (1) year or

more than ten (10) years.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-374 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-374
Display of red flag or emblem of disloyalty or anarchy
Status: in_force

Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be

carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner,

indicating disloyalty to the Government of the United States or a

belief in anarchy or other political doctrines or beliefs, whose

objects are either the disruption or destruction of organized

government, or the defiance of the laws of the United States or of

the State of Oklahoma, shall be deemed guilty of a Class C2 felony

offense, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment as

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 202

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this

title, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)

or by both such imprisonment and fine.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-777 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-777
Newspapers reporting official proceedings
Status: in_force

No editor or proprietor of any newspaper shall be liable to

prosecution for a fair and true report of any judicial, legislative

or other public official proceedings except upon proof of malice in

making such report, and in making such report of public official

proceedings, malice shall not be implied from publication; but

libelous remarks connected with matter privileged under the last

section, shall not be privileged by reason of their being connected

therewith.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1708 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1708
Grand larceny in night time from person a felony
Status: in_force

When it appears upon such trial, that such larceny was committed

by stealing in the night time, from the person of another, the

offender shall be guilty of a Class C1 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through E of Section

20L of this title.

R.L. 1910, § 2659. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 392, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 284, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1768 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1768
Malicious injury to freehold - Carrying away earth, soil
Status: in_force

or stone.

Every person who willfully commits any trespass by either:

1. Cutting down or destroying any kind of wood or timber,

standing or growing upon the lands of another; or, driving or riding

through, into, or across any cultivated hedge or tree row, or any

grove of ornamental trees or orchard of fruit trees growing upon the

land of another, or in any other manner injurying the same; or,

2. Carrying away any kind of wood or timber that has been cut

down, and is lying on such lands; or,

3. Maliciously severing from the freehold any produce thereof,

or anything attached thereto; or,

4. Digging, taking, or carrying away from any lot situated

within the bounds of any incorporated city, without the license of

the owner, or legal occupant thereof, any earth, soil or stone,

being a part of the freehold, or severed therefrom at some previous

time, under such circumstances as would render the trespass a

larceny, if the thing so severed or carried away were personal

property; or,

5. Digging, taking, or carrying away from any land in any

incorporated city or town of this state, laid down on the map or

plan of said city or town as a street or avenue, or otherwise

established or recognized as a street or avenue, without the license

of the mayor and common council or other governing body of such city

or town, or owner of the fee thereof, any earth, soil or stone under

such circumstances as would render the trespass a larceny, if the

thing so severed or carried away were personal property;

is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1624 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1624
Erasure and obliterations
Status: in_force

The total or partial erasure or obliteration of any instrument

or writing, with intent to defraud, by which any pecuniary

obligation, or any right, interest or claim to property is or is

intended to be created, increased, discharged, diminished or in any

manner affected, is forgery, a Class B3 felony offense, in the same

degree as the false alteration of any part of such instrument or

writing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1118 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1118
Intent to compel woman to marry
Status: in_force

Any person who takes any woman unlawfully against her will, with

the intent to compel her by force, menace or duress to marry him, or

to marry any other person, shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not

exceeding ten (10) years.

R.L. 1910, § 2421. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 295, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 196, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1440 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1440
Night time defined
Status: in_force

The words "night time" in this article include the period

between sunset and sunrise.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-902 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-902
Serious discussion not blasphemy
Status: in_force

If it appears beyond reasonable doubt that the words complained

of were used in the course of serious discussion, and with intent to

make known or recommend opinions entertained by the accused, such

words are not blasphemy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-67 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-67
Person of convict protected
Status: in_force

The person of a convict sentenced to imprisonment in the State

Prison is under the protection of the law, and any injury to his

person, not authorized by law, is punishable in the same manner as

if he was not convicted or sentenced.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-380.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-380.1
Commercial bribery involving an insured depository
Status: in_force

institution.

A person commits the offense of commercial bribery involving an

insured depository institution or credit union when the person

gives, offers, promises, confers or agrees to confer any benefit to

any employee, agent or fiduciary without the consent of the employer

or principal and with intent to influence such person’s conduct in

relation to the affairs of the employer or principal.

Any person convicted of commercial bribery involving an insured

depository institution shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable

by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not more than one (1)

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year; or, if there was intent to defraud, the violator, upon

conviction, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable

by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of

Section 20M of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1712 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1712
Severed fixture, larceny of
Status: in_force

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Any fixture or part of realty, the instant it is severed from

the realty becomes personal property, and the subject of larceny

within the meaning of this article.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1411 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1411
Fraudulent bill of lading
Status: in_force

Any person being the master, owner or agent of any vessel, or

officer or agent of any railroad, express or transportation company,

or otherwise being or representing any carrier who delivers any bill

of lading, receipt or other voucher, or by which it appears that any

merchandise of any description has been shipped on board of any

vessel, or delivered to any railroad, express or transportation

company or other carrier, unless the same has been so shipped or

delivered, and is at the time actually under the control of such

carrier, or the master, owner or agent of such vessel, or some

officer or agent of such company, to be forwarded as expressed in

such bill of lading, receipt or voucher, shall be guilty of a Class

D1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a fine

not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.

R.L. 1910, § 2710. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 352, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 245, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-303 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-303
Compelling adjournment of Legislature
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully and by force or fraud compels or

attempts to compel the State Legislature, or either of the houses

composing it, to adjourn or disperse shall be guilty of a Class C2

felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by a fine

of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), nor more than Two

Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or both.

R.L. 1910, § 2165. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 161, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 81, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-849 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-849
Wiring or equipping of vehicles or structures with
Status: in_force

explosives a felony.

Every person who shall attach to, or place in or upon any motor

vehicle or any vehicle designed or customarily used to transport a

person or persons or any structure designed or customarily used for

the occupancy of a person or persons, any explosive material, thing

or device with the intent of causing bodily injury or death to any

person shall be guilty of a Class A2 felony offense, and, upon

conviction therefor, shall suffer punishment by imprisonment for a

period of time of not less than five (5) years, or imprisonment in

the State Penitentiary for life, at the discretion of the court or

the jury trying the same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1706 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1706
Punishment for petit larceny
Status: in_force

Petit larceny shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Ten

Dollars ($10.00) or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or

imprisonment in the county jail not to six (6) months, or by both

such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

R.L. 1910, § 2657; Laws 1993, c. 288, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1787 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1787
Automobile or motor vehicle, loitering in, injuring or
Status: in_force

molesting.

From and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for

any person or persons to loiter in or upon any automobile or motor

vehicle, or to deface or injure such automobile or motor vehicle, or

to "molest, drive, or attempt to drive any automobile, for joyriding

or any other purpose, or" to manipulate or meddle with any machinery

or appliances thereof without the consent of the owner of such

automobile or motor vehicle.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1518 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1518
Misrepresentation of age by false document
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, for the purpose of

violating any Statutes of Oklahoma, to willfully and knowingly

misrepresent his age by presenting a false document purporting to

state his true age.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1266.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1266.4
Unlawful acts
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or willfully

to:

1. Commit, attempt to commit, or aid in the commission of any

act intended to overthrow, destroy, or alter, or to assist in the

overthrow, destruction, or alteration of, the constitutional form of

the government of the United States, or of the State of Oklahoma, or

of any political subdivision of either of them, by force or

violence; or

2. Advocate, abet, advise, or teach by any means any person to

commit, attempt to commit, or aid in the commission of any such act,

under such circumstances as to constitute a clear and present danger

to the security of the United States, or of the State of Oklahoma,

or of any political subdivision of either of them; or

3. Conspire with one or more persons to commit any of the above

acts; or

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4. Assist in the formation of, or participate in the management

of, or contribute to the support of, or become or remain a member

of, or destroy any books or records or files of, or secrete any

funds in this state of the Communist Party of the United States or

any component or related part or organization thereof, or any

organization which engages in or advocates, abets, advises, or

teaches, or a purpose of which is to engage in or advocate, abet,

advise or teach, any activities intended to overthrow, destroy, or

alter, or to assist in the overthrow, destruction, or alteration of,

the constitutional form of the government of the United States, or

of the State of Oklahoma, or of any political subdivision of either

of them, by force or violence, knowing the nature of such

organization.

B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B1 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1021.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1021.1
Persons to whom act does not apply – Civil or
Status: in_force

injunctive relief.

A. Sections 1021 through 1024.4 of this title shall not apply

to persons who may possess or distribute obscene matter or child

sexual abuse material or participate in conduct otherwise prescribed

by this act, when such possession, distribution, or conduct occurs

in the course of law enforcement activities.

B. The criminal provisions of this title shall not prohibit the

district attorney from seeking civil or injunctive relief to enjoin

the production, publication, dissemination, distribution, sale of or

participation in any obscene material or child sexual abuse

material, or the dissemination to minors of material harmful to

minors, or the possession of child sexual abuse material.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1074 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1074
Written assurance of discontinuance of violation -
Status: in_force

Acceptance by district attorney - Restitution.

A district attorney may accept a written assurance of

discontinuance of any practice in violation of this act from the

person that has engaged in the unlawful practice. The district

attorney may require in the agreement that by a certain date,

restitution will be made to any person that has been a victim of a

violation of this act. A person is not required to accept

restitution pursuant to an assurance, however, acceptance of

restitution pursuant to the assurance will bar that person from

seeking damages from the same defendant for the same violations of

this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142C-2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142C-2
Right to speak with victims' advocate prior to forensic
Status: in_force

medical examination.

A sexual assault victim has the right to speak with, either in

person, virtually, via audio and visual communication or

telephonically, a sexual assault victims' advocate before the

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commencement of any forensic medical examination. When a sexual

assault victims' advocate has been requested, but is not available

in person, every effort shall be made to allow the sexual assault

victim to speak with a sexual assault victims' advocate either

virtually, via audio and visual communication or through telephonic

means.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1265.9 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1265.9
Highways - Closing on petition of producers of defense
Status: in_force

materials or public utilities.

Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal

corporation or state or any political subdivision thereof engaged in

or preparing to engage in the manufacture, transportation or storage

of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or

any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of

war by the United States, or in the manufacture, transportation,

distribution of storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or

any of said natural or artificial persons operating any public

utility, who has property so used which he or it believes will be

endangered if public use and travel is not restricted or prohibited

on one or more highways or parts thereof upon which such property

abuts, may petition the highway commissioners of any city, town or

county to close one or more of said highways or parts thereof to

public use and travel or to restrict by order the use and travel

upon one or more of said highways or parts thereof.

Upon receipt of such petition, the highway commissioners shall

set a day for hearing and give notice thereof by publication in a

newspaper having general circulation in the city, town or county in

which such property is located, such notice to be at least seven

days prior to the date set for hearing. If after hearing the

highway commissioners determine that the public safety and the

safety of the property of the petitioner so require, they shall, by

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suitable order, close to public use and travel or reasonably

restrict the use of and travel upon one or more of said highways or

parts thereof; provided, the highway commissioners may issue written

permits to travel over the highways so closed or restricted to

responsible and reputable persons for such term, under such

conditions and in such form as said commissioners may prescribe.

