Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-456 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-456
Bribing witness - Subornation of perjury
Status: in_force

Any person who gives or offers or promises to give to any

witness or person about to be called as a witness in any matter

whatever, including contests before United States land officers or

townsite commissioners, any bribe upon any understanding or

agreement that the testimony of such witness shall be influenced, or

who attempts by any other means fraudulently to induce any witness

to give false testimony shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 222

and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections

B through F of Section 20N of this title, but if the offer, promise,

or bribe is in any way to induce the witness to swear falsely, then

it shall be held to be subornation of perjury.

R.L. 1910, § 2231. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 200, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 374, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 200 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1752.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1752.1
Trespass upon or interference with railroad property
Status: in_force

A. Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the person:

1. Without consent of the owner or the owner's agent, enters or

remains on railroad property, knowing that it is railroad property;

2. Throws an object at a train, or rail-mounted work equipment;

or

3. Maliciously or wantonly causes in any manner the derailment

of a train, railroad car or rail-mounted work equipment.

B. Any person shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense if

the person commits an offense specified in subsection A of this

section which results in a demonstrable monetary loss, damage or

destruction of railroad property when said loss is valued at more

than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or results in

bodily injury to a person. Any person shall be guilty of a Class D1

felony offense if the person discharges a firearm or weapon at a

train, or rail-mounted work equipment.

C. Any person violating the misdemeanor provisions of this

section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction

shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding

one (1) year or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. Any person

violating the felony provisions of this section shall be deemed

guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, and upon conviction shall be

punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F

of Section 20N of this title.

D. Subsection A of this section shall not be construed to

interfere with the lawful use of a public or private crossing.

E. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting a

representative of a labor organization which represents or is

seeking to represent the employees of the railroad, from conducting

such business as provided under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.,

Section 151 et seq.

F. As used in this section “railroad property” includes, but is

not limited to, any train, locomotive, railroad car, caboose, rail-

mounted work equipment, rolling stock, work equipment, safety

device, switch, electronic signal, microwave communication

equipment, connection, railroad track, rail, bridge, trestle, right-

of-way or other property that is owned, leased, operated or

possessed by a railroad.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-941 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-941
Opening, conducting or carrying on gambling game - Dealing
Status: in_force

for those engaged in game.

Except as provided in the Oklahoma Charity Games Act, every

person who opens, or causes to be opened, or who conducts, whether

for hire or not, or carries on either poker, roulette, craps or any

banking or percentage, or any gambling game played with dice, cards

or any device, for money, checks, credits, or any representatives of

value, or who either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not,

deals for those engaged in any such game, shall be guilty of a Class

C2 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by

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

than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), and by imprisonment as

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

title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-423 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-423
Overt act necessary
Status: in_force

No agreement to commit a felony or to commit a misdemeanor

amounts to a conspiracy, unless some act besides such agreement be

done to effect the object thereof, by one or more of the parties to

such agreement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1713v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1713v1
Receiving stolen property - Presumption
Status: in_force

A. Every person who buys or receives, in any manner, upon any

consideration, personal property of a value of One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) or more that has been stolen, embezzled, obtained by

false pretense or robbery, knowing or having reasonable cause to

believe the same to have been stolen, embezzled, obtained by false

pretense, or robbery, or who conceals, withholds, or aids in

concealing or withholding such property from the owner shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the

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

years, or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a

fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such

fine and imprisonment. If the personal property that has been

stolen, embezzled, obtained by false pretense or robbery has a value

of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall,

upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by

imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year.

B. Every person who, without making reasonable inquiry, buys,

receives, conceals, withholds, or aids in concealing or withholding

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 784

any property which has been stolen, embezzled, obtained by false

pretense or robbery, or otherwise feloniously obtained, under such

circumstances as should cause such person to make reasonable inquiry

to ascertain that the person from whom such property was bought or

received had the legal right to sell or deliver it shall be presumed

to have bought or received such property knowing it to have been so

stolen or wrongfully obtained. This presumption may, however, be

rebutted by proof.

R.L. 1910, § 2664. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 234, § 1, emerg. eff.

July 18, 1961; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 393, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws

1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 285, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2016, c.

221, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 393 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1834.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1834.1
Sale of secured personal property - Debtor as trustee
Status: in_force

of funds received.

Every debtor owning personal property in this state in which a

creditor has a security interest who, with the consent of the

secured party or his assignee, shall sell such collateral, or any

part thereof, while the security agreement remains in force and

unsatisfied, shall be deemed and conclusively held to be the trustee

of the funds received upon the sale thereof, for the benefit of such

secured party, or assignee, to the extent of the indebtedness

secured thereby or any balance due thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1575 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1575
False bank note plates
Status: in_force

Every person who, makes or engraves, or causes or procures to be

made or engraved, any plate in the form or similitude of any

promissory note, bill of exchange, draft, check, certificate of

deposit or other evidence of debt issued by any banking corporation

or association, or individual banker, incorporated or carrying on

business under the laws of this state, or of any other state,

government or country, without the authority of such bank, or has or

keeps in his custody or possession any such plate, without the

authority of such bank, with intent to use or permit the same to be

used for the purpose of taking therefrom any impression, to be

passed, sold or altered, or has or keeps in his custody or

possession, without the authority of such bank, any impression taken

from any such plate, with intent to have the same filled up and

completed for the purpose of being passed, sold or altered; or makes

or causes to be made, or has in his custody or possession, any plate

upon which are engraved any figures, or words, which may be used for

the purpose of falsely altering any evidence of debt issued by any

such bank, with intent to use the same, or to permit them to be used

for such purpose, is guilty of forgery in the second degree.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1273 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1273
Allowing minors to possess firearms
Status: in_force

ALLOWING MINORS TO POSSESS FIREARMS

A. It shall be unlawful for any person within this state to

sell or give to any child any of the arms or weapons designated in

Section 1272 of this title; provided, the provisions of this section

shall not prohibit a parent of a child or legal guardian of a child,

or a person acting with the permission of the parent of the child or

legal guardian of the child, from giving the child a firearm for

participation in hunting animals or fowl, hunter safety classes,

education and training in the safe use and handling of firearms,

target shooting, skeet, trap or other sporting events or

competitions, except as provided in subsection B of this section.

B. It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian to

intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly permit his or her child to

possess any of the arms or weapons designated in Section 1272 of

this title, including any firearm, if such parent is aware of a

substantial risk that the child will use the weapon to commit a

criminal offense or if the child has either been adjudicated a

delinquent or has been convicted as an adult for any criminal

offense that contains as an element the threat or use of physical

force against the person of another.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 571

C. It shall be unlawful for any child to possess any of the

arms or weapons designated in Section 1272 of this title, except

firearms used for participation in hunting animals or fowl, hunter

safety classes, education and training in the safe use and handling

of firearms, target shooting, skeet, trap or other sporting events

or competitions. Provided, this section shall not authorize the

possession of such weapons by any person who is subject to the

provisions of Section 1283 of this title.

D. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall,

upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1276 of this

title, and, any child violating the provisions of this section shall

be subject to adjudication as a delinquent. In addition, any person

violating the provisions of subsection A or B of this section shall

be liable for civil damages for any injury or death to any person

and for any damage to property, as provided in Section 10 of Title

23 of the Oklahoma Statutes, resulting from any discharge of a

firearm by the child or use of any other weapon that the person had

given to the child or permitted the child to possess. Any person

convicted of violating the provisions of this section after having

been issued a handgun license pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act may be liable for an administrative

violation as provided in Section 1276 of this title.

E. As used in this section, "child" means a person under

eighteen (18) years of age.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-151 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-151
Persons liable to punishment in state
Status: in_force

The following persons are liable to punishment under the laws of

this State:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 172

1. All persons who commit, in whole or in part, any crime

within the State.

2. All who commit theft out of this state, and bring, or are

found with the property stolen, in this state.

3. All who, being out of this state, abduct or kidnap, by force

or fraud, any person contrary to the laws of the place where such

act is committed, and bring, send, or convey such person within the

limits of this state, and are afterward found therein.

4. And all who, being out of this state, cause or aid, advise

or encourage, another person, causing an injury to any person or

property within this state by means of any act or neglect which is

declared criminal by this code, and who are afterward found within

this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-650v2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-650v2
Aggravated assault and battery upon peace officer
Status: in_force

A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,

knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person

of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff or highway patrolman,

corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or

any state peace officer employed by any state or federal

governmental agency to enforce state laws, while the officer is in

the performance of his or her duties shall upon conviction thereof

be guilty of a Class A3 felony offense, which shall be punishable by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not

more than life or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars

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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 294

B. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,

commits any aggravated assault and battery upon a person that the

violator knows or should reasonably know is a police officer,

sheriff, deputy sheriff or highway patrolman, corrections personnel

as defined in Section 649 of this title, or any state peace officer

employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce

state laws, that results in maiming as defined in Section 751 of

this title, while the officer is in the performance of his or her

duties shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A2 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department

of Corrections of not less than five (5) years nor more than life or

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

both such fine and imprisonment.

C. For purposes of this section, aggravated assault and battery

upon law officers includes the physical contact with and in attempt

to gain control of the firearm of any police officer, sheriff,

deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel as defined

in Section 649 of this title, or any peace officer employed by any

state or federal governmental agency to enforce state laws.

D. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts, but

shall be cumulative thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-401 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-401
Gifts or rewards for outstanding play or meritorious
Status: in_force

service not prohibited.

The provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this act shall not be

construed as preventing or prohibiting the giving or accepting of

gifts or rewards by any of the persons specified in said sections

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 209

for outstanding play or meritorious service in the performance of

their duties in, or in connection with, any athletic contest or

contests.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1223 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1223
Leaving carcass in certain places unlawful – Disposal of
Status: in_force

domestic animal carcass.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave or deposit, or

cause to be deposited or left, the carcass of any animal, chicken or

other fowl in any well, spring, pond or stream of water; or leave or

deposit the same within one-fourth (1/4) mile of any occupied

dwelling or of any public highway, without burying or disposing of

the carcass in accordance with the recommendations and requirements

of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

B. It shall be the duty of the owner of any domestic animal in

the State of Oklahoma to dispose of any carcass within twenty-four

(24) hours after notice of the knowledge of the death. Disposal

shall be in accordance with the recommendations and requirements of

the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. It

shall be unlawful to bury any carcass in any land along any stream

or ravine where it may become exposed through erosion of the soil,

or where the land is at any time subject to overflow.

C. "Owner" shall mean and include any person having possession

of domestic animals either by reason of ownership, rent, hire, loan,

or otherwise.

D. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-2002 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-2002
Seizures - Forfeiture or release - Hearing - Bona fide
Status: in_force

claims - Liens - Attorney fees - Proceeds of sale - Common carriers.

A. Any commissioned peace officer of this state is authorized

to seize any currency, negotiable instrument, monetary instrument,

equipment or property used or involved in, used to facilitate,

delivered from or traceable to a violation of Section 2001 of this

title. The seized item may be held as evidence until a forfeiture

has been declared or a release ordered. Forfeiture actions under

this section may be brought by the district attorney or Attorney

General in the proper county of venue as petitioner; provided, in

the event the district attorney or Attorney General elects not to

file such action, or fails to file such action within ninety (90)

days of the date of the seizure of the item, the item shall be

returned to the owner.

B. Notice of seizure and intended forfeiture proceeding shall

be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court for the

county wherein the item is seized and shall be given all owners and

parties in interest.

C. Notice shall be given according to one of the following

methods:

1. Upon each owner, lienholder, or party in interest whose name

and address is known, served in the manner of service of process in

civil cases prescribed by Section 2004 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma

Statutes; or

2. Upon all other owners, whose addresses are unknown, but who

are believed to have an interest in the property by one publication

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 876

in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the

seizure was made.

D. Within sixty (60) days after the mailing or publication of

the notice, the owner of the property and any other party in

interest or claimant may file a verified answer and claim to the

item described in the notice of seizure and of the intended

forfeiture proceeding.

E. If at the end of sixty (60) days after the notice has been

mailed or published there is no verified answer on file, the court

shall hear evidence upon the fact of the unlawful use and may order

the item forfeited to the state, if such fact is proven.

F. If a verified answer is filed, the forfeiture proceeding

shall be set for hearing.

G. Proceedings under this section shall be special proceedings.

H. At the hearing the petitioner shall prove by a preponderance

of the evidence that property was used in the attempt or commission

of an act specified in subsection A of this section with knowledge

by the owner of the item.

I. The claimant of any right, title, or interest in the item

may prove the lien, mortgage, or conditional sales contract to be

bona fide and that the right, title, or interest created by the item

was created without any knowledge or reason to believe that the item

was being, or was to be, used for the purpose charged.

J. In the event of such proof, the court may order the item

released to the bona fide or innocent owner, lienholder, mortgagee,

or vendor if the amount due such person is equal to, or in excess

of, the value of the item as of the date of the seizure, it being

the intention of this section to forfeit only the right, title, or

interest of the purchaser.

K. If the amount due to such person is less than the value of

the item, or if no bona fide claim is established, the item may be

forfeited to the state and may be sold pursuant to judgment of the

court, as on sale upon execution, and as provided in Section 2-508

of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except as otherwise provided

for by law.

L. A seized item taken or detained pursuant to this section

shall not be repleviable, but shall be deemed to be in the custody

of the petitioner or in the custody of the law enforcement agency.

The petitioner shall release the seized item to the owner of the

item if it is determined that the owner had no knowledge of the

illegal use of the item or if there is insufficient evidence to

sustain the burden of showing illegal use of the item. If the owner

of the property stipulates to the forfeiture and waives the hearing,

the petitioner may determine if the value of the item is equal to or

less than the outstanding lien. If such lien exceeds the value of

the item, the item may be released to the lienholder. A seized item

which has not been released by the petitioner shall be subject to

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 877

the orders and decrees of the court or the official having

jurisdiction thereof.