Appropriate notices in letters at least three (3) inches high shall

be posted conspicuously at each end of any highway so closed or

restricted by such order. The highway commissioners may at any time

revoke or modify any order so made.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-548 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-548
Buying or selling pretended right or title to land
Status: in_force

Any person who buys or sells, or in any manner procures, or

makes or takes any promise or covenant to convey any pretended right

or title to any lands or tenements, unless the grantor thereof, or

the person making such promise or covenant has been in possession,

or he and those by whom he claims have been in possession of the

same, or of the reversion and remainder thereof, or have taken the

rents and profits thereof for the space of one (1) year before such

grant, conveyance, sale promise, or covenant made, is guilty of a

misdemeanor. Provided, however, that the provisions of this Section

shall not be construed to be a restriction or limitation upon the

sale of Indian lands by the allottees or the heirs of such allottees

of their inherited interest in said lands.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-836 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-836
Assisting in concealing person to avoid habeas corpus
Status: in_force

Every person who knowingly assists in the violation of the

preceding section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-20F — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-20F
Class B1 offenses
Status: in_force

A. Upon the effective date of this act, Class B1 shall include

the following criminal offenses:

1. Accessory to murder in the second degree, as provided for in

paragraph 5 of Section 175 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Rescuing or attempting to rescue a prisoner charged or

convicted of a felony, as provided for in paragraph 1 of Section 521

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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3. Aiding suicide, as provided for in Section 813 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Aiding suicide by furnishing the person with deadly weapons

or poisonous drugs, as provided for in Section 814 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Mingling poison, controlled dangerous substances, or sharp

objects harmful to human life with any food, drink, medicine, or

water, as provided for in Section 832 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

6. Abuse, financial neglect, neglect, or exploitation by a

caretaker, as provided for in paragraph 1 of subsection B of Section

843.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

7. Engaging in child neglect, as provided for in subsection C

of Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

8. Enabling child neglect, as provided for in subsection D of

Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

9. Forcible sodomy, as provided for in subsection A of Section

888 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Sodomy by a person over eighteen (18) years of age upon a

person under sixteen (16) years of age, as provided for in paragraph

1 of subsection B of Section 888 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

11. Sodomy upon a person incapable through mental illness or

unsoundness of mind to give legal consent, as provided for in

paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section 888 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

12. Sodomy with any person by means of force, violence, or

threats of force or violence, as provided for in paragraph 3 of

subsection B of Section 888 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

13. Sodomy upon a person under the legal custody, supervision,

or authority of a state agency, county, municipality, or political

subdivision of the state, as provided for in paragraph 4 of

subsection B of Section 888 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

14. Sodomy upon a person at least sixteen (16) years of age but

less than twenty (20) years of age and who is a student of any

public or private secondary school, junior high, high school, or

public vocational school with a person eighteen (18) years of age or

older and who is employed by the same school system, as provided for

in paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section 888 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

15. Sodomy upon a person who is unconscious, as provided for in

paragraph 7 of subsection B of Section 888 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

16. Sodomy upon a person who is intoxicated by a narcotic or

anesthetic agent administered by or with the privity of the accused,

as provided for in paragraph 8 of subsection B of Section 888 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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17. Procuring or causing the participation of a minor in child

pornography or possessing, procuring, manufacturing, selling, or

distributing child pornography, as provided for in Section 1021.2 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

18. Permitting or consenting to the participation of a minor in

child pornography by a parent, guardian, or individual having

custody, as provided for in Section 1021.3 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

19. Buying, procuring, or possessing child pornography, as

provided for in Section 1024.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

20. Child sex trafficking, as provided for in subsection B of

Section 1029 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

21. Receiving or offering to agree to receive a child for

purposes of prostitution, as provided for in paragraph 2 of

subsection A of Section 1087 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

22. Transporting or aiding in the transport of a child for

prostitution, as provided for in paragraph 3 of subsection A of

Section 1087 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

23. Permitting the prostitution of a child in any house,

building, room, other premises, or any conveyances under the control

of a person, as provided for in paragraph 2 of subsection B of

Section 1087 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

24. Causing, inducing, persuading, or encouraging a child by

promise, threats, violence, or any device or scheme to engage in

prostitution, as provided for in paragraph 1 of subsection A of

Section 1088 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

25. Keeping, holding, detaining, restraining, or compelling a

child to engage in prostitution, as provided for in paragraph 2 of

subsection A of Section 1088 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

26. Keeping, holding, detaining, restraining, or compelling a

child to engage in prostitution for purposes of compelling the child

to pay, liquidate, or cancel any debts, dues, or obligations

incurred by the child, as provided for in paragraph 3 of subsection

A of Section 1088 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

27. Permitting the keeping, holding, detaining, or restraining

of a child for prostitution in any house, building, room, other

premises, or any conveyances under the control of a person, as

provided for in paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section 1088 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

28. Advocating the revolution, sabotage, force and violation,

sedition, treason, or overthrow of the government of the United

States, as provided for in Section 1266 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

29. Commit, attempt to commit, or aid in the commission of any

act intended to overthrow, destroy, or alter the government of the

United States, as provided for in Section 1266.4 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

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30. Biochemical terrorism, as provided for in subsection D of

Section 1268.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

31. Biochemical assault when the person knows the substance is

toxic, noxious, or lethal to humans, as provided for in subsection C

of Section 1268.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

32. Second or subsequent conviction of using a firearm while

committing a felony, as provided for in subsection A of Section 1287

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

33. Discharging a firearm or other deadly weapon at or into a

dwelling or building used for public or business purposes, as

provided for in Section 1289.17A of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

34. Directing, advising, encouraging, or soliciting other

persons to commit acts of force or violence while participating in a

riot, as provided for in paragraph 4 of Section 1312 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

35. Burglary in the first degree, as provided for in Section

1431 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

36. Seizing or exercising control of any bus by force or

violence or by threats of force or violence, as provided for in

subsection A of Section 1903 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

37. Using a dangerous or deadly weapon while seizing or

exercising control of a bus or when intimidating, threatening,

assaulting, or battering a bus driver, as provided for in subsection

C of Section 1903 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

38. Receiving, acquiring, and concealing proceeds derived from

unlawful activities in an amount of more than Fifty Thousand Dollars

($50,000.00), as provided for in paragraph 4 of subsection G of

Section 2001 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

39. Participating in racketeering activities, as provided for

in subsection A of Section 1403 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

40. Acquiring or maintaining any interest in or control of any

enterprise or real property through racketeering activities, as

provided for in subsection B of Section 1403 of Title 22 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

41. Using or investing any part of proceeds derived from

racketeering activities, as provided for in subsection C of Section

1403 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

42. Conspiring with others to commit unlawful racketeering

activities, as provided for in subsection D of Section 1403 of Title

22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

43. Causing an accident resulting in great bodily injury while

driving under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating

substance, as provided for in paragraph 1 of subsection B of Section

11-904 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

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44. Trafficking in fentanyl or carfentanyl, or any fentanyl

analogs or derivatives, as provided for in subparagraph a of

paragraph 12 of subsection C of Section 2-415 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

B. Any person convicted of a Class B1 criminal offense set

forth in this section shall be punished in accordance with the

corresponding penalties provided for in the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-133 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-133
Military punishment - Contempt – Apprentices – Disorderly
Status: in_force

behavior – Vagrancy.

This chapter does not affect any power conferred by law upon any

court martial or other military authority or officer to impose or

inflict punishment upon offenders; nor any power conferred by law

upon any public body, tribunal, or officer, to impose or inflict

punishment for a contempt; nor any provisions of the laws relating

to apprentices, disorderly behavior or vagrancy.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1200 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1200
Frauds affecting market price
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully makes or publishes any false

statement, spreads any false rumor, or employs any other false and

fraudulent means or device, with intent to affect the market price

of any kind of property, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-847 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-847
Renumbered as § 7105 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 353, §
Status: in_force

20, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1051 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1051
Lottery defined - Consideration – Organizations permitted
Status: in_force

to issue tickets.

A. A lottery is any scheme for the disposal or distribution of

property by chance among persons who have paid, or promised, or

agreed to pay any valuable consideration for the chance of obtaining

such property, or a portion of it, or for any share of or interest

in such property, upon any agreement, understanding or expectation

that it is to be distributed or disposed of by a lot or chance,

whether called a lottery, a raffle, or a gift enterprise, or by

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whatever name the same may be known. "Valuable consideration" shall

be construed to mean money or goods of actual pecuniary value.

Provided, it shall not be a violation of the lottery or gambling

laws of this state for:

1. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission to conduct a lottery

pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act;

2. A bona fide resident merchant or merchants of a city or

town, acting in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce or

Commercial Club of this state thereof, to issue free of charge

numbered tickets on sales of merchandise, the corresponding stub of

one or more of which tickets to be drawn or chosen by lot by a

representative or representatives of the Chamber of Commerce or of

the Commercial Club in the manner set forth on the tickets, the

numbered stub or stubs so drawn to entitle the holder of the

corresponding numbered issued ticket to a valuable prize donated by

the merchant;

3. A bona fide community chest welfare fund on a military post

or reservation to issue numbered tickets in conjunction with

voluntary contributions to the fund, the corresponding stub or stubs

of one or more of the tickets to be drawn by lot under the

supervision of a military commander, the stub or stubs so drawn

entitling the ticket holder to a prize of some value. Provided,

however, that no person shall sell tickets or receive contributions

to the fund off the military reservation;

4. a. A qualified organization to raise funds by issuing

numbered tickets in conjunction with voluntary

contributions to the qualified organization, the

corresponding stub or stubs of one or more of the

tickets to be drawn by lot under the supervision of an

official of the qualified organization, the stub or

stubs so drawn entitling the ticket holder to a prize.

As used in this paragraph, "qualified organization"

means:

(1) a church,

(2) a public or private school accredited by the

State Department of Education or registered by

the State Board of Education for purposes of

participating in federal programs,

(3) a student group or organization affiliated with a

public or private school qualified pursuant to

division (2) of this subparagraph,

(4) a parent-teacher association or organization

affiliated with a public or private school

qualified pursuant to division (2) of this

subparagraph,

(5) fire departments,

(6) police departments,

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(7) organizations that are exempt from taxation

pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of

Section 501 of the United States Internal Revenue

Code, as amended, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c) et

seq., or

(8) an "organization" as such term is defined in

paragraph 20 of Section 402 of Title 3A of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

b. Any raffle conducted by a qualified organization shall

be conducted by members of the qualified organization

without compensation to any member. The organization

shall not hire or contract with any person or business

association, corporation, partnership, limited

partnership or limited liability company to conduct a

raffle, to sell raffle tickets or to solicit

contributions in connection with a raffle on behalf of

the organization;

5. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to conduct

controlled, draw, lottery or raffle hunts; or

6. Savings promotion raffle accounts or programs pursuant to

Section 1 of this act.

B. If the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act ceases to have the

force and effect of law pursuant to Section 735 of Title 3A of the

Oklahoma Statutes, the provisions of paragraph 3 of subsection A of

this section shall cease to have the force and effect of law.

R.L. 1910, § 2470. Amended by Laws 1929, c. 19, p. 16, § 1; Laws

1957, p. 163, § 1; Laws 2003, c. 202, § 1; Laws 2004, c. 275, § 4;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-540A — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-540A
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 21-540Av1 (HB 1993, Laws 2025, c. 224, 1)

OS 21-540Av2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 192)
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1460 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1460
Intent to restore no defense
Status: in_force

The fact that the accused intended to restore the property

embezzled is no ground of defense, or of mitigation of punishment,

if it has not been restored before an information has been laid

before a magistrate, charging the commission of the offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-858.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-858.1
Parent causing, aiding, abetting or encouraging minor to
Status: in_force

become in need of supervision or dependent or neglected - Punishment

- Second or subsequent conviction.

A. Any parent or other person who knowingly and willfully:

1. causes, aids, abets or encourages any minor to be in need of

supervision, or deprived; or

2. shall by any act or omission to act have caused, encouraged

or contributed to the deprivation, or the need of supervision of the

minor, or to such minor becoming deprived, or in need of

supervision;

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof,

shall be fined a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),

or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one

(1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Upon a second or succeeding conviction for a violation of

this section, the defendant shall be fined not more than One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not

to exceed one (1) year, or punished by both such fine and

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1451v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1451v1
Embezzlement defined - Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of

any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose

not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the

property with the fraudulent intent to appropriate it to such use or

purpose, under any of the following circumstances:

1. Where the property was obtained by being entrusted to that

person for a specific purpose, use, or disposition and shall

include, but not be limited to, any funds "held in trust" for any

purpose;

2. Where the property was obtained by virtue of a power of

attorney being granted for the sale or transfer of the property;

3. Where the property is possessed or controlled for the use of

another person;

4. Where the property is to be used for a public or benevolent

purpose;

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5. Where any person diverts any money appropriated by law from

the purpose and object of the appropriation;

6. Where any person fails or refuses to pay over to the state,

or appropriate authority, any tax or other monies collected in

accordance with state law, and who appropriates the tax or monies to

the use of that person, or to the use of any other person not

entitled to the tax or monies;

7. Where the property is possessed for the purpose of

transportation, without regard to whether packages containing the

property have been broken;

8. Where any person removes crops from any leased or rented

premises with the intent to deprive the owner or landlord interested

in the land of any of the rent due from that land, or who

fraudulently appropriates the rent to that person or any other

person; or

9. Where the property is possessed or controlled by virtue of a

lease or rental agreement, and the property is willfully or

intentionally not returned within ten (10) days after the expiration

of the agreement.

Embezzlement does not require a distinct act of taking, but only

a fraudulent appropriation, conversion or use of property.

B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section,

embezzlement shall be punished as follows:

1. If the value of the property embezzled is less than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00), any person convicted shall be punished by

a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by

imprisonment in the county jail for a term not more than one (1)

year, or by both such fine and imprisonment;

2. If the value of the property embezzled is Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00), or more but less than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), any person convicted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not

more than one (1) year or by imprisonment in the county jail for one

or more nights or weekends pursuant to Section 991a-2 of Title 22 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, at the discretion of the court, and shall be

subject to a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),

and ordered to pay restitution to the victim as provided in Section

991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. If the value of the property embezzled is One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Twenty-five Thousand

Dollars ($25,000.00), any person convicted shall be guilty of a

felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for a term of not more than five (5)

years, and a fine of not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), and ordered to pay restitution to the victim as

provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or

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4. If the value of the property embezzled is Twenty-five

Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or more, any person convicted shall be

guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the

custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than

ten (10) years, and a fine not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars

($10,000.00), and ordered to pay restitution to the victim as

provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

For purposes of this subsection, a series of offenses may be

aggregated into one offense when they are the result of the

formulation of a plan or scheme or the setting up of a mechanism

which, when put into operation, results in the taking or diversion

of money or property on a recurring basis. When all acts result

from a continuing course of conduct, they may be aggregated into one

crime. Acts forming an integral part of the first taking which

facilitate subsequent takings, or acts taken in preparation of

several takings which facilitate subsequent takings, are relevant to

determine the party's intent to commit a continuing crime.

C. Any county or state officer, deputy or employee of such

officer, who shall divert any money appropriated by law from the

purpose and object of the appropriation, shall, upon conviction, be

guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for a term not less than one (1) year nor

more than ten (10) years, and a fine equal to triple the amount of

money so embezzled and ordered to pay restitution to the victim as

provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The

fine shall operate as a judgment lien at law on all estate of the

party so convicted and sentenced, and shall be enforced by execution

or other process for the use of the person whose money or other

funds or property were embezzled. In all cases the fine, so

operating as a judgment lien, shall be released or entered as

satisfied only by the person in interest.

D. Any executor, administrator, trustee, beneficiary or other

person benefiting from, acting in a fiduciary capacity for, or

otherwise administering a probate, intestate, or trust estate,

whether the trust is inter vivos or testamentary, upon conviction of

embezzlement from the estate shall not receive any portion, share,

gift or otherwise benefit from the estate.

R.L. 1910, § 2670. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 460, § 12, eff. Nov. 1,

2002; Laws 2004, c. 275, § 7, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2011, c. 280,

§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2012, c. 235, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1290.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

DEFINITIONS

A. As used in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act:

1. "Completed application" means all fields are completed, all

questions are answered and the required signatures are present on

the application for a handgun license, and the required documents

are attached to the application, including legible fingerprints, if

applicable;

2. "Concealed firearm" means a loaded or unloaded firearm not

openly visible to the ordinary observation of a reasonable person;

3. "Unconcealed firearm" or "open carry" means a loaded or

unloaded firearm that is carried upon the person where the firearm

is visible, or carried upon the person using a holster, scabbard,

sling or case;

4. "Pistol" or "handgun" shall have the same definition as

provided in Section 1289.3 of this title;

5. "Rifle" shall have the same definition as provided in

Section 1289.4 of this title; and

6. "Shotgun" shall have the same definition as provided in

Section 1289.5 of this title.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 620

B. The definition of pistol or handgun for purposes of the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall not apply to imitation pistols,

flare guns, underwater fishing guns or blank pistols.

C. Pistols, handguns, rifles, shotguns, and all other lawful

firearms mentioned in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act may collectively

be referred to as "firearms".
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.25 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.25
Physical or deadly force
Status: in_force

PHYSICAL OR DEADLY FORCE

A. The Legislature hereby recognizes that the citizens of the

State of Oklahoma have a right to expect absolute safety within

their own homes, places of business, occupied premises, or places of

worship and have the right to establish policies regarding the

possession of weapons on property pursuant to the provisions of

Section 1290.22 of this title.

B. A person, regardless of official capacity or lack of

official capacity, within a place of worship or a person, an owner,

manager or employee of a business is presumed to have held a

reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to

himself or herself or another when using defensive force that is

intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another

if:

1. a. The person against whom the defensive force was used

was in the process of unlawfully and forcefully

entering, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered, a

dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle, place of

business, occupied premises, or place of worship, or

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if that person had removed or was attempting to remove

another against the will of that person from the

dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle, place of

business, occupied premises, or place of worship.

b. The person who uses defensive force knew or had reason

to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or

unlawful and forcible act on the occupied premises was

occurring or had occurred; or

2. The person who uses defensive force knew or had a reasonable

belief that the person against whom the defensive force was used

entered or was attempting to enter into a dwelling, residence,

occupied vehicle, place of business, occupied premises, or place of

worship for the purpose of committing a forcible felony, as defined

in Section 733 of this title, and that the defensive force was

necessary to prevent the commission of the forcible felony.

C. The presumption set forth in subsection B of this section

does not apply if:

1. The person against whom the defensive force is used has the

right to be in or is a lawful resident of the dwelling, residence,

or vehicle, such as an owner, lessee, or titleholder, and there is

not a protective order from domestic violence in effect or a written

pretrial supervision order of no contact against that person;

2. The person or persons sought to be removed are children or

grandchildren, or are otherwise in the lawful custody or under the

lawful guardianship of, the person against whom the defensive force

is used; or

3. The person who uses defensive force is engaged in an

unlawful activity or is using the dwelling, residence, occupied

vehicle, place of business or place of worship to further an

unlawful activity.

D. A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who

is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has

no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and

meet force with force, including deadly force, if he or she

reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or

great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the

commission of a forcible felony.

E. A person who unlawfully and by force enters or attempts to

enter the dwelling, residence, occupied vehicle of another person,

place of business, occupied premises, or place of worship is

presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act

involving force or violence.

F. A person who uses defensive force, as permitted pursuant to

the provisions of subsections A, B, D and E of this section, is

justified in using such defensive force and is immune from and shall

not be subject to criminal prosecution and civil action for the use

of such defensive force. As used in this subsection, the term

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"criminal prosecution" includes charging or prosecuting the

defendant.

G. A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for

investigating the use of defensive force, but the law enforcement

agency may not arrest the person for using defensive force unless it

determines that there is probable cause that the defensive force

that was used was unlawful.

H. The court shall award reasonable attorney fees, court costs,

compensation for loss of income, and all expenses incurred by the

defendant in defense of any civil action brought by a plaintiff if

the court finds that the defendant is immune from and not subject to

prosecution as provided in subsection F of this section.

I. The provisions of this section and the provisions of the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall not be construed to require any

person using a weapon pursuant to the provisions of this section to

be licensed in any manner.

J. A person pointing a weapon at a perpetrator in self-defense

or in order to thwart, stop or deter a forcible felony or attempted

forcible felony shall not be deemed guilty of committing a criminal

act.

K. 1. The defensive display of a firearm or other deadly

weapon by a person is justified when and to the extent a reasonable

person believes that physical force is immediately necessary to

protect himself, herself, or another person against the use or

attempted use of unlawful physical or deadly force by a person,

premises owner or controller in self-defense, or in defense of real

or private property, located on any premises, owned, rented, leased,

or occupied by permission of the premises owner or controller,

whether or not a person is in possession of a valid handgun license

issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act,

and shall not be deemed a criminal act.

2. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a

person who:

a. intentionally provokes another person to use or

attempt to use unlawful physical or deadly force, or

b. uses a firearm during the commission of an unlawful

act involving force or violence.

3. The provisions of this subsection do not require the

defensive display of a firearm or any other deadly weapon before the

use of defensive force or the threat of defensive force by a person

who is justified in the use or threatened use of defensive force.

4. For purposes of this subsection, "defensive display of a

firearm" includes, but is not limited to:

a. verbally informing another person that the person

possesses or has available a firearm or any other

deadly weapon,

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b. exposing or displaying a firearm or any other deadly

weapon in a manner that a reasonable person would

understand was meant to protect the person against the

use or attempted use by another of unlawful physical

or deadly force, or

c. placing the hand of the person on a firearm or any

other deadly weapon while the firearm is contained in

a pocket, purse, holster, sling scabbard, case or

other means of containment or transport.

L. As used in this section:

1. "Defensive force" includes, but shall not be limited to,

pointing a weapon at a perpetrator in self-defense or in order to

thwart, stop or deter a forcible felony or attempted forcible

felony;

2. "Dwelling" means a building or conveyance of any kind,

including any attached porch, whether the building or conveyance is

temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile, which has a roof over

it, including a tent, and is designed to be occupied by people;

3. "Occupied premises" means any premises occupied by an owner,

tenant, lessee, business, place of worship, liquor store, guest or

authorized user of the premises, including their agents;

4. "Place of worship" means:

a. any permanent building, structure, facility or office

space owned, leased, rented or borrowed, on a full-

time basis, when used for worship services, activities

and business of the congregation, which may include,

but not be limited to, churches, temples, synagogues

and mosques, and

b. any permanent building, structure, facility or office

space owned, leased, rented or borrowed for use on a

temporary basis, when used for worship services,

activities and business of the congregation including,

but not limited to, churches, temples, synagogues and

mosques;

5. "Residence" means a dwelling in which a person resides

either temporarily or permanently or is visiting as an invited

guest; and

6. "Vehicle" means a conveyance of any kind, whether or not

motorized, which is designed to transport people or property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-942 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-942
Betting on or playing prohibited game - Punishment
Status: in_force

Any person who bets or plays at any of said prohibited games, or

who shall bet or play at any games whatsoever, for money, property,

checks, credits or other representatives of value with cards, dice

or any other device which may be adapted to or used in playing any

game of chance or in which chance is a material element, shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be

punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00),

nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in

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the county jail for a term of not less than one (1) day, nor more

than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.26 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.26
Receiving taken or retained card upon giving
Status: in_force

consideration.