M. Attorney fees shall not be assessed against the state or the

petitioner for any actions or proceeding pursuant to this section.

N. The proceeds of the sale of any property shall be

distributed as follows, in the order indicated:

1. To the bona fide or innocent purchaser, conditional sales

vendor, or mortgagee of the item, if any, up to the amount of the

interest of that person in the property, when the court declaring

the forfeiture orders a distribution to such person;

2. To the payment of the actual reasonable expenses of

preserving the item;

3. To the victim of the crime to compensate the victim for any

loss incurred as a result of the act for which the item was

forfeited; and

4. The balance to a revolving fund in the office of the county

treasurer of the county wherein the property was seized, to be

distributed as follows: one-half (1/2) to the investigating law

enforcement agency and one-half (1/2) to the district attorney to be

used to defray any lawful expenses of the office of the district

attorney. If the petitioner is not the district attorney, then the

one-half (1/2) which would have been designated to that office shall

be distributed to the petitioner.

O. If the court finds that the item was not used in the attempt

or commission of an act specified in subsection A of this section

and was not an item subject to forfeiture pursuant to subsection B

of this section, the court shall order the item released to the

owner as the right, title, or interest as determined by the court.

P. No vehicle, airplane, or vessel used by a person as a common

carrier in the transaction of business as a common carrier shall be

forfeited pursuant to the provisions of this section unless it shall

be proven that the owner or other person in charge of such

conveyance was a consenting party or privy to the attempt or

commission of an act specified in subsection A or B of this section.

No item shall be forfeited pursuant to the provisions of this

section by reason of any act or omission established by the owner

thereof to have been committed or omitted without the knowledge or

consent of such owner, and by any person other than such owner while

the item was unlawfully in the possession of a person other than the

owner in violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of

any state.

Q. Whenever any item is forfeited pursuant to this section, the

district court having jurisdiction of the proceeding may order that

the forfeited item may be retained for its official use by the

state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency which seized the

item.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 878
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-425v2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-425v2
Engaging or conspiring to engage in pattern of criminal
Status: in_force

offenses.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 213

A. Any person who engages in a pattern of criminal offenses in

two or more counties in this state or who attempts or conspires with

others to engage in a pattern of criminal offenses shall, upon

conviction, 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 in an amount not more than Twenty-

five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment. Such punishment shall be in addition to any penalty

imposed for any offense involved in the pattern of criminal

offenses. Double jeopardy shall attach upon conviction.

B. For purposes of this act, “pattern of criminal offenses”

means:

1. Two or more criminal offenses are committed that are part of

the same plan, scheme, or adventure; or

2. A sequence of two or more of the same criminal offenses are

committed and are not separated by an interval of more than thirty

(30) days between the first and second offense, the second and

third, and so on; or

3. Two or more criminal offenses are committed, each proceeding

from or having as an antecedent element a single prior incident or

pattern of fraud, robbery, burglary, theft, identity theft, receipt

of stolen property, false personation, false pretenses, obtaining

property by trick or deception, taking a credit or debit card

without consent, or the making, transferring or receiving of a false

or fraudulent identification card.

C. Jurisdiction and venue for a pattern of criminal offenses

occurring in multiple counties in this state shall be determined as

provided in Section 1 of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-691 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-691
Homicide defined
Status: in_force

A. Homicide is the killing of one human being by another.

B. As used in this section, “human being” includes an unborn

child, as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

C. Homicide shall not include:

1. Acts which cause the death of an unborn child if those acts

were committed during a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman

consented; or

2. Acts which are committed pursuant to the usual and customary

standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or

therapeutic treatment.

D. Under no circumstances shall the mother of the unborn child

be prosecuted for causing the death of the unborn child unless the

mother has committed a crime that caused the death of the unborn

child.

R.L. 1910 Sec. 2308. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 185, § 1, eff. Nov.

1, 2006.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-306 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-306
Altering draft bill
Status: in_force

Any person who fraudulently alters the draft of any bill or

resolution which has been presented to either of the houses

composing the Legislature, to be passed or adopted, with intent to

procure it to be passed or adopted by either house, or certified by

the presiding officer of either house, in language different from

that intended by such house shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

Class D3 felony offense and shall be punished as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title.

R.L. 1910, § 2168. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 163, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 659, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 163 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1783 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1783
Secreting telegraphic dispatches
Status: in_force

Every person who, having in his possession any telegraphic

dispatch addressed to another, maliciously secretes, conceals or

suppresses the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1623 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1623
Fraudulently uttering one's indorsement as another's
Status: in_force

Every person who, with intent to defraud, endorses any

negotiable instrument in his own name, and utters or passes such

instrument, under the fraudulent pretense that it is endorsed by

another person who bears the same name, is guilty of forgery, a

Class B3 felony offense, in the same degree as if he had forged the

endorsement of a person bearing a different name from his own.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1380 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1380
Oklahoma Funeral Picketing Act — Findings — Purposes —
Status: in_force

Definitions — Penalties — Damages.

A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the

“Oklahoma Funeral Picketing Act”.

1. The Legislature finds that:

a. it is generally recognized that families have a

substantial interest in organizing and attending

funerals for deceased relatives,

b. the interests of families in privately and peacefully

mourning the loss of deceased relatives are violated

when funerals are targeted for picketing and other

public demonstrations,

c. picketing of funerals causes emotional disturbance and

distress to grieving families who participate in

funerals, and

d. full opportunity exists under the terms and provisions

of this section for the exercise of freedom of speech

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 681

and other constitutional rights at times other than

the period from two (2) hours before the scheduled

commencement of funeral services until two (2) hours

after the actual completion of the funeral services.

B. The purposes of this section are to:

1. Protect the privacy of grieving families during the period

from two (2) hours before the scheduled commencement of the funeral

services until two (2) hours after the actual completion of the

funeral services; and

2. Preserve the peaceful character of cemeteries, mortuaries

and churches from two (2) hours before the scheduled commencement of

funerals services until two (2) hours after the actual completion of

the funeral services.

C. As used in this section:

1. "Funeral" means the ceremonies, processions and memorial

services held in connection with the burial or cremation of the

dead; and

2. "Picketing" means protest activities engaged in by a person

or persons within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property line of

a cemetery, mortuary, church or other place where any portion of a

funeral service is held during the period from two (2) hours before

the scheduled commencement of funeral services until two (2) hours

after the actual completion of the funeral services.

D. It is unlawful for any person to engage in picketing within

one thousand (1,000) feet of the property line of any cemetery,

church, mortuary or other place where any portion of a funeral

service is held during the period from two (2) hours before the

scheduled commencement of funeral services until two (2) hours after

the actual completion of the funeral services.

E. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be

punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),

or by imprisonment in the county jail of not more than thirty (30)

days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

F. Notwithstanding the penalties provided in subsection E, any

district court may enjoin conduct proscribed by this section and may

in any such proceeding award damages, including punitive damages

attorney fees or other appropriate relief against the persons found

guilty of actions made unlawful by this section.Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 24
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-845 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-845
Renumbered as § 7102 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 353, §
Status: in_force

20, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 363
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1321.7 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1321.7
Offenses and penalties
Status: in_force

A. During a state of emergency, any person who maliciously

destroys or damages any real or personal property or maliciously

injures another shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense.

B. Any person guilty of violating this section shall, upon

conviction thereof, be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years,

nor more than ten (10) years.

C. Any person sixteen (16) years of age or over who violates

the provisions of this section shall be prosecuted as an adult.

D. A person is guilty of an offense under this section

committed by another person when:

1. Acting with the state of mind that is sufficient for

commission of the offense, he causes an innocent or irresponsible

person to engage in conduct constituting the offense; or

2. Intending to promote or facilitate the commission of the

offense he:

a. solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise

attempts to cause the other person to commit it,

b. aids, counsels, or agrees or attempts to aid the other

person in planning or committing it, or

c. having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the

offense, fails to make a proper effort to do so.

E. In any prosecution for an offense under this section in

which the criminal liability of the accused is based upon the

conduct of another person pursuant to this section, it is no defense

that:

1. The other person is not guilty of the offense in question

because of irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption,

or because of unawareness of the criminal nature of the conduct in

question or of the accused's criminal purpose, or because of other

factors precluding the mental state required for the commission of

the offense; or

2. The other person has not been prosecuted for or convicted of

any offense based on the conduct in question, or has previously been

acquitted thereof, or has been convicted of a different offense or

in a different degree, or has legal immunity from prosecution for

the conduct in question.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-567B — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-567B
Failure to appear for jury service - Sanctions
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 244

An individual who fails to appear in person on the date

scheduled for jury service and who has failed to obtain a

postponement in compliance with the provisions for requesting a

postponement, or who fails to appear on the date set pursuant to

Section 9 of this act, shall be in indirect contempt of court and

shall be punished by the imposition of a fine not to exceed Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The prospective juror may be excused

from paying sanctions for good cause shown or in the interests of

justice. In addition to or in lieu of the fine, the court may order

that the prospective juror complete a period of community service

for a period no less than if the prospective juror would have

completed jury service, and provide proof of completion of this

community service to the court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1317 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1317
Presence after unlawful purpose becomes known
Status: in_force

Where three or more persons assemble for a lawful purpose and

afterwards proceed to commit an act that would amount to riot if it

had been the original purpose of the meeting, every person who does

not retire when the change of purpose is made known, except public

officers and persons assisting them in attempting to disperse the

same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1753.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1753.3
Throwing, dropping, depositing or otherwise placing
Status: in_force

litter upon highways, roads or public property - Penalties.

A. The operator of a vehicle, unless any other person in the

vehicle admits to or is identified as having committed the act,

shall be liable pursuant to subsection B of this section for any act

of throwing, dropping, depositing, or otherwise placing any litter

from a vehicle upon highways, roads, or public property.

B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of

subsection A of this section shall be subject to a state traffic

offense punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) and upon conviction shall be sentenced to perform not

less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) hours of community

service in a litter abatement work program as approved by the court,

or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as provided

by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The penalties

collected from the payment of the citations shall, after deduction

of court costs, be paid into the reward fund created pursuant to

Section 1334 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of

subsection A of this section with any flaming or glowing substances

except those which by law may be placed upon highway rights-of-way,

or any substance which may cause a fire shall be subject to a state

traffic offense punishable by a fine of not more than Two Thousand

Dollars ($2,000.00) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to

perform not less than ten (10) nor more than forty (40) hours of

community service in a litter abatement work program as approved by

the court, or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as

provided by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The

penalties collected from the payment of the citations shall, after

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 816

deduction of court costs, be paid to the fire department of the

district in which the flaming or glowing substance was discarded.

D. During a declared burn ban by the Governor, any person

convicted of violating the provisions of subsection A of this

section with any flaming or glowing substances except those which by

law may be placed upon highway rights-of-way, or any substance which

may cause a fire shall be subject to a state traffic offense

punishable by a fine of not more than Four Thousand Dollars

($4,000.00) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to perform not

less than twenty (20) nor more than eighty (80) hours of community

service in a litter abatement work program as approved by the court,

or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as provided

by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The penalties

collected from the payment of the citations shall, after deduction

of court costs, be paid to the fire department of the district in

which the flaming or glowing substance was discarded.

E. As used in this section, “litter” means any flaming or

glowing substances except those which by law may be placed upon

highway rights-of-way, any substance which may cause a fire, any

bottles, cans, trash, garbage, or debris of any kind. As used in

this section, “litter” shall not include trash, garbage, or debris

placed beside a public road for collection by a garbage or

collection agency, or deposited upon or within public property

designated by the state or by any of its agencies or political

subdivisions as an appropriate place for such deposits if the person

making the deposit is authorized to use the property for such

purpose.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-19 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-19
Uniform reporting system to be used by criminal and
Status: in_force

juvenile justice information systems.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 42

For purposes of any crime specified by the criminal code of this

title or any provision of the law in this state, all criminal and

juvenile justice information systems shall adopt and use the uniform

reporting standard created and published by the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation as provided by Section 1517 of Title 22 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. The uniform reporting standard shall insure

the accurate reporting of all criminal and juvenile delinquency

information relating to arrests, charges, custody records,

dispositions, and any other information record purporting to

identify a criminal or juvenile delinquency history record or

information to be maintained by any criminal or juvenile justice

information system within this state. Every district court,

criminal justice agency, and juvenile delinquency agency of this

state is hereby directed to comply with and use the uniform

reporting standard for reporting and maintaining all criminal

justice information systems of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1320.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1320.2
Incitement to riot
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful and shall constitute incitement to riot, a

Class B4 felony offense, for a person or persons, intending to

cause, aid, or abet the institution or maintenance of a riot, to do

an act or engage in conduct that urges other persons to commit acts

of unlawful force or violence, or the unlawful burning or destroying

of property, or the unlawful interference with a police officer,

peace officer, fireman or a member of the Oklahoma National Guard or

any unit of the armed services officially assigned to riot duty in

the lawful performance of his duty.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-540Av2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-540Av2
Eluding peace officer
Status: in_force

A. Any operator of a motor vehicle who has received a visual

and audible signal, a red light and a siren from a peace officer

driving a motor vehicle showing the same to be an official police,

sheriff, highway patrol or state game ranger vehicle directing the

operator to bring the vehicle to a stop and who willfully increases

the speed or extinguishes the lights of the vehicle in an attempt to

elude such peace officer, or willfully attempts in any other manner

to elude the peace officer, or who does elude such peace officer, is

guilty of a misdemeanor. The peace officer, while attempting to

stop a violator of this section, may communicate a request for the

assistance of other peace officers from any office, department or

agency. Any peace officer within this state having knowledge of

such request is authorized to render such assistance in stopping the

violator and may effect an arrest under this section upon probable

cause. Violation of this subsection shall constitute a misdemeanor

and shall be punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment

in the county jail or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or by both

such fine and imprisonment. A second or subsequent violation of

this subsection shall be punishable by not more than one (1) year in

the county jail or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or both

such fine and imprisonment.

B. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection A of

this section in such manner as to endanger any other person shall be

deemed guilty of a Class C1 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through E of Section

20L of this title, or by a fine of not less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),

or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. 1. Any person who causes an accident, while eluding or

attempting to elude an officer, resulting in great bodily injury to

any other person while driving or operating a motor vehicle within

this state and who is in violation of the provisions of subsection A

of this section may be charged with a violation of the provisions of

this subsection. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the

provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a Class C1

felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through E of Section 20L of this title, and a fine of

not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

2. As used in this subsection, “great bodily injury” means

bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which

causes serious, permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or

impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1485 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1485
Obtaining signature by extortion
Status: in_force

Every person, who by any extortionate means, obtains from

another his signature to any paper or instrument, whereby, if such

signature were freely given, any property would be transferred, or

any debt, demand, charge or right of action created, is, upon

conviction, guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable as

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

title.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 699
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-945 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-945
Use of real estate or buildings for gambling purposes - Punishment - Liens - Liability on
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 13Punishment - Liens - Liability on official bond of receivers, etc. -

Invalidity of leases.

It shall be unlawful for the owner or owners of any real estate,

buildings, structure or room to use, rent, lease or permit,

knowingly, the same to be used for the purpose of violating Section

1 of this act. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this

section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than One Hundred

Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 396

each offense, to be recovered at the suit of the state. The penalty

so recovered shall become a lien on the property and premises to be

used, leased or rented in violation of this act from and after the

date of the filing of the suit to recover such penalty, and the

filing of a notice of the pendency of such suit with the county

clerk of the county wherein said property is located, and upon final

judgment said property may be sold as upon execution to satisfy the

same, together with the cost of suit; provided, however, that such

lien shall not attach to property under the control of any receiver,

trustee, guardian or administrator appointed by a court of competent

jurisdiction; but in such case, the receiver, trustee, guardian or

administrator shall be liable on his official bond for the penalty

so incurred and in addition thereto shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor. Each day such property is so used, leased or rented for

any such unlawful purpose shall constitute a separate offense, and

the penalty herein prescribed shall be recovered for each and every

day. All leases between landlords and tenants, under which any

tenant shall use the premises for the purpose of violating any

provisions of this act shall be wholly null and void, and the

landlord may recover possession thereof, as in forcible entry and

detainer.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-64 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-64
Imposition of fine in addition to imprisonment
Status: in_force

A. Upon a conviction for any misdemeanor punishable by

imprisonment in any jail, in relation to which no fine is prescribed

by law, the court or a jury may impose a fine on the offender not

exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in addition to the

imprisonment prescribed.

B. Upon a conviction for any felony punishable by imprisonment

in any jail or prison, in relation to which no fine is prescribed by

law, the court or a jury may impose a fine on the offender not

exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in addition to the

imprisonment prescribed.

R.L. 1910, § 2812. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 75, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 29, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 51, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws

1997, c. 133, § 16, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c.

5, § 7, eff. July 1, 1999.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 16 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-566.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-566.1
Noncompliance with child support order - Indirect civil
Status: in_force

contempt.

A. When a court of competent jurisdiction has entered an order

compelling a parent to furnish child support, necessary food,

clothing, shelter, medical support, payment of child care expenses,

or other remedial care for the minor child of the parent:

1. Proof that:

a. the order was made, filed, and served on the parent,

b. the parent had actual knowledge of the existence of

the order,

c. the order was granted by default after prior due

process notice to the parent, or

d. the parent was present in court at the time the order

was pronounced; and

2. Proof of noncompliance with the order,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 241

shall be prima facie evidence of an indirect civil contempt of

court.

B. 1. In the case of indirect contempt for the failure to

comply with an order for child support, child support arrears, or

other support, punishment shall be, at the discretion of the court:

a. incarceration in the county jail not exceeding six (6)

months, or

b. incarceration in the county jail on weekends or at

other times that allow the obligor to be employed,

seek employment or engage in other activities ordered

by the court.

2. Punishment may also include imposition of a fine in a sum

not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

3. In the case of indirect contempt for the failure to comply

with an order for child support, child support arrears, or other

support, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that

the obligor is willfully unemployed, the court may require the

obligor to work two (2) eight-hour days per week in a community

service program as defined in Section 339.7 of Title 19 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, if the county commissioners of that county have

implemented a community service program.

C. 1. During proceedings for indirect contempt of court, the

court may order the obligor to complete an alternative program and

comply with a payment plan for child support and arrears. If the

obligor fails to complete the alternative program and comply with

the payment plan, the court shall proceed with the indirect contempt

and shall impose punishment pursuant to subsection B of this

section.

2. An alternative program may include:

a. a problem-solving court program for obligors when

child support services under the state child support

plan as provided in Section 237 of Title 56 of the

Oklahoma Statutes are being provided for the benefit

of the child. A problem-solving court program is an

immediate and highly structured judicial intervention

process for the obligor and requires completion of a

participation agreement by the obligor and monitoring

by the court. A problem-solving court program differs

in practice and design from the traditional

adversarial contempt prosecution and trial systems.

The problem-solving court program uses a team approach

administered by the judge in cooperation with a child

support state's attorney and a child support court

liaison who focuses on removing the obstacles causing

the nonpayment of the obligor. The obligors in this

program shall be required to sign an agreement to

participate in this program as a condition of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 242

Department of Human Services agreement to stay

contempt proceedings or in lieu of incarceration after

a finding of guilt. The court liaisons assess the

needs of the obligor, develop a community referral

network, make referrals, monitor the compliance of the

obligor in the program, and provide status reports to

the court, and

b. participation in programs such as counseling,

treatment, educational training, social skills

training or employment training to which the obligor

reports daily or on a regular basis at specified times

for a specified length of time.

D. In the case of indirect contempt for the failure to comply

with an order for child support, child support arrears, or other

support, the Supreme Court shall promulgate guidelines for

determination of the sentence and purge fee. If the court fails to

follow the guidelines, the court shall make a specific finding

stating the reasons why the imposition of the guidelines would

result in inequity. The factors that shall be used in determining

the sentence and purge fee are:

1. The proportion of the child support, child support arrearage

payments, or other support that was unpaid in relation to the amount

of support that was ordered paid;

2. The proportion of the child support, child support arrearage

payments, or other support that could have been paid by the party

found in contempt in relation to the amount of support that was

ordered paid;

3. The present capacity of the party found in contempt to pay

any arrearages;

4. Any willful actions taken by the party found in contempt to

reduce the capacity of that party to pay any arrearages;

5. The past history of compliance or noncompliance with the

support order; and

6. Willful acts to avoid the jurisdiction of the court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-20B — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-20B
Class Y offenses
Status: in_force

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

the following criminal offenses:

1. Murder in the first degree as provided for in subsection A

of Section 701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Murder in the first degree during the commission of a crime,

as provided for in subsection B of Section 701.7 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Murder in the first degree when the death of a child results

from willful or malicious injuring, torturing, maiming, or using

unreasonable force, as provided for in subsection C of Section 701.7

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Murder in the first degree when the person solicits another

to cause the death of another human being in furtherance of

unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a controlled

dangerous substance, as provided for in subsection D of Section

701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Murder in the first degree when the person intentionally

causes the death of a law enforcement officer, as provided for in

subsection E of Section 701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

and

6. Murder in the first degree when a person kills another

person or causes the death of another human being in the commission

of an act of terrorism, as provided for in subsection C of Section

1268.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. Any person convicted of a Class Y 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, § 21-439 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-439
Concealing escaped prisoner
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully and knowingly conceals any prisoner,

who having been confined in prison upon a charge or conviction of

misdemeanor, has escaped therefrom, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1320.11 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1320.11
Liability of motor vehicle operator fleeing from a
Status: in_force

riot.

A motor vehicle operator who unintentionally causes injury or

death to an individual shall not be criminally or civilly liable for

the injury or death, if:

1. The injury or death of the individual occurred while the

motor vehicle operator was fleeing from a riot, as defined in

Section 1311 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, under a

reasonable belief that fleeing was necessary to protect the motor

vehicle operator from serious injury or death; and

2. The motor vehicle operator exercised due care at the time of

the death or injury.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1303 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1303
Assaults while masked or disguised
Status: in_force

Any person, while masked or in disguise, who shall assault

another with a dangerous weapon, or other instrument of punishment,

shall be deemed guilty of a Class B5 felony offense, and upon

conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less than

One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), and by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term

of not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.20 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.20
Manufacture of restricted bullets
Status: in_force

MANUFACTURE OF RESTRICTED BULLETS

A. Except for the purpose of public safety or national

security, it shall be unlawful to manufacture, cause to be

manufactured, import, advertise for sale or sell within this state

any restricted bullet as defined in Section 1289.19 of this title.

B. Any person convicted of violating subsection A of this

section shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense and shall be

punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)

nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment

in the State Penitentiary for not more than ten (10) years, or by

both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.3
Actual notice
Status: in_force

The words "actual notice" as used herein shall be construed to

include either notice given to the purchaser in person or notice

given to him in writing. Such actual notice in writing shall be

presumed to have been given when deposited as registered or

certified mail, in the United States mail, addressed to such person

at his last known address.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1438 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1438
Entering building or other structure with intent to
Status: reserved

commit felony, larceny or malicious mischief - Breaking and entering

dwelling without permission.

A. Every person who, under circumstances not amounting to any

burglary, enters any building or part of any building, booth, tent,

warehouse, railroad car, vessel, or other structure or erection with

intent to commit any felony, larceny, or malicious mischief, is

guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. Every person who, without the intention to commit any crime

therein, shall willfully and intentionally break and enter into any

building, trailer, vessel or other premises used as a dwelling

without the permission of the owner or occupant thereof, except in

the cases and manner allowed by law, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor.

C. Every person who, with the intent to commit a crime, enters

an area of a commercial business that is:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 690

1. Commonly reserved for personnel of the commercial business

where money or other property is kept; or

2. Clearly marked with a sign or signs that indicates to the

public that entry is forbidden,

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

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

year, or a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or

by both such fine and imprisonment. Any second or subsequent

conviction under the provisions of this subsection shall be a felony

punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of

Corrections for a term of not more than two (2) years, or by a fine

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

fine and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2618. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 92, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 23, 1991; Laws 2024, c. 340, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1111 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1111
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 21-1111v1 (HB 1995, Laws 2025, c. 60, 1)

OS 21-1111v2 (SB 630, Laws 2025, c. 103, § 1)

OS 21-1111v3 (HB 1003, Laws 2025, c. 365, § 1)
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.23 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.23
Receiving, holding or concealing lost or mislaid card
Status: in_force

A person who receives, holds or conceals a credit card or a

debit card which has been lost or mislaid under circumstances which

give him knowledge or cause to inquire as to the true owner and

appropriates it to his use or the use of another not entitled

thereto is subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1550.33(a)

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-563 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-563
Application of preceding sections
Status: in_force

The provisions of the foregoing sections relating to the buying

of claims by an attorney with intent to prosecute them, or to the

lending or advancing money by an attorney in consideration of a

claim being delivered for collection, shall apply to every case of

such buying a claim, or lending or advancing money by any person

prosecuting a suit or demanding in person.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.16 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1040.16
Summary examination of material - Dismissal or show
Status: in_force

cause order.

A. Upon the filing of the petition described in Section 1040.15

of this title, the court shall summarily examine the obscene

material or child sexual abuse material.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 440

B. If the court finds no probable cause to believe it is

obscene material or child sexual abuse material, the court shall

dismiss the petition.

C. If the court finds probable cause to believe it is obscene

material or child sexual abuse material, the court shall immediately

issue an order or rule to show cause why it should not be

adjudicated to be obscene material or child sexual abuse material.

D. The order or rule to show cause shall be:

1. Directed against it by name or description;

2. If their names and addresses are known, served personally in

the manner provided in this act for the service of process or in any

manner now or hereafter provided by law, upon its author, publisher,

and any other person interested in sending or causing it to be sent,

bringing or causing it to be brought, into this state for sale or

commercial distribution, and on any person in this state preparing,

selling, exhibiting or commercially distributing it or giving away

or offering to give it away, or possessing it with intent to sell or

commercially distribute or exhibit or give away or offer to give it

away; and

3. Returnable six (6) days after its service.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1592 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1592
Uttering forged instruments or coin
Status: in_force

A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, utters or

publishes as true any forged, altered or counterfeited instrument or

any counterfeit gold or silver coin, the forging, altering or

counterfeiting of which has previously been declared to be

punishable, knowing such instrument or coin to be forged, altered or

counterfeited, is punishable as follows:

1. If the value of the instrument is less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery as a

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 754

exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;

2. If the value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

($2,500.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery, a Class D3

felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

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

not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine;

3. If the value of the instrument is Two Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars ($2,500.00) or more but less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery, 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 to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine; and

4. If the value of the instrument is Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of forgery, 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 to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine.

B. For purposes of this section, 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 intent of the party to commit a continuing crime.

R.L. 1910, § 2645. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 221, § 14, eff. Nov. 1,

2016; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2025, c. 486,

§ 243, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-581 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-581
Willful omission of duty by public officers
Status: in_force

Where any duty is or shall be enjoined by law upon any public

officer, or upon any person holding any public trust or employment,

every willful omission to perform such duty where no special

provision shall have been made for the punishment of such

delinquency, is punishable as a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1779 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1779
Injuring written instruments the false making of which
Status: in_force

would be forgery.

Every person who maliciously mutilates, tears, defaces,

obliterates, or destroys any written instrument being the property

of another, the false making of which would be forgery, is

punishable in the same manner as the forgery of such instrument is

made punishable.

1. If the value of the property is Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00) or more, the person 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.

2. If the value of the property is Two Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars ($2,500.00) or more but less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00), the person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of 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.