A person, other than the issuer, who receives, on giving of any

consideration, credit cards or debit cards issued to any other

person, whichhe has reason to know were taken or retained under

circumstances which constitute card theft, is guilty of card theft

and is subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1550.33(a) of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1302 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1302
Trespass - Masked person demanding admission to premises
Status: in_force

Any person, masked or in disguise, who shall enter upon the

premises of another or demand admission into the house or enclosure

of another with intent to inflict bodily injury, or injury to

property shall be deemed guilty of assault with intent to commit a

felony and such entrance or demand for admission shall be prima

facie evidence of such intent, and upon conviction thereof, such

person shall be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense and shall be

punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more

than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and by imprisonment in the

State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more

than five (5) years.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1727 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1727
Copper - Stealing or removing - Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who shall enter upon any premises, easement, or

right-of-way with intent to steal or remove without the consent of

the owner, or with intent to aid or assist in stealing or removing

any copper wire, copper cable, or copper tubing from and off of any

appurtenance on such premises, easement, or right-of-way shall be

guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction shall be

punished by confinement as provided for in subsections B through F

of Section 20N of this title, or shall be fined not less than One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1162 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1162
Purchasing dead body
Status: in_force

Whoever purchases, or who receives, except for the purpose of

burial, any dead body of a human being, knowing the same has been

removed contrary to Section 1161 of this title shall be guilty of a

Class D1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for

in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a

fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such

fine and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2457. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 301, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 202, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-53 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-53
Attempt to conceal death of child - Felony on subsequent
Status: in_force

conviction.

Every woman who, having been convicted of endeavoring to conceal

the birth of an issue of her body which, if born alive, would be a

bastard, or the death of any such issue under the age of two (2)

years, subsequently to such conviction endeavors to conceal any such

birth or death of issue of her body, shall be guilty of a Class B4

felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary

not exceeding five (5) years and not less than two (2) years.

R.L. 1910, § 2807. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 153, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 73, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.13 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.13
Payment of award - Exemption from process - Assignment
Status: in_force

- Counseling expenses.

A. The Crime Victims Compensation Board may compensate for work

loss, replacement services loss, dependent’s economic loss and

dependent’s replacement service loss. Compensation for a caregiver

who has out-of-pocket wage loss as a result of caring for the victim

who was injured as a result of criminally injurious conduct may not

exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).

B. Compensation payable to a victim and to all other claimants

sustaining economic loss because of injury to or death of that

victim may not exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in

the aggregate. The Board may, after approval of an initial award of

Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), grant an additional sum

not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00),

specifically for loss of wages for the victim or loss of support for

dependents of a deceased victim, provided there is verifiable

economic loss after deducting payments from other sources. In no

event shall compensation payable to a victim and to all other

claimants sustaining economic loss because of injury to or death of

that victim exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the

aggregate.

C. The Board may provide for the payment to a claimant in a

lump sum or in installments. At the request of the claimant, the

Board may convert future economic loss, other than allowable

expense, to a lump sum.

D. An award payable in a lump sum or installments for loss of

support for a dependent of the deceased victim may be computed

through a formula which calculates the net loss of support for

dependents based upon an estimated date of retirement or an

estimated date of adulthood for dependent children, beginning with

the date of death of the victim and ending with the least of one of

the following time periods for each dependent filing loss of

support:

1. The amount of time from the date of death of the victim to

the date the victim would have been expected to reach sixty-two (62)

years of age;

2. The amount of time from the date of death of the victim to

the date the spouse of the victim is expected to reach sixty-two

(62) years of age; or

3. The amount of time from the date of death of the victim to

the date a dependent child is expected to reach eighteen (18) years

of age or twenty-three (23) years of age if the dependent child is

enrolled as a full-time student. An award payable in installments

for future loss of support may be modified by the Board in the event

a dependent child receiving loss of support is between the ages of

eighteen (18) and twenty-three (23) years of age and is no longer

enrolled as a full-time student, the dependent dies before all

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installments are paid or the dependent receiving installments moves

and leaves no forwarding address with the Board office.

E. An award shall not be subject to execution, attachment,

garnishment or other process, except for child support and except

that an award for allowable expense shall not be exempt from a claim

of a creditor to the extent that such creditor has provided

products, services or accommodations, the costs of which are

included in the award.

F. An assignment by the claimant to any future award under the

provisions of Section 142.1 et seq. of this title is unenforceable,

except:

1. An assignment of any award for work loss to assure payment

of court ordered alimony, maintenance or child support; or

2. An assignment of any award for allowable expense to the

extent that the benefits are for the cost of products, services or

accommodations necessitated by the injury or death on which the

claim is based and are provided or to be provided by the assignee.

G. The Board may, in its discretion, approve payment of crisis

counseling, occurring within three (3) years of the crime, in an

amount not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) for each

family member of a homicide victim; provided, the counselor is a

qualified mental health care provider. Medical and pharmaceutical

treatment is not compensable for any family member of a deceased

victim.

H. Outpatient counseling expenses for a victim of criminally

injurious conduct may be considered by the Board provided the

counseling is focused on the crime and the counselor is a qualified

mental health care provider. A total not to exceed Three Thousand

Dollars ($3,000.00) may be awarded for individual counseling

sessions for victims of criminally injurious conduct. Sessions

between the mental health care provider and nonoffending parents of

a victimized child under eighteen (18) years of age may also be

included in the award provided the combined total for the counseling

and parental sessions does not exceed Three Thousand Dollars

($3,000.00) and the parental sessions relate to the victimization.

In extreme cases, the Board may, in its discretion, waive the three-

thousand-dollar limit. Inpatient mental health treatment will be

reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may be compensated, at the

discretion of the Board, in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand

Dollars ($20,000.00).

I. Reasonable funeral, cremation or burial expenses shall not

exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00).

J. Reasonable costs associated with crime scene cleanup shall

not exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).

K. Loss of income of a caregiver shall not exceed Three

Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).

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L. Reasonable costs for vehicle impound fees are limited to

violent crimes occurring in a vehicle owned by the victim of the

violent crime or an eligible claimant, provided such fee is

associated with the collection and security of crime scene evidence.

Reimbursement for vehicle impound fees shall not exceed Seven

Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-701.10b — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-701.10b
Death sentence prohibited for defendants who were
Status: in_force

intellectually disabled prior to age 18 - Sentencing proceedings.

A. For purposes of this section:

1. "Intellectual disability" or "intellectually disabled" means

significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing

concurrently with significant limitations in adaptive functioning;

2. "Significant limitations in adaptive functioning" means

significant limitations in two or more of the following adaptive

skill areas: communication, self-care, home living, social skills,

community use, self-direction, health, safety, functional academics,

leisure skills and work skills; and

3. "Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning"

means an intelligence quotient of seventy (70) or below.

B. Regardless of any provision of law to the contrary, no

defendant who is intellectually disabled shall be sentenced to

death; provided, however, the onset of the intellectual disability

must have been manifested before the defendant attained the age of

eighteen (18) years.

C. The defendant has the burden of production and persuasion to

demonstrate intellectual disability by showing significantly

subaverage general intellectual functioning, significant limitations

in adaptive functioning, and that the onset of the intellectual

disability was manifested before the age of eighteen (18) years. An

intelligence quotient of seventy (70) or below on an individually

administered, scientifically recognized standardized intelligence

quotient test administered by a licensed psychiatrist or

psychologist is evidence of significantly subaverage general

intellectual functioning; however, it is not sufficient without

evidence of significant limitations in adaptive functioning and

without evidence of manifestation before the age of eighteen (18)

years. In determining the intelligence quotient, the standard

measurement of error for the test administrated shall be taken into

account.

However, in no event shall a defendant who has received an

intelligence quotient of seventy-six (76) or above on any

individually administered, scientifically recognized, standardized

intelligence quotient test administered by a licensed psychiatrist

or psychologist, be considered intellectually disabled and, thus,

shall not be subject to any proceedings under this section.

D. A defendant charged with capital murder who intends to raise

an intellectual disability as a bar to the death sentence shall

provide to the state notice of such intention at least ninety (90)

days after formal arraignment or within ninety (90) days after the

filing of a bill of particulars, whichever is later. The notice

shall include a brief but detailed statement specifying the

witnesses, nature and type of evidence sought to be introduced. The

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notice must demonstrate sufficient facts that demonstrate a good-

faith belief as to the intellectual disability of the defendant.

E. The district court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to

determine whether the defendant is intellectually disabled. If the

court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the

defendant is intellectually disabled, the defendant, if convicted,

shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or life without parole. If

the district court determines that the defendant is not

intellectually disabled, the capital trial of the offense may

proceed. A request for a hearing under this section shall not waive

entitlement by the defendant to submit the issue of an intellectual

disability to a jury during the sentencing phase in a capital trial

if convicted of an offense punishable by death. The court's

determination on the issue of an intellectual disability shall not

be the subject of an interlocutory appeal.

F. The court shall submit a special issue to the jury as to

whether the defendant is intellectually disabled. This special

issue shall be considered and answered by the jury during the

sentencing stage and prior to the determination of sentence. If the

jury unanimously determines that the defendant is intellectually

disabled, the defendant may only be sentenced to life imprisonment

or life without parole. The defendant has the burden of production

and persuasion to demonstrate an intellectual disability to the jury

by a preponderance of the evidence.

G. If the jury determines that the defendant is not

intellectually disabled or is unable to reach a unanimous decision,

the jury shall proceed to determine the existence of aggravating and

mitigating factors in determining whether the sentence of death

shall be imposed. In those deliberations, the jury may consider any

evidence of an intellectual disability as a mitigating factor in

sentencing the defendant.

H. If the jury determines that the defendant is not

intellectually disabled and imposes a death sentence, the trial

court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law relating to

the issue of whether the determination on the issue of an

intellectual disability was made under the influence of passion,

prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor. The findings shall be

attached as an exhibit to the report of the trial judge required

under Section 701.13 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If the

trial court finds that the determination of an intellectual

disability was not supported by the evidence, the issue may be

raised on appeal to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for

consideration as part of its mandatory sentence review.

I. The standard of review for a trier of fact intellectual

disability determination shall be whether, after reviewing the

evidence in the light most favorable to the state, any rational

trier of fact could have found the defendant not intellectually

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disabled as defined by this section, giving full deference to the

findings of the trier of fact.

J. The court shall give appropriate instructions in those cases

in which evidence of the intellectual disability of the defendant

requires the consideration by the jury of the provisions of this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1327 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1327
Advocating of unlawfulness, criminal syndicalism,
Status: in_force

sabotage, sedition or treason upon public school grounds prohibited

- Penalties.