3. If the value of the property is One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

($2,500.00), the person shall, upon conviction, be 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1674 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1674
Frauds by insolvent debtor
Status: in_force

Every person who, upon making or prosecuting any application for

a discharge as an insolvent debtor, under the provision of any law

now in force, or that may hereafter be enacted, either:

1. Fraudulently presents, or authorizes to be presented on his

behalf such application, in a case in which it is not authorized by

law; or,

2. Makes or presents to any court or office, in support of such

application, any petition, schedule, book, account, voucher or other

paper or document, knowing the same to contain any false statement;

or,

3. Fraudulently makes or exhibits, or alters, obliterates or

destroys any account or voucher relating to the condition of his

affairs, or any entry or statement in such account or voucher; or,

4. Practices any fraud upon any creditor, with intent to induce

him to petition for, or consent to such discharge; or,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 766

5. Conspires with or induces any person fraudulently to unite

as a creditor in any petition for such discharge, or to practice any

fraud in aid thereof,

is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1903 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1903
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 21-1903v1 (SB 562, Laws 2025, c. 405, § 2)

OS 21-1903v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 62)
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-748v2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-748v2
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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 322

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;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 323

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. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall,

upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A2 felony offense 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. 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 Class A2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less

than fifteen (15) years or for life, or by a fine of not more than

Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), or by both such

fine and imprisonment. 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. 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.

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, § 21-1752 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1752
Death from displacing of railroad equipment
Status: in_force

Whenever any offense specified in Section 1751 of this title

results in the death of any human being, the offender shall be

guilty of a Class A2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in

the State Penitentiary for not less than four (4) years.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 814

R.L. 1910, § 2757. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 408, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 299, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-440 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-440
Harboring criminals and fugitives – Assisting a sex
Status: in_force

offender in violation of registration requirements – Unlawful acts -

Penalties.

A. Any person who shall knowingly feed, lodge, clothe, arm,

equip in whole or in part, harbor, aid, assist or conceal in any

manner any person guilty of any felony, or outlaw, or fugitive from

justice, or any person seeking to escape arrest for any felony

committed within this state or any other state or territory, 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.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person who has reason to

believe that a sex offender is in violation of the registration

requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act and who has the

intent to assist the sex offender in eluding arrest, to do any of

the following:

1. Withhold information from, or fail to notify, a law

enforcement agency about the noncompliance of the sex offender with

the registration requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act,

and, if known, the whereabouts of the offender;

2. Harbor, attempt to harbor, or assist another person in

harboring or attempting to harbor, the sex offender;

3. Conceal, or attempt to conceal, or assist another person in

concealing or attempting to conceal, the sex offender; or

4. Provide information to a law enforcement agency regarding

the sex offender that the person knows to be false information.

C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of

subsection B of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 216

punishable by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to

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

R.L. 1910, § 2204. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 193, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 108, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-93 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-93
Negligent - Negligence
Status: in_force

The terms "neglect," "negligence," "negligent" and

"negligently," when so employed, import a want of such attention to

the nature or probable consequences of the act or omission as a

prudent man ordinarily bestows in acting in his own concerns.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-491 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-491
Perjury defined - Defense
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 226

Whoever, in a trial, hearing, investigation, deposition,

certification or declaration, in which the making or subscribing of

a statement is required or authorized by law, makes or subscribes a

statement under oath, affirmation or other legally binding assertion

that the statement is true, when in fact the witness or declarant

does not believe that the statement is true or knows that it is not

true or intends thereby to avoid or obstruct the ascertainment of

the truth, is guilty of perjury, a Class D1 felony offense. It

shall be a defense to the charge of perjury as defined in this

section that the statement is true.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-464 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-464
Forging name to petition - Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly sign, subscribe or forge the name

of any other person, without the consent of such other person, to

any petition, application, remonstrance, or other instrument of

writing, authorized by law to be filed in or with any court, board

or officer, with intent to deceive or mislead such court, board or

officer, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding

six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.33 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.33
Processding of claims - Power of Administrator of Crime
Status: in_force

Victims Compensation Board.

The Administrator of the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation

Board is authorized to process any claim against the Murrah Crime

Victims Compensation Fund submitted by victims or the families of

any victims upon proof that the claimant is a victim or the family

of any victim of the bombing that took place in front of the Alfred

P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. The Administrator is

specifically authorized to collect the necessary information to

establish said fact in the most expeditious and efficient manner

possible, is authorized to establish claim forms and to modify such

forms as necessary, and is authorized to process and pay claims

based upon information submitted in the claims process.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 152
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-540D — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-540D
Interfering or threatening first responders
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 234

1. "First responder" shall include a peace officer as defined

in Section 99 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a correctional

or probation and parole officer, and an emergency medical technician

or emergency medical care provider; and

2. "Harass" means to willfully engage in a course of conduct

directed at a first responder which intentionally distracts the

first responder from performing his or her official duties and

serves no legitimate purpose.

B. It shall be unlawful for a person, after receiving a verbal

warning not to approach from a person he or she knows or reasonably

should know is a first responder, who is engaged in the lawful

performance of a legal duty, to knowingly and willfully violate such

warning and approach or remain within twenty-five (25) feet of the

first responder with the intent to:

1. Impede or interfere with the ability of the first responder

to perform such duty;

2. Threaten the first responder with physical harm; or

3. Harass the first responder.

C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section

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

imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1)

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

or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1561 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1561
Wills, deeds and certain other instruments, forgery of
Status: in_force

Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges, counterfeits

or falsely alters:

1st. Any will or codicil of real or personal property, or any

deed or other instrument being or purporting to be the act of

another, by which any right or interest in real property is, or

purports to be, transferred, conveyed or in any way changed or

affected; or,

2nd. Any certificate or endorsement of the acknowledgment by

any person of any deed or other instrument which by law may be

recorded or given in evidence, made or purporting to have been made

by any officer duly authorized to make such certificate or

endorsement; or,

3rd. Any certificate of the proof of any deed, will, codicil or

other instrument which by law may be recorded or given in evidence,

made or purporting to have been made by any court or officer duly

authorized to make such certificate,

is guilty of forgery in the first degree, a Class B3 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-650v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-650v1
Aggravated assault and battery upon peace officer
Status: in_force

A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,

knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person

of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman,

corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or

any state peace officer employed by any state or federal

governmental agency to enforce state laws, while the officer is in

the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction, be

guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for not more than life, a fine not

exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 293

B. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,

commits any aggravated assault and battery upon a person that the

violator knows or should reasonably know is a police officer,

sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel as

defined in Section 649 of this title, or any state peace officer

employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce

state laws, that results in maiming as defined in Section 751 of

this title, while the officer is in the performance of his or her

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

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not

less than five (5) years nor more than life, a fine not exceeding

Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

C. For purposes of this section, aggravated assault and battery

upon law officers includes:

1. The physical contact with and an attempt to gain control of

the firearm; or

2. The strangulation,

of any police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman,

corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or

any peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental

agency to enforce state laws.

As used in this subsection, “strangulation” shall have the same

meaning as provided in subsection J of Section 644 of this title.

D. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts but

shall be cumulative thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142A-1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142A-1
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Oklahoma Victim's Rights Act:

1. "Crime victim" or "victim" means any person against whom a

crime or delinquent act was committed or a person directly and

proximately harmed by the commission of a crime or delinquent act,

except homicide, in which case the victim may be a surviving family

member including a stepbrother, stepsister or stepparent, or the

estate when there are no surviving family members other than the

defendant, and who, as a direct result of the crime, suffers injury,

loss of earnings, out-of-pocket expenses, or loss or damage to

property, and who is entitled to restitution from an offender

pursuant to an order of restitution imposed by a sentencing court

under the laws of this state. The term "victim" does not include

the accused or a person whom the court finds would not act in the

best interests of a person who is deceased or incompetent, a minor

or an incapacitated victim;

2. "Injury" means any physical, mental, or emotional harm

caused by the conduct of an offender and includes the expenses

incurred for medical, psychiatric, psychological, or generally

accepted remedial treatment of the actual bodily or mental harm,

including pregnancy and death, directly resulting from a crime and

aggravation of existing physical injuries, if additional losses can

be attributed to the direct result of the crime;

3. "Loss of earnings" means the deprivation of earned income or

of the ability to earn previous levels of income as a direct result

of a crime and the loss of the cash equivalent of Social Security,

railroad retirement, pension plan, retirement plan, disability,

veteran's retirement, court-ordered child support or court-ordered

spousal support, where the payment is the primary source of the

victim's income, and where the victim is deprived of the money as a

direct result of the crime;

4. "Members of the immediate family" means the spouse, a child

by birth or adoption, a stepchild, a parent by birth or adoption, a

stepparent, a grandparent, a grandchild, a sibling, or a stepsibling

of each victim;

5. "Out-of-pocket loss" means the unreimbursed and

nonreimbursable expenses or indebtedness incurred for medical care,

nonmedical care, or other services necessary for the treatment of

the actual bodily or mental harm, including pregnancy and funeral

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 154

expenses, directly resulting from the crime and aggravation of

existing physical injuries, if additional losses can be attributed

directly to the crime; the unreimbursed and nonreimbursable expenses

for damage to real and personal property as a direct result of the

crime, and unreimbursed and nonreimbursable economic losses incurred

as a consequence of participation in prosecution and proceedings

related to the crime;

6. "Property" means any real or personal property;

7. "Restitution" means the return of property to the crime

victim or payments in cash or the equivalent thereof, and payment in

cash or the equivalent thereof as reparation for injury, loss of

earnings, and out-of-pocket loss ordered by the court in the

disposition of a criminal proceeding;

8. "Victim impact statements" means information about the

financial, emotional, psychological, and physical effects of a

violent crime on each victim and members of their immediate family,

or person designated by the victim or by family members of the

victim and includes information about the victim, circumstances

surrounding the crime, the manner in which the crime was

perpetrated, and the opinion of the victim of a recommended

sentence; and

9. "Violent crime" means any crime listed in paragraph 2 of

Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any attempt,

conspiracy or solicitation to commit any such crime or the crime of

negligent homicide pursuant to Section 11-903 of Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes or the crime of causing great bodily injury while

driving under the influence of intoxicating substance pursuant to

Section 11-904 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-182 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-182
Offers of office by candidate a misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Every person who, being a candidate at any election, offers or

agrees to appoint or procure the appointment of any particular

person to office, as an inducement or consideration to any person to

vote for, to procure or aid in procuring the election of such

candidate, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-959 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-959
Witnesses failing to testify
Status: in_force

Every person duly summoned as a witness for the prosecution or

defense on any proceedings ordered under this article, who neglects

or refuses to attend and testify as required, is guilty of a

misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-747 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-747
Holder of hostage - Telephone communications
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 314

A. The supervising law enforcement official having jurisdiction

in the geographical area where any hostage is held or any suspect is

barricaded who has probable cause to believe that the holder of any

hostage or that any suspect is committing a crime shall have the

authority to order a telephone company to arrange to cut, reroute or

divert telephone lines in any emergency in which any hostage is

being held or any suspect is barricaded, for the purpose of

preventing telephone communication by the holder of any hostage or

any barricaded suspect with any person other than a peace officer or

a person authorized by the peace officer.

B. The serving telephone company within the geographical area

of a law enforcement unit shall designate appropriate telephone

company management employees to provide, or cause to be provided,

all required assistance to law enforcement officials to carry out

the purposes of this section.

C. Good faith reliance on an order by a supervising law

enforcement official pursuant to this section, shall constitute a

complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought against a

telephone company, its agents or employees, as a result of

compliance with said order.

D. During any hostage or barricaded suspect situation as

provided in subsection A of this section it shall be unlawful for

any person to publicly disseminate, unless with the consent or at

the request of the law enforcement agency of the supervising law

enforcement officer, any information received from any hostage

holder or barricaded suspect when a cellular telephone has been used

to establish contact with such hostage holder or barricaded suspect.

Every person convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Five

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-540C — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-540C
Fortification of access point where felony under
Status: in_force

Controlled Dangerous Substances Act is being committed.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully fortify an

access point into any dwelling, structure, building or other place

where a felony offense prohibited by the Uniform Controlled

Dangerous Substances Act is being committed, or attempted, and the

fortification is for the purpose of preventing or delaying entry or

access by a law enforcement officer, or to harm or injure a law

enforcement officer in the performance of official duties.

B. For purposes of this section, “fortify an access point”

means to willfully construct, install, position, use or hold any

material or device designed to injure a person upon entry or to

strengthen, defend, restrict or obstruct any door, window or other

opening into a dwelling, structure, building or other place to any

extent beyond the security provided by a commercial alarm system,

lock or deadbolt, or a combination of alarm, lock or deadbolt.

C. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall,

upon conviction, 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 in an amount not exceeding

Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1721 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1721
Tapping pipeline
Status: in_force

Any person who shall unlawfully make or cause to be made any

connection with or in any way tap or cause to be tapped, or drill or

cause to be drilled a hole in any pipe or pipeline or tank laid or

used for the conduct or storage of crude oil, naphtha, gas or

casinghead gas, or any of the manufactured or natural products

thereof, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of any of said

crude oil, naphtha, gas, casinghead gas or any of the manufactured

or natural products thereof, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony

offense, and upon conviction the person shall be punished by

forfeiture of the instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not

less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty

Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or confinement in the State

Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than

ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-24 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-24
Acts punishable under foreign laws
Status: in_force

An act or omission declared punishable by this chapter, is not

less so because it is also punishable under the laws of another

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 119

State, government or country, unless the contrary is expressly

declared in this chapter.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-758 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-758
Recovery before trial a bar - Conviction of assault and
Status: in_force

battery.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 325

Where it appears, upon a trial for maiming another person, that

the person injured has, before the time of trial, so far recovered

from the wound that he is no longer by it disfigured in personal

appearance, or disabled in any member or organ of his body, or

affected in physical vigor, no conviction for maiming shall be had;

but the accused may be convicted of assault and battery, with or

without a special intent, according to proof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1266.7 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1266.7
District court powers
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 559

The district courts of this state and the judges thereof shall

have full power, authority, and jurisdiction, upon the application

of the State of Oklahoma, acting through the district attorney, to

issue any and all proper restraining orders, temporary and permanent

injunctions, and any other writs and processes appropriate to carry

out and enforce the provisions of this act; no injunction or other

writ shall be granted, used or relied upon under the provisions of

this act in any labor dispute or disputes. Such proceedings shall

be instituted, prosecuted, tried, and heard as other civil

proceedings of like nature in such courts, provided that such

proceedings shall have priority over other cases in settings for

hearing.

Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter in any way the

powers now held by the courts of this state or of this nation under

the laws of this state in labor disputes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-365 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-365
Corrupt use of nonpublic information — Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any current or former officer, employee, or contractor of a

state agency who obtains or obtained nonpublic information because

of his or her government employment, government office, or contract

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 200

with a state agency, and who corruptly, as defined by Section 94 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes:

1. Uses such information for personal gain or benefit;

2. Acquires or divests a pecuniary interest in any property,

transaction, or enterprise which may be affected by such

information;

3. Speculates or wagers on the basis of such information;

4. Uses such information in a way that would affect any

personal pecuniary interest, including an interest held by an

immediate family member, or business entity with which the immediate

family member is associated;

5. Discloses such information to any person, group, entity, or

others not entitled to receive such information; or

6. Aids another to commit any act set forth in paragraphs 1

through 5 of this subsection,

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

not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to

exceed five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any

person convicted of violating any provision of this section shall be

prohibited from holding any public office in this state and shall be

prohibited from entering into any state contract.

B. Violation of any provision of this section shall be grounds

for removal from office or termination from state employment.

C. For purposes of this section, the term “immediate family

member” means:

1. A spouse;

2. A spouse’s parents;

3. A child by birth or adoption;

4. A stepchild;

5. A parent;

6. A grandparent;

7. A grandchild;

8. A sibling;

9. A spouse’s siblings; or

10. A spouse of any immediate family member listed in this

subsection.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1774 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1774
Removing or altering landmarks
Status: in_force

Every person who either:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 828

1. Maliciously removes any monuments of stone, wood, or other

material, erected for the purpose of designating any point in the

boundary of any lot or tract of land; or,

2. Maliciously defaces or alters the marks upon any tree, post

or other monument, made for the purpose of designating any point,

course, or line in any such boundary; or,

3. Maliciously cuts down or removes any tree upon which any

such marks have been made for such purpose, with intent to destroy

such marks;

Is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-799 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-799
Robbery in the second degree a felony
Status: in_force

Any person guilty of robbery in the second degree shall be

guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in

the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years.

R.L. 1910, § 2372. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 241, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 145, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1694 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1694
Instigating or encouraging dogfight - Felony - Penalty
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully or for any bet, stake or reward,

instigates or encourages any fight between dogs, or instigates or

encourages any dog to attack, bite, wound or worry another dog,

except in the course of protection of life and property, upon

conviction, shall be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense, punishable

as provided in Section 1699.1 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-567A — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-567A
Violation of child custody order – Affirmative defense –
Status: in_force

Emergency or protective custody.

A. Any parent or other person who violates an order of any

court of this state granting the custody of a child under the age of

eighteen (18) years to any person, agency, institution, or other

facility, with the intent to deprive the lawful custodian of the

custody of the child shall, upon conviction, be 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. The fine

for a violation of this subsection shall not exceed Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00).

B. The offender shall have an affirmative defense if the

offender reasonably believes that the act was necessary to preserve

the child from physical, mental, or emotional danger to the child’s

welfare and the offender notifies the local law enforcement agency

nearest to the location where the custodian of the child resides.

C. If a child is removed from the custody of the child’s lawful

custodian pursuant to the provisions of this section any law

enforcement officer may take the child into custody without a court

order and, unless there is a specific court order directing a law

enforcement officer to take the child into custody and release or

return the child to a lawful custodian, the child shall be held in

emergency or protective custody pursuant to the provisions of

Section 1-4-201 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1791 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1791
Damage to fence - Punishment - Exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Any person who, without good cause, maliciously and

knowingly cuts or damages a fence used for the production or

containment of cattle, bison, horses, sheep, swine, goats, domestic

fowl, exotic livestock, exotic poultry or any game animals or

domesticated game such that there is a loss or damage to the

property is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a

second or subsequent offense pursuant to this section shall be

guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by a fine not

exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment as

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

title, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not

apply to any activities:

1. Performed pursuant to the Seismic Exploration Regulation

Act;

2. Performed pursuant to Sections 318.2 through 318.9 of Title

52 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or

3. That are subject to the regulation of the Oklahoma

Corporation Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1123 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1123
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 21-1123v1 (HB 1995, Laws 2025, c. 60, § 2)

OS 21-1123v2 (SB 599, Laws 2025, c. 281, § 2)

OS 21-1123v3 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 38)

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 490
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1547 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1547
Person acquiring machine or device with mark removed,
Status: in_force

altered, etc.

Any person, firm or corporation who acquires, for the purpose of

sale or resale and possesses any machine or electrical or mechanical

device or apparatus, or any of the parts thereof, from or on which

any trademark, distinguishing or identification number, serial

number or mark has been removed, covered, altered, changed, defaced,

destroyed, obliterated or substituted for, is guilty of a

misdemeanor, unless within ten (10) days after such machine or

electrical or mechanical device or apparatus, or any such part

thereof, shall have come into his or its possession, said person,

firm or corporation files with the chief law enforcement officer of

the municipality in which the machine or electrical or mechanical

device or apparatus or any such part thereof is located, or to the

county sheriff of the county wherein said property is located if not

within a municipality, a verified statement showing: The source of

his or its title, identification or distinguishing number or serial

number or mark, if known, and, if known, the manner of and reason

for such mutilation, change, alteration, concealment, defacement or

substitution, the length of time such machine or electrical or

mechanical device or apparatus or part has been held, and the price

paid therefor, and provided further, that any and all such verified

statements shall be available for inspection by any interested

person.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-570 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-570
Grand juror acting after challenge allowed
Status: in_force

Every grand juror who, with knowledge that a challenge,

interposed against him by a defendant, has been allowed, is present

at or takes part, or attempts to take part, in the consideration of

the charge against the defendant who interposed the challenge, or

the deliberations of the grand jury thereon, is guilty of a

misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-641 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-641
Assault defined
Status: in_force

An assault is any willful and unlawful attempt or offer with

force or violence to do a corporal hurt to another.

R.L. 1910 Sec. 2340.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1741 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1741
Title of act - Definitions - Violations - Penalties -
Status: in_force

Liability - Exclusions - Other laws.

A. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the “Unlawful

Use of a Recording Device Act”.

B. As used in the Unlawful Use of a Recording Device Act:

1. “Audiovisual recording function” means the capability of a

device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by

means of any technology now known or later developed; and

2. “Facility” does not include a personal residence.

C. Any person, where a motion picture is being exhibited, who

knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a device

without the consent of the owner or lessee of the facility and of

the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited shall be guilty

of unlawful use of a recording device and shall be punished by

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 809

imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1)

year, by a fine not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or

by both such fine and imprisonment.

D. The owner or lessee of a facility where a motion picture is

being exhibited, or the authorized agent or employee of said owner

or lessee, or the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited or

the licensor’s agent or employee, who alerts law enforcement

authorities of an alleged violation of this section shall not be

liable in any civil action arising out of measures taken in good

faith by said owner, lessee, licensor, agent or employee to detain,

identify, or collect evidence from a person believed to have

violated this section while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement

authorities, unless the plaintiff can show by clear and convincing

evidence that the measures were manifestly unreasonable or the

period of detention was unreasonably long.

E. This act shall not prevent any lawfully authorized

investigative, law enforcement protective, or intelligence gathering

employee or agent, of the state or federal government, from

operating any audiovisual recording device in any facility where a

motion picture is being exhibited, as part of lawfully authorized

investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence

gathering activities.

F. This act shall not apply to a person who operates an

audiovisual recording function of a device in a retail establishment

solely to demonstrate the use of that device for sales purposes.

G. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent

prosecution for any act of recording or transmitting under any other

provision of law providing for greater penalty.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-10 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-10
Punishment of misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by

this chapter or by some existing provisions of law, every offense

declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the

county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding five

hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1379 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1379
Willful bypass of or going around security checkpoint –
Status: in_force

Notice – Aid or assistance - Penalty.

A. No person shall, without authorization, willfully bypass or

go around a security checkpoint when entering any facility requiring

persons to pass through a security checkpoint used for inspecting or

screening persons or their belongings.

B. Every facility requiring persons to pass through a security

checkpoint and submit to inspection or screening of their person or

belongings shall post notice stating such requirement. All security

checkpoints used for persons or their belongings shall be clearly

identified as such, and notice shall be posted informing persons

that they and their belongings are subject to search.

C. No person shall, without authorization, aid or assist any

person or persons in bypassing a security checkpoint by opening,

holding open, or propping open any secured door, portal, or

entryway.

D. No person shall, without authorization, aid or assist any

person or persons in bypassing or avoiding a security checkpoint by

passing items or belongings, or receiving items or belongings

through a secured door, entryway, window, loading dock, or any other

avenue of entry.

E. All persons approaching a security checkpoint shall obey the

lawful requests and orders of security staff present at the

checkpoint.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 680

F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this

section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by

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

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

fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1105 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1105
Disposition of fees and fines
Status: in_force

All fees collected and all fines collected for the violation of

any provision of this act shall be paid into the county treasury to

the credit of the court fund.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1354 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1354
Request removal of persons unlawfully occupying real
Status: in_force

property — Complaint — Wrongful removal.

A. A property owner or his or her authorized agent may request

from the sheriff of the county in which the property is located the

immediate removal of a person or persons unlawfully occupying real

property pursuant to this section if all of the following conditions

are met:

1. The requesting person is the property owner or authorized

agent of the property owner;

2. An unauthorized person or persons have unlawfully entered

and remain or continue to reside on the property owner's property;

3. The real property was not open to members of the public at

the time the unauthorized person or persons entered;

4. The property owner or their agent has directed the

unauthorized persons to leave the property;

5. The unauthorized person or persons are not current or former

tenants pursuant to a written or oral rental agreement authorized by

the property owner;

6. The unauthorized person cannot produce documentation,

correspondence, or identification cards sent or issued by a

government agency, including, but not limited to, Service Oklahoma

or the Election Board, which show that the person used the property

address as an address of record with the agency within the previous

twelve (12) months;

7. The unauthorized person cannot produce a lease signed by the

property owner or their agent;

8. The unauthorized person or persons are not immediate family

members of the property owner; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 672

9. There is no pending litigation related to the real property

between the property owner and any known unauthorized person.

B. To request the immediate removal of an unlawful occupant of

a residential dwelling, the property owner or his or her authorized

agent must submit a complaint by presenting a completed and verified

Complaint to Remove Persons Unlawfully Occupying Residential Real

Property form to the sheriff of the county in which the real

property is located. The submitted complaint must be in

substantially the following form:

COMPLAINT TO REMOVE PERSONS UNLAWFULLY OCCUPYING

REAL PROPERTY

I, the owner or authorized agent of the owner of the real

property located at __________________, declare under the penalty of

perjury that (initial each box):

1. ______ I am the owner of the real property or the authorized

agent of the owner of the real property.

2. ______ I purchased the property on _________________.

3. ______ An unauthorized person or persons have unlawfully

entered and are remaining or residing unlawfully on the real

property.

4. ______ The real property was not open to members of the

public at the time the unauthorized person or persons entered.

5. ______ I have directed the unauthorized person or persons to

leave the real property, but they have not done so.

6. ______ The person or persons are not current or former

tenants pursuant to any valid lease authorized by the property

owner, and any lease that may be produced by an occupant is

fraudulent.

7. ______ The unauthorized person or persons sought to be

removed are not an owner or a co-owner of the property and have not

been listed on the title to the property unless the person or

persons have engaged in title fraud.

8. ______ The unauthorized person or persons are not immediate

family members of the property owner.

9. ______ There is no litigation related to the real property

pending between the property owner and any person sought to be

removed.

10. _____ I understand that a person or persons removed from

the property pursuant to this procedure may bring a cause of action

against me for any false statements made in this complaint, or for

wrongfully using this procedure, and that as a result of such action

I may be held liable for actual damages, penalties, costs, and

reasonable attorney fees.

11. _____ I am requesting the sheriff to immediately remove the

unauthorized person or persons from the property.

12. _____ A copy of my valid government-issued identification

is attached, or I am an agent of the property owner, and documents

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 673

evidencing my authority to act on the property owner's behalf are

attached.

I ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT MAKING OR CAUSING TO BE MADE A

FALSE STATEMENT IN THIS AFFIDAVIT MAY SUBJECT ME TO CRIMINAL

PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY AND/OR BEING LIABLE FOR ACTUAL DAMAGES

SUFFERED OR INCURRED BY ANY PERSON OR OTHER ENTITY AS A RESULT OR

CONSEQUENCE OF THE MAKING OF OR RELIANCE UPON SUCH FALSE STATEMENT.

_____________________________ (Signature of Property Owner or

Agent of Owner)

C. Upon receipt of the complaint, the sheriff shall verify that

the person submitting the complaint is the record owner of the real

property or the authorized agent of the owner and appears otherwise

entitled to relief under this section. If verified, the sheriff

must, without unnecessary delay, serve a notice to immediately

vacate on all the unlawful occupants and shall put the owner in

possession of the real property. Service may be accomplished by

hand delivery of the notice to an occupant or by posting the notice

on the front door or at a conspicuous location on the property. The

sheriff shall also attempt to verify the identities of all persons

occupying the property and note the identities on the return of

service. If appropriate, the sheriff may arrest any person found on

the property for trespass, outstanding warrants, or any other legal

cause.