A. The Legislature recognizes that special circumstances exist

as regards college campuses and public school facilities, including

the fact that a large number of people are confined to a small area,

and certain acts committed in such places would have a more

detrimental effect as regards the health and safety of those

involved than if the same act were committed at some other place,

and, in keeping with these facts, any person on the campuses or

school grounds of any public state-supported institutions of higher

learning or public school facilities who, by word of mouth or

writings, advocates, affirmatively suggests or teaches the duty,

necessity, propriety or expediency of crime, criminal syndicalism,

or sabotage, or who shall advocate, affirmatively suggest or teach

the duty, necessity, propriety or expediency of doing any act of

violence, the destruction of or damage to any property, the bodily

injury to any person or persons, or the commission of any crime or

unlawful act as a means of accomplishing or effecting any industrial

or political ends, change, or revolution, or for profit; or who

prints, publishes, edits, issues, or knowingly circulates, sells,

distributes, or publicly displays any books, pamphlets, paper,

handbill, poster, document, or written or printed matter in any form

whatsoever, containing matter advocating, advising, affirmatively

suggesting, or teaching crime, criminal syndicalism, sabotage, the

doing of any act of physical violence, the destruction of or damage

to any property, the injury to any person, or the commission of any

crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing, effecting or

bringing about any industrial or political ends, or change, or as a

means of accomplishing, effecting or bringing about any industrial

or political revolution, or for profit; or who shall openly or at

all attempt to justify by word of mouth or writing the commission or

the attempt to commit sabotage, any act of physical violence, the

destruction of or damage to any property, the injury to any person

or the commission of any crime or unlawful act, with the intent to

exemplify, spread or teach or affirmatively suggest criminal

syndicalism, or who organizes, or helps to organize or becomes a

member of or voluntarily assembles with any society or assemblage of

persons which teaches, advocates, or affirmatively suggests the

doctrine of criminal syndicalism, sabotage, or the necessity,

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propriety or expediency of doing any act of physical violence or the

commission of any crime or unlawful act as a means of accomplishing

or effecting any industrial or political ends, change or revolution,

or for profit; shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense, and

upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of not less than Five

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars

($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Provided, that

none of the provisions of this section shall be construed to modify

or affect Section 166 of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. Any person on the campuses or school grounds of any public

state-supported institutions of higher learning or public school

facilities above the age of eighteen (18) years who advocates

revolution, teaches or justifies a program of sabotage, force and

violation, sedition or treason against the government of the United

States or of this state, or who directly or indirectly advocates or

teaches by any means the overthrow of the government of the United

States or of this state by force or any unlawful means shall be

guilty of a Class A3 felony offense, and upon conviction shall be

punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary from ten (10)

years to life.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-645 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-645
Assault, battery, or assault and battery with dangerous
Status: in_force

weapon.

Every person who, with intent to do bodily harm and without

justifiable or excusable cause, commits any assault, battery, or

assault and battery upon the person of another with any sharp or

dangerous weapon, or who, without such cause, shoots at another,

with any kind of firearm, air gun, conductive energy weapon or other

means whatever, with intent to injure any person, although without

the intent to kill such person or to commit any felony, upon

conviction is guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years,

or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year.

R.L. 1910, § 2344. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 161, § 1; Laws 1961, p.

229, § 1; Laws 1982, c. 173, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1982; Laws

1997, c. 133, § 218, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c.

5, § 125, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2006, c. 62, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 17, 2006; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 100, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 218 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1173v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1173v1
Stalking - Penalties
Status: in_force

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A. Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly

follows or harasses another person in a manner that:

1. Would cause a reasonable person or a member of the immediate

family of that person as defined in subsection F of this section to

feel frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested; and

2. Actually causes the person being followed or harassed to

feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or

molested,

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of the crime of stalking, which is

a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department

of Corrections for a term not to exceed three (3) years, or by a

fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both

such fine and imprisonment. Any person convicted of a second

violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term not to exceed six (6) years, or by a fine not to exceed Ten

Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent

violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term not to exceed twelve (12) years, or by a fine not to exceed

Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

B. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection A of

this section when:

1. There is a permanent or temporary restraining order, a

protective order, an emergency ex parte protective order, or an

injunction in effect prohibiting the behavior described in

subsection A of this section against the same party, when the person

violating the provisions of subsection A of this section has actual

notice of the issuance of such order or injunction;

2. Said person is on probation or parole, a condition of which

prohibits the behavior described in subsection A of this section

against the same party or under the conditions of a community or

alternative punishment; or

3. Said person, within ten (10) years preceding the violation

of subsection A of this section, completed the execution of sentence

for a conviction of a crime involving the use or threat of violence

against the same party, or against any member of the immediate

family of such party,

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term not to exceed fifteen (15) years, or by a fine not to exceed

Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

C. Any person who:

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1. Commits a second act of stalking within ten (10) years of

the completion of sentence for a prior conviction of stalking; or

2. Has a prior conviction of stalking and, after being served

with a protective order that prohibits contact with an individual,

knowingly makes unconsented contact with the same individual,

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term not to exceed twenty (20) years, or by a fine not to exceed

Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

D. Any person who commits an act of stalking within ten (10)

years of the completion of execution of sentence for a prior

conviction under subsection B or C of this section shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the

custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed

twenty-five (25) years, or by a fine not to exceed Thirty Thousand

Dollars ($30,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

E. Evidence that the defendant continued to engage in a course

of conduct involving repeated unconsented contact, as defined in

subsection F of this section, with the victim after having been

requested by the victim to discontinue the same or any other form of

unconsented contact, and to refrain from any further unconsented

contact with the victim, shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption

that the continuation of the course of conduct caused the victim to

feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or

molested.

F. For purposes of determining the crime of stalking, the

following definitions shall apply:

1. "Harasses" means a pattern or course of conduct directed

toward another individual that includes, but is not limited to,

repeated or continuing unconsented contact, that would cause a

reasonable person to suffer emotional distress, and that actually

causes emotional distress to the victim. Harassment shall include

harassing or obscene phone calls as prohibited by Section 1172 of

this title and conduct prohibited by Section 850 of this title.

Harassment does not include constitutionally protected activity or

conduct that serves a legitimate purpose;

2. "Course of conduct" means a series of two or more separate

acts over a period of time, however short or long, evidencing a

continuity of purpose, including any of the following:

a. maintaining a visual or physical proximity to the

victim,

b. approaching or confronting the victim in a public

place or on private property,

c. appearing at the workplace of the victim or contacting

the employer or coworkers of the victim,

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d. appearing at the home of the victim or contacting the

neighbors of the victim,

e. entering onto or remaining on property owned, leased,

or occupied by the victim,

f. contacting the victim by telephone, text message,

electronic message, electronic mail, or other means of

electronic communication or causing the telephone or

electronic device of the victim or the telephone or

electronic device of any other person to ring or

generate notifications repeatedly or continuously,

regardless of whether a conversation ensues,

g. photographing, videotaping, audiotaping, or, through

any other electronic means, monitoring or recording

the activities of the victim. This subparagraph

applies regardless of where the act occurs,

h. sending to the victim any physical or electronic

material or contacting the victim by any means,

including any message, comment, or other content

posted on any Internet site or web application,

i. sending to a family member or member of the household

of the victim, or any current or former employer of

the victim, or any current or former coworker of the

victim, or any friend of the victim, any physical or

electronic material or contacting such person by any

means, including any message, comment, or other

content posted on any Internet site or web

application, for the purpose of obtaining information

about, disseminating information about, or

communicating with the victim,

j. placing an object on or delivering an object to

property owned, leased, or occupied by the victim,

k. delivering an object to a family member or member of

the household of the victim, or an employer, coworker,

or friend of the victim, or placing an object on, or

delivering an object to, property owned, leased, or

occupied by such a person with the intent that the

object be delivered to the victim, or

l. causing a person to engage in any of the acts

described in subparagraphs a through k of this

paragraph.

Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the

meaning of "course of conduct";

3. "Emotional distress" means significant mental suffering or

distress that may, but does not necessarily require, medical or

other professional treatment or counseling;

4. "Unconsented contact" means any contact with another

individual that is initiated or continued without the consent of the

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individual, or in disregard of that individual's expressed desire

that the contact be avoided or discontinued. Constitutionally

protected activity is not included within the meaning of unconsented

contact. Unconsented contact includes but is not limited to any of

the following:

a. following or appearing within the sight of that

individual,

b. approaching or confronting that individual in a public

place or on private property,

c. appearing at the workplace or residence of that

individual,

d. entering onto or remaining on property owned, leased,

or occupied by that individual,

e. contacting that individual by telephone,

f. sending mail or electronic communications to that

individual, and

g. placing an object on, or delivering an object to,

property owned, leased, or occupied by that

individual;

5. "Member of the immediate family", for the purposes of this

section, means any spouse, parent, child, person related within the

third degree of consanguinity or affinity or any other person who

regularly resides in the household or who regularly resided in the

household within the prior six (6) months; and

6. "Following" shall include the tracking of the movement or

location of an individual through the use of a Global Positioning

System (GPS) device or other monitoring device by a person, or

person who acts on behalf of another, without the consent of the

individual whose movement or location is being tracked; provided,

this shall not apply to the lawful use of a GPS device or other

monitoring device or to the use by a new or used motor vehicle

dealer or other motor vehicle creditor of a GPS device or other

monitoring device, including a device containing technology used to

remotely disable the ignition of a motor vehicle, in connection with

lawful action after default of the terms of a motor vehicle credit

sale, loan or lease, and with the express written consent of the

owner or lessee of the motor vehicle.

G. Any pleas of guilty or nolo contendere or finding of guilt

to a violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a

conviction of the offense for the purpose of any subsection of this

section under which the existence of a prior conviction is relevant

for a period of ten (10) years following the completion of any

sentence or court imposed probationary term.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1503 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1503
Defrauding hotels, restaurants, etc
Status: in_force

Any person who shall obtain food, lodging, services or other

accommodations at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house,

rooming house, motel or auto camp, with intent to defraud the owner

or keeper thereof, if the value of such food, lodging, services or

other accommodations is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall

be fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be

imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or

punished by both such fine and imprisonment, and if the value of

such food, lodging, services or accommodations is valued at One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder

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shall be deemed guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be

punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F

of Section 20P of this title. Any person who shall obtain shelter,

lodging, or any other services at any apartment house, apartment,

rental unit, rental house, or trailer camp, with intent to defraud

the owner or keeper thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and

upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding One Hundred

Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding

three (3) months, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment.

Proof that such lodging, food, services or other accommodations were

obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or

pretense of any baggage or other property, or that he gave a check

on which payment was refused, or that he left the hotel, inn,

restaurant, boarding house, rooming house, motel, apartment house,

apartment, rental unit or rental house, trailer camp or auto camp,

without payment or offering to pay for such food, lodging, services

or other accommodation, or that he surreptitiously removed or

attempted to remove his baggage, or that he registered under a

fictitious name, shall be prima facie proof of the intent to defraud

mentioned in this section; but this section shall not apply where

there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-20Q — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-20Q
Minimum time-served requirements includable in jury
Status: in_force

instructions.