D. The sheriff is entitled to the same fee for service of the

notice to immediately vacate as if the sheriff were serving a writ

of execution under Section 1148.10 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. After the sheriff serves the notice to immediately

vacate, the property owner or authorized agent may request that the

sheriff stand by to keep the peace while the property owner or agent

of the owner changes the locks and removes the personal property of

the unlawful occupants from the premises. When such a request is

made, the sheriff may charge a reasonable hourly rate, and the

person requesting the sheriff to stand by and keep the peace is

responsible for paying the reasonable hourly rate set by the

sheriff. The sheriff is not liable to the unlawful occupant or any

other party for loss, destruction, or damage of property. The

property owner or his or her authorized agent is not liable to an

unlawful occupant or any other party for the loss, destruction, or

damage to the personal property unless the removal was wrongful.

E. A person may bring a civil cause of action for wrongful

removal against the person who requested such removal under this

section. A person harmed by a wrongful removal under this section

may be restored to possession of the real property and may recover

actual costs and damages incurred, statutory damages equal to triple

the fair market rent of the dwelling, court costs, and reasonable

attorney fees.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 674

F. This section does not limit the rights of a property owner

or limit the authority of a law enforcement officer to arrest an

unlawful occupant for trespassing, vandalism, theft, or other

crimes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1406 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1406
Prohibition on working as firefighter
Status: in_force

A. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of

Section 1401, 1402, 1403 or 1404 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes shall be prohibited from working or volunteering as a

firefighter in this state.

B. For the purposes of this section:

1. “Convicted” includes a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or

the imposition of deferred adjudication; and

2. “Firefighter” includes any person serving with or without

compensation as a firefighter as provided for in Titles 11, 18 and

19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1743 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1743
Unlawful use of drones
Status: in_force

A. No person using an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or drone,

as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration, shall, except as

authorized by law:

1. Trespass onto private property or into airspace within four

hundred (400) feet above ground level with the intent to subject

anyone to eavesdropping or other surveillance;

2. Install on private property, without the consent of the

owner or lessee, any device for observing, photographing, recording,

amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events on such property, or

use any such unauthorized installation;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 813

3. Intentionally use a drone to photograph, record, or

otherwise observe another person in any place where the person has a

reasonable expectation of privacy; or

4. Intentionally land a drone on the lands or waters that are

the private property of another without the consent of the owner or

lessee.

B. A person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Paragraph 3 of subsection A of this section shall not apply to a

drone operator operating a drone for a bona fide business or bona

fide government purpose who unintentionally or incidentally

photographs, records, or otherwise observes another person in a

private place, nor shall it apply to a designated emergency

management worker or government employee or contractor operating a

drone within the scope of his or her lawful duties of employment.

Paragraph 4 of subsection A of this section shall not apply to the

landing of a drone required in the interest of safety or otherwise

in an emergency such as to avoid collision with a person or

property.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1836 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1836
Filing purported conveyance without color of title - Instruments clouding title to
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 31Instruments clouding title to restricted Indian lands.

Any person, firm or officer, representative, or agent of any

firm or corporation, who shall execute and deliver, or who shall

file for record or cause to be recorded in the office of any county

clerk of any county in this state, any deed or other instrument in

writing purporting to convey any right, title, or interest, or right

to possession in and to any real estate situated in such county, to

which the grantor, or grantors, therein did not have and hold a bona

fide color of title, and any such person who shall file or cause to

be filed for record in such office any such deed or other instrument

which clouds the title of any real estate allotted to any member of

one of the Five Civilized Tribes, or to the Osage Tribe of Indians,

as a homestead, prior to the removal of the restrictions thereon by

operation of law, or otherwise, knowing the land conveyed to be

restricted homestead lands, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,

and, upon conviction shall be punished by fine not to exceed One

Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail

for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.24 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1290.24
Immunity
Status: in_force

IMMUNITY

A. The state or any political subdivision of the state, as

defined in Section 152 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and its

officers, agents and employees shall be immune from and not subject

to liability resulting or arising from:

1. Failure to prevent the licensing of an individual for whom

the receipt of the license is unlawful pursuant to the provisions of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 652

the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act or any other provision of law of this

state;

2. Any action or misconduct with a firearm committed by a

person pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act

or by any person who obtains a firearm;

3. Any injury to any person during a firearm training course

conducted by a firearms instructor certified by the Council on Law

Enforcement Education and Training to conduct training under the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, or injury from any misfire or malfunction

of any firearm on a training course firing range supervised by a

certified firearms instructor under the provisions of the Oklahoma

Self-Defense Act, or any injury resulting from carrying a concealed

or unconcealed firearm pursuant to any firearms training; and

4. Any action or finding pursuant to a hearing conducted in

accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act as required in the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.

B. Firearms instructors certified by the Council on Law

Enforcement Education and Training to conduct training for the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall be immune from and not subject to

liability to third persons resulting or arising from any claim based

on an act or omission of a trainee.

C. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to claims

pursuant to the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-843.6 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-843.6
Payment of costs by defendant upon conviction
Status: in_force

A. 1. In addition to any other costs which a court is

authorized to require a defendant to pay, upon conviction of any

offense involving child abuse or neglect, the court may require that

the defendant pay court-appointed attorney fees for the child to any

local or state agency incurring the cost or any other person or

entity providing services to or on behalf of the child, and the cost

of any medical examinations conducted on the child in order to

determine the nature or extent of the abuse or neglect.

2. If the court determines that the defendant has the ability

to pay all or part of the costs, the court may set the amount to be

reimbursed and order the defendant to pay that sum to the local or

state agency or other person or entity incurring the cost in the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 361

manner in which the court believes reasonable and compatible with

the defendant's financial ability.

3. In making a determination of whether a defendant has the

ability to pay, the court shall take into account the amount of any

fine imposed upon the defendant and any amount the defendant has

been ordered to pay in restitution.

B. 1. In addition to any other costs which a court is

authorized to require a defendant to pay, upon conviction of any

offense involving sexual abuse, the court may require that the

defendant pay, to the local or state agency incurring the cost, the

cost of any medical examinations conducted on the child for the

collection and preservation of evidence.

2. If the court determines that the defendant has the ability

to pay all or part of the cost of the medical examination, the court

may set the amount to be reimbursed and order the defendant to pay

that sum to the local or state agency incurring the cost, in the

manner in which the court believes reasonable and compatible with

the defendant's financial ability.

3. In making the determination of whether a defendant has the

ability to pay, the court shall take into account the amount of any

fine imposed upon the defendant and any amount the defendant has

been ordered to pay in restitution.

4. In no event shall a court penalize an indigent defendant by

imposing an additional period of imprisonment in lieu of payment.

C. 1. The court shall require the defendant to pay, upon

conviction of any offense involving the sexual or physical abuse of

a child, for the psychological evaluation to determine the extent of

counseling necessary for the victim of the abuse and any necessary

psychological counseling deemed necessary to rehabilitate the child.

2. Such evaluations and counseling may be performed by

psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed professional counselors or

social workers. The results of the examination shall be included in

the court records and in information contained in the central

registry.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1705v2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1705v2
Grand larceny a felony
Status: in_force

A. Grand larceny is a felony punishable as follows:

1. If the value of the property is less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be punished by imprisonment in

the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year or by

incarceration 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 option of the court, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 781

2. If the property is one or more firearms, the property is

taken from the person of another, or the value of the property is

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand

Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), the person shall be 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, or by a fine not to exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

($2,500.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;

3. In the event the value of the property is Two Thousand Five

Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or more but less than Fifteen Thousand

Dollars ($15,000.00), the person shall be guilty of 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, or by a

fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine; or

4. If the value of the property is Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00) or more, the person shall 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, or by a

fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine.

B. The person shall also be ordered to pay restitution to the

victim as provided in Section 991f 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; State Question No. 780,

Initiative Petition No. 404, § 5, adopted at election held on

November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 12, eff.

Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2024, c. 158, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024; Laws 2025,

c. 486, § 247, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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, § 21-1519 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1519
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of Section 1 of this act

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof

shall be fined in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Dollars

($100.00), or shall be confined to the county jail for a period of

not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and

confinement.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-386 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-386
Accepting gifts
Status: in_force

Every judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator or umpire,

who accepts any gift from any person, knowing him to be a party in

interest or the attorney or counsel of any party in interest to any

action or proceeding then pending or about to be brought before him,

is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-499 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-499
Defenses to charges of perjury
Status: in_force

(1) Upon accusation of a charge of perjury by single statement,

as defined in Section 491 of Title 21, it is a defense that the

statement is true.

(2) Upon accusation of a charge of perjury by contradictory

statements, as defined in Section 496 of Title 21, it is a defense

that the accused at the time he made each statement believed the

statement was true.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1543 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1543
Obtaining signature or property for charitable purposes
Status: in_force

by false pretenses.

Any person who designedly, by color or aid of any false token or

writing, or other false pretense, obtains the signature of any

person to any written instrument, or obtains from any person any

money or property for any alleged charitable or benevolent purpose

whatever 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, or by a fine not exceeding

the value of the money or property so obtained, or by both such fine

and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2695. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 372, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 264, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1483 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1483
Extortion or attempted extortion
Status: in_force

Every person who extorts or attempts to extort any money or

other property from another, under circumstances not amounting to

robbery, by means of force or any threat such as is mentioned in

Section 1482 of this title, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a

Class D1 felony offense. A conviction for extortion is punishable

by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of

Section 20N of this title. A conviction for attempted extortion is

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, § 2684. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 226, § 2, emerg. eff.

May 23, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 362, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws

1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 254, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c.

486, § 418, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 362 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-964 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-964
“Slot machine” defined
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of Sections 964 through 977 of this title,

“slot machine” is defined to be:

1. Any machine, instrument, mechanism, or device that operates

or may be operated or played mechanically, electrically,

automatically, or manually, and which can be played or operated by

any person by inserting in any manner into said machine, instrument,

mechanism, or device, a coin, chip, token, check, credit, money,

representative of value, or a thing of value, and by which play or

operation such person will stand to win or lose, whether by skill or

chance, or by both, a thing of value; and

2. Any machine, instrument, mechanism, or device that operates

or may be played or operated mechanically, electrically,

automatically, or manually, and which can be played or operated by

any person by paying to or depositing with any person, or by

depositing with or into any cache, slot, or place a coin, chip,

token, check, credit, money, representative of value, or a thing of

value, and by which play or operation such person will stand to win

or lose, whether by skill or chance, or by both, a thing of value.

B. Sections 964 through 977 of this title shall not apply to a

slot machine:

1. If the slot machine is twenty-five (25) years or older and

is not used for gambling purposes; or

2. If the slot machine is used for the purpose of teaching slot

machine repair and is not used for gambling purposes.

C. Sections 964 through 977 of this title shall not apply to

use of a crane machine for nongambling purposes. For purposes of

this section, “crane machine” shall mean a machine that upon

insertion of a coin, bill, token or similar object, allows the

player to skillfully use one or more buttons, joysticks or other

controls to maneuver a crane or claw over a toy or novelty in an

attempt to retrieve the toy or novelty for the player. The toy or

novelty shall not be subject to being exchanged for any other prize,

including but not limited to credits, money or other thing of value.

D. A slot machine which is twenty-five (25) years or older or

is used for teaching slot machine repair which is used for a

gambling purpose in violation of the provisions of Section 970 of

this title shall be subject to confiscation as provided by Section

973 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-264 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-264
False impersonation of peace officers - False insignia on
Status: in_force

motor vehicle.

A. Any person who shall without due authority exercise or

attempt to exercise the functions of or hold himself or herself out

to any one as a deputy sheriff, marshal, police officer, constable

or peace officer shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor

punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one

(1) year, or by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00),

or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, this

section shall not be so construed as to prevent private persons from

making arrests for felonies or misdemeanors committed in their

presence.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to affix on his or her

motor vehicle, either temporarily or permanently, any insignia

typically used by a law enforcement agency for the purpose of

causing any other motor vehicle operator to yield the right-of-way

and stop, or which actually causes any other motor vehicle operator

to yield the right-of-way and stop, whether intended or not. Any

person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in

the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine not

exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to

vehicles of any fire department, fire patrol, law enforcement

vehicles, ambulances, or other authorized emergency vehicles.

R.L. 1910, § 2147. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 120, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2007.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1680.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1680.4
Protective custody of abused or neglected animals –
Status: in_force

Bond hearing.

A. The purpose of this section is to provide a means by which

any abused or neglected animal, as described in Section 1685 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may:

1. Be removed from its present custody; or

2. Be made the subject of an order issued to the owner by the

appropriate court to provide care to the animal by the owner of the

animal or by another person at a location approved by the court,

with the order setting forth the conditions under which the animal

will be housed and cared for, and given protection and a humane

disposition.

B. Any peace officer or animal control officer may:

1. Specify terms and conditions by which the owner or keeper

may maintain custody of the animal at the expense of the owner to

provide care for the animal. The specifications shall be counter-

signed by the owner or keeper of the animal. Provided, however,

that violation of the custody agreement of the animal may result in

the impoundment of the animal; or

2. Obtain a court order to take custody of any animal found

neglected or cruelly treated by removing the animal from its present

location.

C. 1. After an animal has been seized and prior to any charges

being filed, the agency that took custody of the animal shall,

within seven (7) days from the date of seizure, petition the

district court in the county in which the animal was seized for a

bond hearing to determine the cost and care for the animal. The

bond hearing shall be held as soon as practicable and not more than

ten (10) business days from the date of application for the bond

hearing. If the court finds that probable cause exists that an

animal has been abused, the court may order immediate forfeiture of

the animal to the agency that took custody of the animal. Provided,

however, within seventy-two (72) hours of the order of forfeiture,

the person owning or having charge or custody of the animal may post

a security bond in an amount determined by the court that is

sufficient to reimburse all reasonable and anticipated costs

incurred by the agency caring for the animal from the date of

seizure. Reasonable costs include, but are not limited to, medical

care and boarding of the animal.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 769

2. The bond shall be placed with the agency that took custody

of the animal. The agency shall provide an accounting of expenses

to the court when the animal is no longer in the custody of the

agency or upon request by the court. The agency may petition the

court for a subsequent bond hearing at any time. The bond hearing

shall be held as soon as practicable and not more than ten (10)

business days from the date of application for the bond hearing.

When all expenses covered by the bond are exhausted and a subsequent

bond has not been posted, the animal shall be forfeited to the

agency.

3. If the animal is returned to the person who previously owned

or had charge or custody of the animal, funds not used for the care

of the animal shall be returned.

4. Nothing in this section shall prevent the euthanasia of a

seized animal at any time as determined necessary by a licensed

veterinarian of the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.31 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.31
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 6 of this act shall be known as the "Murrah

Crime Victims Compensation Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-106 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-106
Person as designating party whose property may be subject
Status: in_force

of offense.

Where the term "person" is used in this chapter to designate the

party whose property may be the subject of any offense, it includes

this state, any other state, government or country which may

lawfully own any property within this state, and all public and

private corporations or joint associations, as well as individuals.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-2100.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-2100.1
Registered sex offender ice cream truck vending
Status: in_force

Any sex offender required to be registered pursuant to the

Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act who engages in ice cream

truck vending, whether or not licensed in this state as a mobile

food unit shall, upon conviction, be guilty of 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, or by a fine

in an amount not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by

both such fine and imprisonment. A sheriff or police officer may

arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable

cause to believe has violated the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1198 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1198
Fires, refusing to aid at or interfering with others'
Status: in_force

acts.

Every person who, at any burning of a building, is guilty of any

disobedience to lawful orders of any public officer or fireman, or

of any resistance to or interference with the lawful efforts of any

fireman or company of firemen to extinguish the same, or of any

disorderly conduct calculated to prevent the same from being

extinguished, or who forbids, prevents or dissuades others from

assisting to extinguish the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.6 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.6
Conditions under which firearms may be carried
Status: in_force

CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH FIREARMS MAY BE CARRIED

A. A person shall be permitted to carry loaded and unloaded

shotguns, rifles and pistols without a handgun license as authorized

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 593

by the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act pursuant to the following

conditions:

1. When hunting animals or fowl;

2. During competition in or practicing in a safety or hunter

safety class, target shooting, skeet, trap or other recognized

sporting events;

3. During participation in or in preparation for a military

function of the state military forces to be defined as the Oklahoma

Army or Air National Guard, federal military reserve and active

military forces. It is further provided that Oklahoma Army or Air

National Guard personnel with proper authorization and performing a

military function may carry loaded or unloaded and concealed weapons

on Oklahoma Military Department facilities in accordance with rules

promulgated by the Adjutant General;

4. During participation in or in preparation for a recognized

police function of either a municipal, county or state government as

functioning police officials;

5. During a practice for or a performance for entertainment

purposes;

6. As provided for in subsection A of Section 1272 of this

title; or

7. For lawful self-defense and self-protection or any other

legitimate purpose not in violation of any legislative enactment

regarding the use, carrying, ownership and control of firearms.

B. A person shall be permitted to carry unloaded shotguns,

rifles and pistols without a handgun license as authorized by the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and when going to or from the person's

private residence or vehicle.

C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

prohibit educational or recreational activities, exhibitions,

displays or shows involving the use or display of rifles, shotguns

or pistols or other weapons if the activity is approved by the

property owner and sponsor of the activity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-870 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-870
Reporting requirements
Status: in_force

A. Every person having reason to believe that a person or

child-placing agency is engaging in the crime of trafficking in

children as described in Section 866 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes shall report the matter promptly to the Oklahoma Bureau of

Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. The Bureau shall notify the

district attorney in the county where the alleged trafficking in

children took place no later than seven (7) days after receiving a

report.

1. No privilege or contract shall relieve any person from the

reporting requirements in this subsection.

2. The reporting requirements in this subsection are

individual, and no employer, supervisor or administrator shall

interfere with the reporting requirement of any employee or other

person or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against the

employee or other person who in good faith reports suspected

trafficking in children, or who provides testimony in any proceeding

involving trafficking in children. Any employer, supervisor or

administrator who discharges, discriminates or retaliates against

the employee or other person shall be liable for damages, costs and

attorney fees.

B. Any person who knowingly and willfully fails to promptly

report suspected trafficking in children or who interferes with the

prompt reporting of trafficking in children and who is licensed by a

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 384

state entity shall be reported to the licensing entity and may be

subject to discipline, including license revocation or suspension.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1104 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1104
Additional fee by city - Abolishment
Status: in_force

This act shall in no way impair the right of any incorporated

city or town to impose an additional license fee for maintaining any

such pool or billiard hall, or pool or billiard table; or to prevent

any incorporated city or town from abolishing same under existing

laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-996.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-996.1
Consumers Disclosure of Prizes and Gifts Act - Short
Status: in_force

title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Consumers

Disclosure of Prizes and Gifts Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-113 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-113
Consent
Status: in_force

The term "consent" means the affirmative, unambiguous and

voluntary agreement to engage in a specific sexual activity during a

sexual encounter which can be revoked at any time. Consent cannot

be:

1. Given by an individual who:

a. is asleep or is mentally or physically incapacitated

either through the effect of drugs or alcohol or for

any other reason, or

b. is under duress, threat, coercion or force; or

2. Inferred under circumstances in which consent is not clear

including, but not limited to:

a. the absence of an individual saying "no" or "stop", or

b. the existence of a prior or current relationship or

sexual activity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-521 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-521
Rescuing prisoners
Status: in_force

Any person who by force or fraud rescues or attempts to rescue,

or aids another person in rescuing or in attempting to rescue, any

prisoner from any officer or other person having him in lawful

custody, is punishable as follows:

1. If such prisoner was in custody upon a charge or conviction

of a felony, such person shall be guilty of a Class B1 felony

offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State

Penitentiary for not less than ten (10) years; or

2. If such prisoner was in custody otherwise than upon a charge

or conviction of a felony, by imprisonment in a county jail not

exceeding one (1) year, or by fine not exceeding Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2194. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 206, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 116, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-795 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-795
Value of property not material
Status: in_force

When property is taken under the circumstances, required to

constitute robbery, the fact that the property was of trifling value

does not qualify the offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1634 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1634
Omitting to enter receipt
Status: in_force

Any director, officer or agent of any corporation or joint stock

association, who knowingly receives or possesses himself of any

property of such corporation or association, otherwise than in

payment of a just demand, and who, with intent to defraud, omits to

make, or to cause or direct to be made, a full and true entry

thereof in the books or accounts of such corporation or association,

is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1057 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1057
Offering property dependent on lottery
Status: in_force

Every person who offers for sale, distribution or disposition in

any way, any real or personal property, or things in action, or any

interest therein, to be determined by lot or chance, that shall be

dependent upon the drawing of any lottery within or out of this

state, and every person who sells, furnishes or procures, or causes

to be sold, furnished or procured in any manner whatsoever, any

chance or share, or any interest whatsoever in any property offered

for sale, distribution or disposition in violation of this section,

or any ticket or other evidence of any chance, share, or interest in

such property, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-591 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-591
Definitions
Status: in_force

A. As used in this section:

1. "Agent" means any person who acts for another at the request

or with the knowledge of the other in dealing with third persons;

and

2. "Runner", "capper", and "steerer" mean any person acting

within this state for compensation as an agent for an attorney in

the solicitation of employment for the attorney.

B. No attorney shall, by means of an agent, runner, capper,

steerer, or other person who is not an attorney, solicit or procure

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 250

a person to employ the attorney to present, compromise, or settle a

claim under the workers' compensation laws of this state.

C. No attorney shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to

pay any person, other than another attorney, any money, service,

fee, commission, or other thing of value in consideration for the

employment of the attorney to present, compromise, or settle a claim

under the workers' compensation laws of this state.

D. No person shall act or agree to act as an agent, runner,

capper, or steerer for an attorney.

E. Subsections B and C of this section shall not prohibit

participation by an attorney in a voluntary attorney referral

program including, but not limited to, referral programs operated by

an association of attorneys. This subsection shall not authorize a

referral program which is otherwise unauthorized under the Rules of

Professional Conduct adopted by the Supreme Court.

F. Any contract for employment of an attorney secured in

violation of this section shall be void and unenforceable and no

attorney shall appear or otherwise provide services in an action in

violation of this section.

G. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall

be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a

fine of up to Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each

offense, which shall not be subject to Section 101 of Title 85 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. Penalties imposed pursuant to this section

shall be in addition to any penalties which might be imposed by the

Oklahoma Bar Association or similar organization of another state or

by a court when punishing for contempt or when imposing sanctions

against an attorney or party.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1591 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1591
Possession of counterfeit coin
Status: in_force

Every person who has in his possession any counterfeit of any

gold or silver coin, whether of the United States or any foreign

country or government, knowing the same to be counterfeit, with

intent to sell or to use, circulate or export the same, as true or

as false, or by causing the same to be uttered or passed, is guilty

of forgery in the second degree, a Class D1 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-906 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-906
Obscene language a misdemeanor, when
Status: in_force

If any person shall utter or speak any obscene or lascivious

language or word in any public place, or in the presence of females,

or in the presence of children under ten (10) years of age, he shall

be liable to a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00),

or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1197 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1197
Poisons, laying out
Status: in_force

Whosoever shall willfully lay out poison with the intent that

the same be taken by any domestic animal, or in such a manner as to

endanger human life; or whoever shall, if in open range livestock

territory, lay out poisons except in a safe place on his own

premises, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1306 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1306
Organizations - Oaths
Status: in_force

No society, association or corporation which, as a part of its

constitution, bylaws, ritual or regulations, requires its members to

take an oath or obligation in conflict with or repugnant to the

provisions of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, or the

Constitution of the United States, or requires its members to hold

their allegiance to some other government, power, person or

influence, shall be organized or permitted to exist or function

within the State of Oklahoma, and no person who belongs to any such

society, association or corporation, and who owes allegiance to any

government, king, potentate, power or person other than the

Government of the United States, shall be inducted into or hold a

public office within the State of Oklahoma. Any society,

association, corporation or individual, violating any of the

provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less

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

Dollars ($5,000.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1377 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1377
Projecting object at public event
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person in attendance at an athletic

or other public entertainment event to project in any manner an

object which could cause bodily harm to another person.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be

subject to ejection from the event by the officials supervising the

event.

A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by

a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the

participants in the athletic or other public entertainment event.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-593 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-593
Failure to report child abuse and neglect — Superintendent
Status: in_force

or school administrator.

A. Any superintendent or school administrator of a private

school or public school district who knowingly and willfully fails

to promptly report or who interferes with the prompt reporting of

child abuse and neglect, as mandated in Section 1210.163 of Title 70

of the Oklahoma Statutes shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

felony punishable by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections

for a term of not less than two (2) years or more than ten (10)

years, or by a fine of not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars

($20,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition,

the court shall require the person to complete a term of community

service, without compensation, for a period of hours to be

determined by the court.

B. As used in this section, "school administrator" means a

principal, assistant principal, or any other person who serves in a

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 252

supervisory or administrative capacity in a private school or public

school district.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-966 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-966
"Punch board" defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act, "punch board" is defined to be any

card, board, substance or thing upon or in which is placed or

concealed in any manner any number, figure, name, design, character,

symbol, picture, substance or thing which may be drawn, uncovered,

exposed or removed therefrom by any person paying a thing of value,

which number, figure, name, design, character, symbol, picture,

substance or any other thing, when drawn, uncovered, exposed or

removed therefrom, will stand the person drawing, uncovering,

exposing or removing the same to win or lose a thing of value, but

shall not include a breakopen ticket card, as defined in the

Oklahoma Charity Games Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1777 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1777
Piles, removing or injuring
Status: in_force

Any person who maliciously draws up or removes or cuts or

otherwise injures any piles fixed in the ground and used for

securing any bank or dam of any river, canal, drain, aqueduct,

marsh, reservoir, pool, port, dock, quay, jetty or lock, 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, § 2782. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 417, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 303, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1158d — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1158d
Funeral director - Criminal and civil liability
Status: in_force

No funeral establishment or funeral director who relies in good

faith upon the instructions of an individual claiming the right of

disposition shall be subject to criminal or civil liability or

subject to disciplinary action for carrying out the disposition of

the remains in accordance with the instructions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-869 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-869
Construction of act
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise set forth or except in case of conflict

between the provisions hereof and other law, the provisions of this

act shall be cumulative to existing law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1439 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1439
Dwelling and dwelling house defined
Status: in_force

A. The term "dwelling house" as used in Section 1431 et seq. of

this title, includes every house or edifice, any part of which has

usually been occupied by any person lodging therein at night, and

any structure joined to and immediately connected with such a house

or edifice.

B. The term "dwelling" as used in Section 1438 of this title

includes every house, trailer, vessel, apartment or other premises,

any part of which has usually been occupied by a person lodging

therein at night and any structure joined to and immediately

connected with such house, trailer or apartment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-856 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-856
Causing, aiding, abetting or encouraging minor to be
Status: in_force

delinquent or runaway child, to commit felony or to become involved

with criminal street gang.

A. 1. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, every

person who shall knowingly or willfully cause, aid, abet or

encourage a minor to be, to remain, or to become a delinquent child

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 372

or a runaway child, upon conviction, shall, for the first offense,

be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county

jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

2. For purposes of prosecution under this subsection, a

"runaway child" means an unemancipated minor who is voluntarily

absent from the home without a compelling reason, without the

consent of a custodial parent or other custodial adult and without

the parent or other custodial adult's knowledge as to the child's

whereabouts. "Compelling reason" means imminent danger from incest,

a life-threatening situation, or equally traumatizing circumstance.