Upon the effective date of this act, the minimum time-served

requirements on sentences mandated by the provisions of this act,

shall be included in the instructions to the jury during a criminal

trial. If the minimum time-served requirements on sentences are

included in the instructions to the jury in a criminal trial, the

minimum time-served requirements shall be in the form of a

percentage.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.7a — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.7a
Transporting or storing firearms or ammunition -
Status: in_force

Prohibition proscribed - Liability - Enforcement.

A. No person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business

entity shall maintain, establish, or enforce any policy or rule that

has the effect of prohibiting any person, except a convicted felon,

from transporting and storing firearms or ammunition in a locked

motor vehicle, or from transporting and storing firearms or

ammunition locked in or locked to a motor vehicle on any property

set aside for any motor vehicle.

B. No person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business

entity shall be liable in any civil action for occurrences which

result from the storing of firearms or ammunition in a locked motor

vehicle on any property set aside for any motor vehicle, unless the

person, property owner, tenant, employer, or owner of the business

entity commits a criminal act involving the use of the firearms or

ammunition. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to

claims pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act.

C. An individual may bring a civil action to enforce this

section. If a plaintiff prevails in a civil action related to the

personnel manual against a person, property owner, tenant, employer

or business for a violation of this section, the court shall award

actual damages, enjoin further violations of this section, and award

court costs and attorney fees to the prevailing plaintiff.

D. As used in this section, “motor vehicle” means any

automobile, truck, minivan, sports utility vehicle, motorcycle,

motor scooter, and any other vehicle required to be registered under

the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1088 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1088
Child under 18 years of age — Inducing, keeping,
Status: in_force

detaining or restraining for child sex trafficking — Penalties.

A. No person shall:

1. By promise, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme,

including but not limited to the use of any controlled dangerous

substance prohibited pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform

Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, cause, induce, persuade, or

encourage a child under eighteen (18) years of age to engage or

continue to engage in child sex trafficking or to become or remain

an inmate of a house of prostitution or other place where

prostitution is practiced;

2. Keep, hold, detain, restrain, or compel against his or her

will any child under eighteen (18) years of age to engage in the

practice of child sex trafficking or in a house of prostitution or

other place where child sex trafficking is practiced or allowed; or

3. Directly or indirectly keep, hold, detain, restrain, or

compel or attempt to keep, hold, detain, restrain, or compel a child

under eighteen (18) years of age to engage in the practice of child

sex trafficking or in a house of prostitution or any place where

prostitution is practiced or allowed for the purpose of compelling

such child to directly or indirectly pay, liquidate, or cancel any

debt, dues, or obligations incurred, or said to have been incurred,

by such child.

B. 1. Any person violating the provisions of this section

other than paragraph 2 of this subsection, upon conviction, shall be

guilty of a Class B1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one

(1) year nor more than twenty-five (25) years, and by a fine of not

less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than Twenty-

five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).

2. Any owner, proprietor, keeper, manager, conductor, or other

person who knowingly permits a violation of this section in any

house, building, room, tent, lot or premises under his or her

control or of which he or she has possession, upon conviction for

the first offense, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by

imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than six

(6) months nor more than one (1) year, and by a fine of not more

than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Upon conviction for a

subsequent offense pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph,

such person shall be guilty of a Class B1 felony offense punishable

by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for

a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years,

and by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor

more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).

C. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole,

any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a

violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of post-

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imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1

of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes

under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The

jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment

supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1742.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1742.4
Reasonable procedures to protect telephone records
Status: in_force

required.

A. Telephony companies that maintain telephone records of a

resident of this state shall establish reasonable procedures to

protect against unauthorized or fraudulent disclosure of the records

which could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any

customer. For purposes of this act, a telephone company’s actions

and procedures shall be deemed reasonable if the telephone company

makes a good faith effort to comply with the provisions governing

Customer Proprietary Network Information in 47 U.S.C., Section 222,

and with regulations promulgated pursuant to that section by the

Federal Communications Commission.

B. No private right of action is authorized under this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-308 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-308
Bribery of or influencing members
Status: in_force

Any person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any member of

the Legislature, or attempts directly or indirectly, by menace,

deceit, suppression of truth or any other corrupt means, to

influence a member in giving or withholding his vote, or in not

attending the house of which he is a member, or any committee

thereof, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

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20M of this title, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), or both.

R.L. 1910, § 2170. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 165, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 83, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1152 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1152
Duty of burial
Status: in_force

Except in the cases in which a right to dissect a dead body is

expressly conferred by law, every dead body of a human being must be

decently buried within a reasonable time after the death.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1161.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1161.1
Desecration of a human corpse - Penalty - Prosecution
Status: in_force

with other offenses - Definition.

A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully

desecrate a human corpse for any purpose of:

1. Tampering with the evidence of a crime;

2. Camouflaging the death of human being;

3. Disposing of a dead body;

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4. Impeding or prohibiting the detection, investigation or

prosecution of a crime;

5. Altering, inhibiting or concealing the identification of a

dead body, a crime victim, or a criminal offender; or

6. Disrupting, prohibiting or interfering with any law

enforcement agency or the Office of the State Medical Examiner in

detecting, investigating, examining, determining, identifying or

processing a dead body, cause of death, the scene where a dead body

is found, or any forensic examination or investigation relating to a

dead body or a crime.

B. Upon conviction, the violator of any provision of this

section shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term not more than seven (7) years, by a fine not exceeding Eight

Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. This offense may be prosecuted in addition to any

prosecution pursuant to Section 1161 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes for removal of a dead body or any other criminal offense.

D. For purposes of this section, “desecration of a human

corpse” means any act committed after the death of a human being

including, but not limited to, dismemberment, disfigurement,

mutilation, burning, or any act committed to cause the dead body to

be devoured, scattered or dissipated; except, those procedures

performed by a state agency or licensed authority in due course of

its duties and responsibilities for forensic examination, gathering

or removing crime scene evidence, presentation or preservation of

evidence, dead body identification, cause of death, autopsy,

cremation or burial, organ donation, use of a cadaver for medical

educational purposes, or other necessary procedures to identify,

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-793 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-793
Degree of force immaterial
Status: in_force

When force is employed in either of the ways specified in the

last section, the degree of force employed is immaterial.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-11 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-11
Special provisions as governing - Acts punishable in
Status: in_force

different ways.

If there be in any other provision of the laws of this state a

provision making any specific act or omission criminal and providing

the punishment therefor, and there be in this title any provision or

section making the same act or omission a criminal offense or

prescribing the punishment therefor, that offense and the punishment

thereof, shall be governed by the special provisions made in

relation thereto, and not by the provisions of this title. But an

act or omission which is made punishable in different ways by

different provisions of this title may be punished under any of such

provisions, except that in cases specified in Sections 51.1 and 54

of this title, the punishments therein prescribed are substituted

for those prescribed for a first offense, but in no case can a

criminal act or omission be punished under more than one section of

law; and an acquittal or conviction and sentence under one section

of law, bars the prosecution for the same act or omission under any

other section of law.

R.L. 1910, § 2092. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 199, § 1; Laws 1987, c.

226, § 1, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 14, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1437 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1437
Possession of burglar's implements
Status: in_force

Every person who, under circumstances not amounting to a felony

has in his possession any dangerous offensive weapon or instrument

whatever, or any pick-lock, crow, key, bit, jack, jimmy, nippers,

pick, betty or other implement of burglary, with intent to break and

enter any building or part of any building, booth, tent, railroad

car, vessel or other structure or erection and to commit any felony

therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1692.6 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1692.6
Spectators
Status: in_force

Every person who is knowingly present as a spectator at any

place, building, or other site where preparations are being made for

a cockfight with the intent to be present at such preparation or

cockfight, or is knowingly present at such cockfight, upon

conviction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Added by State Question No. 687, Initiative Petition No. 365,

Provision No. 6, adopted at General Election held on November 5,

2002.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1265.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1265.2
Destroying or interfering with property with intent to hinder defense preparations or
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 20hinder defense preparations or prosecution of war.

Whoever destroys, impairs, injures, interferes or tampers with

real or personal property with intent to hinder, delay or interfere

with the preparation of the United States or of any of the states

for defense or for war, or with the prosecution of war by the United

States, shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not

more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both; provided, if

such person so acts with the intent to hinder, delay or interfere

with the preparation of the United States or of any of the states

for defense or for war, or with the prosecution of war by the United

States, the minimum punishment shall be imprisonment for not less

than one (1) year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1125 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1125
Zone of safety - Schools, child care centers,
Status: in_force

playgrounds, parks and residences of victims - Restrictions on

convicted sex offenders - Exemptions.

A. A zone of safety is hereby created around elementary, junior

high and high schools, permitted or licensed child care centers as

defined by the Department of Human Services, playgrounds, parks or

the residence of a victim of a sex crime.

1. A person is prohibited from loitering within five hundred

(500) feet of any elementary, junior high or high school, permitted

or licensed child care center, playground, or park if the person has

been convicted of a crime that requires the person to register

pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the person has

been convicted of an offense in another jurisdiction, which offense

if committed or attempted in this state, would have been punishable

as one or more of the offenses listed in Section 582 of Title 57 of

the Oklahoma Statutes and the victim was a child under the age of

sixteen (16) years.

2. A person is prohibited from entering any park if:

a. the person has been designated as a habitual or

aggravated sex offender as provided in Section 584 of

Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or

b. the person has been convicted of an offense in another

jurisdiction, which offense, if committed or attempted

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in this state, would designate the person as a

habitual or aggravated sex offender as provided in

Section 584 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. A person is prohibited from loitering within one thousand

(1,000) feet of the residence of his or her victim if:

a. the person who committed a sex crime against the

victim has been convicted of said crime, and

b. the person is required to register pursuant to the Sex

Offenders Registration Act.

B. A person convicted of a violation of subsection A of this

section shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by a

fine not exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or

by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of

Section 20N of this title, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of

subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony

offense and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand

Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment as provided for

in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by both

such fine and imprisonment. This proscription of conduct shall not

modify or remove any restrictions currently applicable to the person

by court order, conditions of probation or as provided by other

provision of law.

C. 1. A person shall be exempt from the prohibition of this

section regarding a school or a licensed or permitted child care

facility only under the following circumstances and limited to a

reasonable amount of time to complete such tasks:

a. the person is the custodial parent or legal guardian

of a child who is an enrolled student at the school or

child care facility, and

b. the person is enrolling, delivering or retrieving such

child at the school or licensed or permitted child

care center during regular school or facility hours or

for school-sanctioned or licensed-or-permitted-child-

care-center-sanctioned extracurricular activities.

Prior to entering the zone of safety for the purposes listed in

this paragraph, the person shall inform school or child care center

administrators of his or her status as a registered sex offender.

The person shall update monthly, or as often as required by the

school or center, information about the specific times the person

will be within the zone of safety as established by this section.

2. This exception shall not be construed to modify or remove

any restrictions applicable to the person by court order, conditions

of probation, or as provided by other provision of law.

D. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not

apply to any person receiving medical treatment at a hospital or

other facility certified or licensed by the State of Oklahoma to

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provide medical services. As used in this subsection, "medical

treatment" shall not include any form of psychological, social or

rehabilitative counseling services or treatment programs for sex

offenders.

E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person, who is

registered as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offenders

Registration Act, from attending a recognized church or religious

denomination for worship; provided, the person has notified the

religious leader of his or her status as a registered sex offender

and the person has been granted written permission by the religious

leader.

F. For purpose of prosecution of any violation of this section,

the provisions of Section 51.1 of this title shall not apply.

G. As used in this section, "park" means any outdoor public

area specifically designated as being used for recreational purposes

that is operated or supported in whole or in part by a homeowners'

association or a city, town, county, state, federal or tribal

governmental authority.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-712 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-712
Liability of physicians
Status: in_force

Every physician who, being in a state of intoxication without a

design to effect death, administers any poison, drug or medicine, or

does any other act as such physician to another person, which

produces the death of such other person, is guilty of manslaughter

in the first degree, a Class A2 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1102 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1102
License - Restrictions - Fee - Notice - Protests
Status: in_force

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It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a

public pool or billiard hall, or any public pool or billiard table,

in any incorporated city or town, without first securing a license

from the district court clerk. The person applying for the license

shall appear once each year and satisfy the district court clerk

that he or she is a person of good moral character; that he or she

has never been convicted of violating any of the laws regulating the

traffic in any spirituous, vinous, fermented, or malt liquors, or

any of the intoxicating beverage or low-point beer laws of this

state, or convicted of violating any of the gambling laws of this

state. A fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) every three (3) years

shall be charged for the license. Upon application, the district

court clerk shall give five (5) days' notice by posting notices, one

notice to be posted at the county courthouse, one notice to be

served on the district attorney or the district attorney’s

assistant, and three (3) notices in the city or town where the pool

hall shall be located. The notice shall contain the name of the

applicant and the location of the pool or billiard hall. Any

citizen of the city or town may file a written protest to the

issuance of the license with the district court clerk and the court

shall set the matter of protest for hearing. Any person violating

any provision of this section shall be punished by fine, not less

than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00), for each offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.13a — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1040.13a
Facilitating, encouraging, offering or soliciting
Status: in_force

sexual conduct or engaging in sexual communication with a minor or

person believed to be a minor.

A. It is unlawful for any person to facilitate, encourage,

offer or solicit sexual conduct with a minor, or other individual

the person believes to be a minor, by use of any technology, or to

engage in any communication for sexual or prurient interest with any

minor, or other individual the person believes to be a minor, by use

of any technology. For purposes of this subsection, “by use of any

technology” means the use of any telephone or cell phone, computer

disk (CD), digital video disk (DVD), recording or sound device, CD-

ROM, VHS, computer, computer network or system, Internet or World

Wide Web address including any blog site or personal web address, e-

mail address, Internet Protocol address (IP), text messaging or

paging device, any video, audio, photographic or camera device of

any computer, computer network or system, cell phone, any other

electrical, electronic, computer or mechanical device, or any other

device capable of any transmission of any written or text message,

audio or sound message, photographic, video, movie, digital or

computer-generated image, or any other communication of any kind by

use of an electronic device.

B. A person is guilty of violating the provisions of this

section if the person knowingly transmits any prohibited

communication by use of any technology defined herein, or knowingly

prints, publishes or reproduces by use of any technology described

herein any prohibited communication, or knowingly buys, sells,

receives, exchanges, or disseminates any prohibited communication or

any information, notice, statement, website, or advertisement for

communication with a minor or access to any name, telephone number,

cell phone number, e-mail address, Internet address, text message

address, place of residence, physical characteristics or other

descriptive or identifying information of a minor, or other

individual the person believes to be a minor.

C. The fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement

officer was involved in the detection and investigation of an

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offense pursuant to this section shall not constitute a defense to a

prosecution under this section.

D. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a

Class B4 felony offense, punishable by a fine in an amount not to

exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment in the

custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than

ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For purposes

of this section, each communication shall constitute a separate

offense. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without

parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or

more for a violation of this section shall be required to serve a

term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of

paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the

Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of

Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-

imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual

imprisonment.

E. For purposes of any criminal prosecution pursuant to any

violation of this section, the person violating the provisions of

this section shall be deemed to be within the jurisdiction of this

state by the fact of accessing any computer, cellular phone or other

computer-related or satellite-operated device in this state,

regardless of the actual jurisdiction where the violator resides.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1328 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1328
Prosecutions
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the provisions of 74 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 18b,

in event the district attorney within a district fails or refuses to

prosecute, on a sworn complaint, against any person accused of

violating the provisions of this act, then in that event, the State

Attorney General, upon sworn complaint laid before him, is hereby

empowered to prosecute a person or persons accused of committing

acts covered by this act, if said acts were committed upon the

grounds of the facilities hereinabove set out.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-852.1v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-852.1v1
Child endangerment - Knowingly permitting physical or
Status: in_force

sexual abuse – Good-faith reliance on spiritual healing - Penalties.

A. A person who is the parent, guardian, or person having

custody or control over a child as defined in Section 1-1-105 of

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Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, commits child endangerment when

the person:

1. Knowingly permits physical or sexual abuse of a child;

2. Knowingly permits a child to be present at a location where

a controlled dangerous substance is being manufactured or attempted

to be manufactured as defined in Section 2-101 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Knowingly permits a child to be present in a vehicle when

the person knows or should have known that the operator of the

vehicle is impaired by or is under the influence of alcohol or

another intoxicating substance; or

4. Is the driver, operator, or person in physical control of a

vehicle in violation of Section 11-902 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma

Statutes or impaired while transporting or having in the vehicle

such child or children.

However, it is an affirmative defense to this paragraph if the

person had a reasonable apprehension that any action to stop the

physical or sexual abuse or deny permission for the child to be in

the vehicle with an intoxicated person would result in substantial

bodily harm to the person or the child.

Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the prosecution of a

person pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-902 or 11-904 of

Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any

parent, guardian or other person having custody or control of a

child for the sole reason that the parent, guardian or other person

in good faith selects and depends upon spiritual means or prayer for

the treatment or cure of disease or remedial care for such child.

This subsection shall in no way limit or modify the protections

afforded said child in Section 852 of this title or Section 1-4-904

of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Any person convicted of violating any provision of this

section shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more

than four (4) years, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.13b — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1040.13b
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 21-1040.13bv1 (HB 1364, Laws 2025, c. 23, 1)

OS 21-1040.13bv2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 399)
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-996.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-996.3
Violations - Unlawful practices
Status: in_force

A. It is unlawful for any person to use the term "prize" or

"gift" or other similar term in any manner that would be untrue or

misleading.

B. It is unlawful to notify any person by any means, as a part

of an advertising plan or program, that the person has won a prize

and that as a condition of receiving such prize the person must pay

any money or rent any goods or services.

C. It is unlawful to notify any person by any means that the

person will receive a gift and that as a condition of receiving the

gift the person must pay any money, or purchase, lease or rent any

goods or services, if any one or more of the following exists:

1. The shipping charge, depending on the method of shipping

used, exceeds:

a. the average cost of postage or the average charge of a

delivery service in the business of delivering goods

of like size, weight, and kind for shippers other than

the offeror of the gift for the geographic area in

which the gift is being distributed, or

b. the exact amount for shipping paid to an independent

supplier, who is in the business of shipping goods for

shippers other than the offeror of the gift.

2. The handling charge:

a. is not reasonable, or

b. exceeds the actual cost of handling, or

c. exceeds the greater of Three Dollars ($3.00) in any

transaction or eighty percent (80%) of the actual cost

of the gift item to the offeror or its agent, or

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d. in the case of a merchandise retailer, exceeds the

actual amount for handling paid to an independent

supplier, who is in the business of handling goods for

businesses other than the offeror of the gift.

3. Any goods or services which must be purchased or leased by

the offeree of the gift in order to obtain the gift could have been

purchased through the same marketing channel in which the gift was

offered for a lower price without the gift items at or proximate to

the time the gift was offered.

4. The majority of the gift offeror's sales or leases within

the preceding year, through the marketing channel in which the gift

is offered or through in-person sales at retail outlets, of the type

of goods or services which must be purchased or leased in order to

obtain the gift item was made in conjunction with the offer of a

gift. This paragraph does not apply to a gift offer made by a

retail merchant in conjunction with the sale or lease through mail

order of goods or services if:

a. the goods or services are of a type unlike any other

type of goods or services sold or leased by the retail

merchant at any time during the period beginning six

(6) months before and continuing six (6) months after

the gift offer,

b. the gift offer does not extend for a period more than

two (2) months, and

c. the gift offer is not untrue or misleading in any

manner.

5. The gift offeror represents that the offeree has been

specially selected in any manner unless the representation is true.

D. The provisions of subsection C of this section shall not

apply to the sale or purchase, or solicitation or representation in

connection therewith, of goods from a catalog or of books,

recordings, videocassettes, periodicals and similar goods through a

membership group or club which is regulated by the Federal Trade

Commission trade regulation rule concerning use of negative option

plans by sellers in commerce or through a contractual plan or

arrangement such as a continuity plan, subscription arrangement, or

a single sale or purchase series arrangement under which the seller

ships goods to a consumer who has consented in advance to receive

such goods and the recipient of such goods is given the opportunity,

after examination of the goods, to receive a full refund of charges

for the goods, or unused portion thereof, upon return of the goods,

or unused portion thereof, undamaged.

E. Each violation of the provisions of this section shall be an

unlawful practice pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Consumer Protection Act, Section 751 et seq. of Title 15 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

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F. Any person who violates the provisions of this section

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and

shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20M of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-402 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-402
Forfeiture of monies, properties and assets used in
Status: in_force

violation of bribery laws.

All monies, properties and assets of any kind or character used

in the violation of any and all of the bribery laws of this state,

and which has been paid, delivered or turned over to any person,

firm, corporation or public official, shall be forfeited to the

state by order of the court before which the action concerning the

person, firm, or corporation charged with such bribery has

terminated with the conviction of such person, firm, or corporation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-20K — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-20K
Class B6 offenses
Status: in_force

A. Upon the effective date of this act, Class B6 shall include

the following criminal offenses:

1. Striking, tormenting, mistreating, or administering a

nonpoisonous desensitizing substance to a police dog or police

horse, as provided for in subsection A of Section 649.1 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Interfering with the lawful performance of a police dog or

police horse, as provided for in subsection B of Section 649.1 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Harming, torturing, injuring, disabling, or otherwise

mistreating or killing a service animal during the commission of a

misdemeanor or felony offense, as provided for in subsection D of

Section 649.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Assault, battery, or assault and battery upon a Department

of Corrections employee by a person in the custody of the Department

of Corrections, as provided for in subsection A of Section 650.2 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Assault, battery, or assault and battery upon an employee of

a private prison contractor by a person incarcerated in an

institution operated by a private prison contractor, as provided for

in subsection B of Section 650.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

6. Aggravated assault and battery upon a Department of Human

Services employee or contractor, as provided for in subsection C of

Section 650.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

7. Assault, battery, or assault and battery upon an employee of

the Office of Juvenile Affairs by a person in the custody of the

Office of Juvenile Affairs, as provided for in subsection D of

Section 650.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

8. Assault, battery, or assault and battery upon a medical care

provider, as provided for in Section 650.4 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

9. Assault, battery, or assault and battery upon an officer of

the court, witness, or juror, as provided for in subsection B of

Section 650.6 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Aggravated assault and battery upon a school employee, as

provided for in subsection C of Section 650.7 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

11. Assault, battery, or assault and battery upon an employee

of a facility maintained by the Office of Juvenile Affairs, a

facility maintained by a private contractor, juvenile detention

center, or juvenile bureau, as provided for in Section 650.8 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. Throwing, transferring, or placing any feces, urine, semen,

saliva, or blood upon an employee of the state, a county, or a city,

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as provided for in Section 650.9 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

13. Medical battery, as provided for in Section 650.11 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

14. Child endangerment, as provided for in Section 852.1 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. Any person convicted of a Class B6 criminal offense set

forth in this section shall be punished in accordance with the

corresponding penalties provided for in the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1554 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1554
Testing seized weights and measures - Disposition
Status: in_force

The magistrate to whom any weight or measure is delivered,

pursuant to the last section, shall, upon the examination of the

accused, or if the examination is delayed or prevented, without

awaiting such examination, cause the same to be tested by comparison

with standards conformable to law; and if he finds it to be false,

he shall cause it to be destroyed, or to be delivered to the

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district attorney of the county in which the accused is liable to

indictment or trial, as the interests of justice in his judgment

require.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1268.7 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1268.7
Unlawful acts - Conduct financial transaction or
Status: in_force

transport, transmit, or transfer monetary instrument.

A. No person, knowing that property is the proceeds of an act

of terrorism or a monetary instrument given, received, or intended

to be used in support of an act of terrorism, shall conduct or

attempt to conduct any financial transaction involving that property

or transport, transmit or transfer that monetary instrument with the

intent to do any of the following:

1. Commit or further the commission of an act of terrorism;

2. Conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership,

or control of either the proceeds of an act of terrorism or a

monetary instrument given, received, or intended to be used to

support an act of terrorism; or

3. Conceal or disguise the intent to avoid a financial

transaction reporting requirement as provided in 31 U.S.C., Section

5311 et seq., 31 C.F.R., Part 103, Title 6 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

or other federal monetary reporting requirements under law.

B. Any person convicted of violating any provision of

subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony

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offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department

of Corrections for a term of not less than two (2) years nor more

than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand

Dollars ($50,000.00) or an amount equal to twice the dollar amount

of each transaction, whichever is greater, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-172 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-172
Principals defined
Status: in_force

All persons concerned in the commission of crime, whether it be

felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the act

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constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, though

not present, are principals.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-51.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-51.2
Second and subsequent offenses ten years after completion
Status: in_force

of sentence.

Except as provided in Section 51.1a of this title, no person

shall be sentenced as a second and subsequent offender under Section

51.1 of this title, or any other section of the Oklahoma Statutes,

when a period of ten (10) years has elapsed since the completion of

the sentence imposed on the former conviction; provided, the person

has not, in the meantime, been convicted of a felony. Nothing in

this section shall prohibit the use of a prior conviction for

physical or sexually related child abuse as a prior conviction for

second and subsequent offender purposes if the person is presently

charged with a felony crime involving physical or sexually related

child abuse.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-279 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-279
Administrative officers included
Status: in_force

The various provisions of this article which relate to executive

officers apply in relation to administrative officers in the same

manner as if administrative and executive officer were both

mentioned together.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1835.9 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1835.9
Aggravated violations
Status: in_force

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A. A violation of paragraph 1 of Section 4 of this act shall be

aggravated where in the course of the violation there occurs the

driving of any automobile, motorcycle, trail bicycle, or any other

motorized vehicle in a way as to endanger others or to cause damage

to the land.

B. The penalty for a violation of this section shall consist of

a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for not

more than ten (10) days; for a second conviction within one (1) year

after the first conviction, by imprisonment for not more than twenty

(20) days; and upon a third or subsequent conviction within one (1)

year after the first conviction, by imprisonment for not more than

six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A person may

not be charged for the same offense under this section and paragraph

1 of Section 4 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-912 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-912
Malicious service of process or adjournment of trial
Status: in_force

Whoever maliciously procures any process in a civil action to be

served on Saturday upon any person who keeps Saturday as holy time,

and does not labor on that day, or serves upon him any process

returnable on that day, or maliciously procures any civil action to

which such person is a party to be adjourned to that day for trial,

is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.24 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.24
Firearm regulation - State preemption
Status: in_force

FIREARM REGULATION – STATE PREEMPTION

A. 1. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the

entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way

firearms, air powered pistols, air powered rifles, knives,

components, ammunition and supplies to the complete exclusion of any

order, ordinance or regulation by any municipality or other

political subdivision of this state. Any existing or future orders,

ordinances or regulations in this field, except as provided for in

paragraph 2 of this subsection and subsection C of this section, are

null and void.

2. A municipality may adopt any ordinance:

a. relating to the discharge of firearms within the

jurisdiction of the municipality,

b. allowing the municipality to issue a traffic citation

for transporting a firearm improperly as provided for

in Section 1289.13A of this title, provided, however,

that penalties contained for violation of any

ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of this

subparagraph shall not exceed the penalties

established in the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, and

c. allowing the municipality to issue a citation to an

individual or the parent or guardian of a minor who

discharges an air powered pistol or air powered rifle

in an intentional or negligent manner which causes the

projectile to leave the intended premises.

3. As provided in the preemption provisions of this section,

the otherwise lawful carrying or possession of a firearm under the

provisions of Chapter 53 of this title shall not be punishable by

any municipality or other political subdivision of this state as

disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace or similar offense against

public order.

4. A public or private school may create a policy regulating

the possession of knives on school property or in any school bus or

vehicle used by the school for purposes of transportation.

B. No municipality or other political subdivision of this state

shall adopt any order, ordinance or regulation concerning in any way

the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer, ownership, use,

keeping, possession, carrying, bearing, transportation, licensing,

permit, registration, taxation other than sales and compensating use

taxes or other controls on firearms, knives, components, ammunition

and supplies.

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C. Except as hereinafter provided, this section shall not

prohibit any order, ordinance or regulation by any municipality

concerning the confiscation of property used in violation of the

ordinances of the municipality as provided for in Section 28-121 of

Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided, however, no municipal

ordinance relating to transporting a firearm or knife improperly may

include a provision for confiscation of property.

D. When a person's rights pursuant to the protection of the

preemption provisions of this section have been violated, the person

shall have the right to bring a civil action against the persons,

municipality, and political subdivision jointly and severally for

injunctive relief or monetary damages or both.

E. As used in this section, air powered pistol or air powered

rifle is any pistol or rifle that uses compressed air or other

compressed gas to project plastic BB-like or pellet-like projectiles

at a speed not exceeding 400 feet per second.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1835.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1835.3
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 8 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the "Oklahoma Private Lands and Public Recreation Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-891 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-891
Child stealing - Penalty
Status: in_force

Whoever maliciously, forcibly or fraudulently takes or entices

away any child under the age of sixteen (16) years, with intent to

detain or conceal such child from its parent, guardian or other

person having the lawful charge of such child or to transport such

child from the jurisdiction of this state or the United States

without the consent of the person having lawful charge of such child

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense

punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of

Corrections not exceeding ten (10) years.

Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any

person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a

violation of this section and the offense involved sexual abuse or

sexual exploitation, shall be required to serve a term of post-

imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1

of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes

under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The

jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment

supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142A-6 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142A-6
Priority interest in proceeds
Status: in_force

The victims and the legal representative of a victim of a crime

shall have a priority interest in any proceeds or profits received

by a district court from an offender or any other person with the

cooperation of the offender, who is required to forfeit any proceeds

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or profits from any source, as a direct or indirect result of the

crime or sentence, or the notoriety which the crime or sentence has

conferred upon the offender pursuant to the provisions of Section 17

of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-272 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-272
Taking unlawful reward for requisition for fugitive
Status: in_force

Every officer who asks or receives any compensation, fee or

reward of any kind for any service rendered or expense incurred in

procuring from the Governor a demand upon the executive authority of

a State or Territory of the United States, or of a foreign

government, for the surrender of a fugitive from justice, or of any

service rendered or expense incurred in procuring the surrender of

such fugitive, or of conveying him to this state or for detaining

him therein, except upon an employment by the Governor, and upon an

account duly audited and paid out of the State Treasury, is guilty

of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-981 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-981
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. A "bet" is a bargain in which the parties agree that,

dependent upon chance, or in which one of the parties to the

transaction has valid reason to believe that it is dependent upon

chance, one stands to win or lose something of value specified in

the agreement. A bet does not include:

a. bona fide business transactions which are valid under

the law of contracts including, but not limited to,

contracts for the purchase or sale at a future date of

securities or other commodities and agreements to

compensation for loss caused by the happening of the

chance including, but not limited to, contracts of

indemnity or guaranty and life or health and accident

insurance; or

b. any charity game conducted pursuant to the provisions

of the Oklahoma Charity Games Act; or

c. offers of purses, prizes or premiums to the actual

participants in public and semipublic events, as

follows, to wit: Rodeos, animal shows, hunting,

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fishing or shooting competitions, expositions, fairs,

athletic events, tournaments and other shows and

contests where the participants qualify for a monetary

prize or other recognition. This subparagraph further

excepts an entry fee from the definition of "a bet" as

applied to enumerated public and semipublic events.

2. "Consideration" as used in this section means anything which

is a commercial or financial advantage to the promoter or a

disadvantage to any participant. Mere registration without purchase

of goods or services; personal attendance at places or events,

without payment of an admission price or fee; listening to or

watching radio and television programs; answering the telephone or

making a telephone call and acts of like nature are not

consideration. As used in this paragraph, the term "consideration"

shall not include sums of money paid by or for participants in any

bingo game or a game of chance with comparable characteristics as

defined by subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of this section and it

shall be conclusively presumed that such sums paid by or for said

participants were intended by said participants to be for the

benefit of the organizations described in subparagraph b of

paragraph 1 of this section for the use of such organizations in

furthering the purposes of such organizations;

3. A "gambling device" is a contrivance designed primarily for

gambling purposes which for a consideration affords the player an

opportunity to obtain something of value, the award of which is

determined by chance, or any token, chip, paper, receipt or other

document which evidences, purports to evidence or is designed to

evidence participation in a lottery or the making of a bet. The

fact that the prize is not automatically paid by the device does not

affect its character as a gambling device; and

4. A "gambling place" is any place, room, building, vehicle,

tent or location which is used for any of the following: making and

settling bets; receiving, holding, recording or forwarding bets or

offers to bet; conducting lotteries; or playing gambling devices.

Evidence that the place has a general reputation as a gambling place

or that, at or about the time in question, it was frequently visited

by persons known to be commercial gamblers or known as frequenters

of gambling places is admissible on the issue of whether it is a

gambling place.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1431 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1431
Burglary in first degree
Status: in_force

Every person who breaks into and enters the dwelling house of

another, in which there is at the time some human being, with intent

to commit some crime therein, either:

1. By forcibly bursting or breaking the wall, or an outer door,

window, or shutter of a window of such house or the lock or bolts of

such door, or the fastening of such window or shutter; or

2. By breaking in any other manner, being armed with a

dangerous weapon or being assisted or aided by one or more

confederates then actually present; or

3. By unlocking an outer door by means of false keys or by

picking the lock thereof, or by lifting a latch or opening a window,

is guilty of burglary in the first degree, a Class B1 felony

offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1368 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1368
Possession of explosives by convicted felons - Penalty
Status: in_force

A. Any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws

of this or any other state or the laws of the United States who,

with an unlawful intent, is in possession of any explosives, upon

conviction, shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense and shall

be punished by a fine of not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term

not to exceed ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. For purposes of this section, the term “explosive” shall

have the same definition as the term “explosive” as defined by

Chapter 8 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.