A person aiding a runaway child pursuant to paragraph (4) of

subsection (a) of Section 5 of Title 76 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

aiding a child based upon a reasonable belief that the child is in

physical, mental or emotional danger and with notice to the

Department of Human Services or a local law enforcement agency of

the location of the child within twelve (12) hours of aiding the

child shall not be subject to prosecution under this section.

B. Every person convicted of a second or any subsequent

violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by

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

such fine and imprisonment.

C. Every person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall

knowingly or willfully cause, aid, abet, or encourage a minor to

commit or participate in committing an act that would be a felony if

committed by an adult shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class

B5 felony offense punishable by the maximum penalty allowed for

conviction of the offense or offenses which the person caused,

aided, abetted, or encouraged the minor to commit or participate in

committing.

D. Every person who shall knowingly or willfully cause, aid,

abet, encourage, solicit, or recruit a minor to participate, join,

or associate with any criminal street gang, as defined by subsection

F of this section, or any gang member for the purpose of committing

any criminal act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B5

felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for a term of not more than five (5)

years, or a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or

both such fine and imprisonment.

E. Every person convicted of a second or subsequent violation

of subsection D 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 less than five (5) years nor more than

ten (10) years, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 373

F. "Criminal street gang" means any ongoing organization,

association, or group of five or more persons that specifically

either promotes, sponsors, or assists in, or participates in, and

requires as a condition of membership or continued membership, the

commission of one or more of the following criminal acts:

1. Assault, battery, or assault and battery with a deadly

weapon, as defined in Section 645 of this title;

2. Aggravated assault and battery as defined by Section 646 of

this title;

3. Robbery by force or fear, as defined in Sections 791 through

797 of this title;

4. Robbery or attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon or

imitation firearm, as defined by Section 801 of this title;

5. Unlawful homicide or manslaughter, as defined in Sections

691 through 722 of this title;

6. The sale, possession for sale, transportation, manufacture,

offer for sale, or offer to manufacture controlled dangerous

substances, as defined in Section 2-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

7. Trafficking in illegal drugs, as provided for in the

Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act, Section 2-414 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

8. Arson, as defined in Sections 1401 through 1403 of this

title;

9. The influence or intimidation of witnesses and jurors, as

defined in Sections 388, 455 and 545 of this title;

10. Theft of any vehicle, as described in Section 1720 of this

title;

11. Rape, as defined in Section 1111 of this title;

12. Extortion, as defined in Section 1481 of this title;

13. Transporting a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle, in

violation of Section 1289.13 of this title;

14. Possession of a concealed weapon, as defined by Section

1289.8 of this title;

15. Shooting or discharging a firearm, as defined by Section

652 of this title;

16. Soliciting, inducing or enticing another to commit an act

of prostitution, as defined by Section 1030 of this title;

17. Human trafficking, as defined by Section 748 of this title;

or

18. Possession of a firearm after former conviction of a

felony, as defined by Section 1283 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.5 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.5
Definitions for Firearms Act - Shotguns
Status: in_force

DEFINITIONS FOR FIREARMS ACT

"Shotguns" as used in the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971, shall

mean any firearm capable of discharging a series of projectiles of

any material which may reasonably be expected to be able to cause

lethal injury, with a barrel or barrels more than eighteen (18)

inches in length, and using a combustible propellant charge, but not

to include any weapon so designed with a barrel less than eighteen

(18) inches in length unless the overall length of the firearm is

twenty-six (26) inches or more. In addition, any "shotgun" capable

of firing single projectiles but primarily designed to fire multiple

projectiles such as "shot" will be regarded as a "shotgun".
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1904 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1904
Unauthorized removal of baggage, cargo or other item
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to remove any baggage, cargo or other item

transported upon a bus or stored in a terminal without consent of

the owner of such property or the company, or its duly authorized

representative. Any person violating this section shall be guilty

of a Class D1 felony offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished

by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20N of this title, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

The actual value of an item removed in violation of this section

shall not be material to the crime herein defined.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1112 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1112
Age limitation on conviction for rape
Status: in_force

No person can be convicted of rape or rape by instrumentation on

account of an act of sexual intercourse with anyone sixteen (16)

years of age or older, with his or her consent, unless such person

was more than four (4) years older than the other person at the time

of such act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1672 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1672
Fraudulent removal of property
Status: in_force

Every person who removes any of his property out of any county,

with intent to prevent the same from being levied upon by any

execution or attachment, or who secretes, assigns, conveys or

otherwise disposes of any of his property, with intent to defraud

any creditor, or to prevent such property being made liable for the

payment of his debts, and every person who receives any such

property with such intent, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-504 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-504
Perjury by subornation - Felony - Attempted perjury by
Status: in_force

subornation.

Whoever procures another to commit perjury is guilty of perjury

by subornation. Perjury by subornation is a Class D1 felony

offense, punishable as provided in Section 505 of this title.

Whoever does any act with the specific intent to commit perjury by

subornation but fails to complete that offense is guilty of

attempted perjury by subornation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-564 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-564
Privilege of witnesses in respect to claims or debts sold
Status: in_force

No person shall be excused from testifying in any civil action,

to any facts showing that an evidence of debt or thing in action has

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 239

been bought, sold or received contrary to law, upon the ground that

his testimony might tend to convict him of a crime. But no evidence

derived from the examination of such person shall be received

against him upon any criminal prosecution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-555 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-555
District attorneys and their partners
Status: in_force

Every attorney who directly or indirectly advises in relation

to, or aids or promotes the defense of any action or proceeding in

any court, the prosecution of which is carried on, aided or promoted

by any person as district attorney or other public prosecutor; with

whom such person is directly or indirectly connected as a partner,

or who takes or receives, directly or indirectly, from or on behalf

of any defendant therein, any valuable consideration, upon any

understanding or agreement whatever, express or implied, having

relation to the defense thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and in

addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, he shall forfeit his

license to practice.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1571 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1571
Public and corporate seals, forgery of
Status: in_force

Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges, or

counterfeits the great or privy seal of this state, the seal of any

public office authorized by law, the seal of any court of record,

including judge of county seals, or the seal of any corporation

created by the laws of this state, or of any other state, government

or country, or any other public seal authorized or recognized by the

laws of this state, or of any other state, government or country, or

who falsely makes, forges or counterfeits any impression purporting

to be the impression of any such seal, is guilty of forgery in the

second degree, a Class D1 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1326 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1326
Legislative recognition
Status: in_force

The legislature of the State of Oklahoma recognizes that the

boards of regents of all institutions of higher learning in the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 669

State of Oklahoma and the boards of education of all the school

districts in Oklahoma have the present constitutional power to issue

rules, regulations and directives as regards who will, or will not,

and under what format and conditions, be allowed to make use of the

facilities under their constitutional or statutory jurisdiction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1990.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1990.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act:

1. “Counterfeit mark” means:

a. any unauthorized reproduction or copy of intellectual

property, and

b. intellectual property that is affixed to any item that

is knowingly sold, offered for sale, manufactured or

distributed or to any identifying services offered or

rendered without the authority of the intellectual

property owner;

2. “Intellectual property” means any trademark, service mark,

trade name, label, term, device, design or word that is adopted or

used by a person to identify that person’s goods or services; and

3. “Retail value” means:

a. for items that bear a counterfeit mark and that are

components of a finished product, the counterfeiter’s

regular selling price of the finished product on or in

which the component would be utilized, or

b. for all other items that bear a counterfeit mark or

services that are identified by a counterfeit mark,

the counterfeiter’s regular selling price for those

items or services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1159 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1159
Neglect of burial
Status: in_force

Every person upon whom the duty of making burial of the remains

of a deceased person is imposed by law, who omits to perform that

duty within a reasonable time, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and, in

addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, is liable to pay to

the person performing the duty in his stead, treble the expenses

incurred by the latter in making the burial, to be recovered in a

civil action.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-22 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-22
Gross injuries - Grossly disturbing peace - Openly
Status: in_force

outraging public decency - Injurious acts not expressly forbidden.

Every person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which

grossly injures the person or property of another, or which grossly

disturbs the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public

decency, including but not limited to urination in a public place,

and is injurious to public morals, although no punishment is

expressly prescribed therefor by this code, is guilty of a

misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1266.8 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1266.8
Search warrants
Status: in_force

A search warrant may issue for the purpose of searching for and

seizing any books, records, pamphlets, cards, receipts, lists,

memoranda, pictures, recordings, or any written instruments showing

that a person or organization is violating or has violated any

provision of this act. Search warrants may be issued by any judge

of a court of record in this state upon the written application of

the district attorney, within their respective jurisdictions,

accompanied by the affidavit of a credible person setting forth the

name or description of the owner or person in charge of the premises

to be searched, or stating that his name and description are

unknown, the address or description of the premises, and showing

that the described premises is a place where some specified phase or

phases of this act are violated or are being violated, or where are

kept any books, records, pamphlets, cards, receipts, lists,

memoranda, pictures, recordings, or written instruments of any kind

showing a violation of some phase or phases of this act; provided

that if the premises to be searched constitute a private residence,

such application for a search warrant shall be accompanied by the

affidavits of two (2) credible citizens. Except as herein provided,

the application, issuance, and execution of any such warrant and all

proceedings relative thereto shall conform to the applicable

provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure; provided that any

evidence obtained by virtue of a search warrant issued under the

provisions of this act shall not be admissible in evidence in the

trial of any proceeding, administrative or judicial, save and except

those arising under this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-887 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-887
Crime against nature, what penetration necessary
Status: in_force

Any sexual penetration, however slight, is sufficient to

complete the crime against nature.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1579v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1579v1
Possession of other forged instruments
Status: in_force

Every person who has in his or her possession any forged or

counterfeited instrument, the forgery of which has previously been

declared to be punishable, other than such as are enumerated in

Section 1578 of this title, knowing the same to be forged,

counterfeited or falsely altered with intent to injure or defraud by

uttering the same to be true, or as false, or by causing the same to

be uttered, is guilty of forgery in the second degree if the value

of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more and

forgery in the third degree if the value of the instrument is less

than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

For purposes of this section, a series of offenses may be

aggregated into one offense when they are the result of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 749

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 intent of the party to commit a continuing crime.

R.L. 1910, § 2631. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 221, § 13, eff. Nov. 1,

2016.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-550 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-550
Common barratry defined
Status: in_force

Common barratry is the practice of exciting groundless judicial

proceedings.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-773 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-773
Penalty - Civil liability
Status: in_force

Every person who makes, composes or dictates such libel or

procures the same to be done; or who willfully publishes or

circulates such libel; or in any way knowingly or willfully aids or

assists in making, publishing or circulating the same, shall be

punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one (1)

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

both, and shall also be civilly liable to the party injured.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-357 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-357
Penalty for such contract or purchase
Status: in_force

Any member of any public body, such as is specified in Section

355 of this title, who shall be a party to any such contract or

purchase therein declared unlawful, or who shall receive any money,

warrant, certificate, or other consideration thereunder, or who

shall vote for or assent to any such contract or purchase, shall be

guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by a fine of not less

than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title.

R.L. 1910, § 2597. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 173, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 91, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-973 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-973
Seizure of slot machines and punch boards - Confiscation,
Status: in_force

procedure for.

A. Every sheriff, constable, policeman, and peace officer in

this state is hereby required to seize every slot machine and every

punch board, together with all money contained therein or used in

connection therewith, and all property and items of value incident

thereto or used or employed in connection therewith, and hold and

safely keep the same, subject to the order of the district court.

Immediately following such seizure, such officer shall report the

same and give all facts in relation thereto to the district attorney

of the county in which the seizure was made. The district attorney

shall, immediately following such report, file an application in the

district court of his county in the name of the State of Oklahoma

against the slot machine or punch board seized, and the money and

items, if any, used therewith.

The application shall include:

1. A statement showing the time and place of seizure and by

whom made;

2. A general description of the slot machine or punch board,

and of the money and items, if any, seized;

3. The name and address, if known, of the person from whom

seized; and

4. A prayer for judgment:

a. confiscating said slot machine or punch board

and money and items seized, and

(1) ordering said slot machine or punch board

either to be sold, with the approval of the court and on such notice

as the court may direct, by the sheriff of the county in which the

seizure was made, within any state, county or municipality in which

the use of such slot machine or punch board is not prohibited by law

and ordering the proceeds of sale paid into the Sheriff's Training

Fund as provided in Section 1325 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, provided that if such slot machine or punch board is not

sold within ninety (90) calendar days, the court shall order such to

be destroyed under the provisions of this section, or

(2) ordering the immediate destruction of said

slot machine or punch board by the officer seizing the same or by

some other officer or person to be appointed for such purpose by the

court,

b. ordering the money seized with said slot machine

or punch board paid into the Sheriff's Training Fund as provided in

Section 1325 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and

c. ordering any item of value seized with said slot

machine or punch board, if not in itself offensive or a gambling

device, to be sold by the sheriff of the county in which the seizure

was made, on such notice as the court may direct, and the proceeds

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 405

of sale paid into the Sheriff's Training Fund as provided in Section

1325 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The application required to be filed by the district

attorney under the provisions of subsection A of this section may

include any number of slot machines or punch boards, or both, and

all money and items, if any, seized therewith. Upon filing said

application in the district court, the court shall order the

district attorney to cause a copy thereof to be served on the person

from whom the slot machine or punch board was seized, together with

written notice that such person may appear before the district court

at any date, which shall be fixed in said notice, not less than five

(5) days from the date said application was filed in the district

court, to show cause why said application should not be granted and

judgment rendered as therein prayed. If the person from whom

seizure was made cannot be located, or is unknown, or if said slot

machine or punch board was unattended at the time of seizure, then

the foregoing service shall not be required, but in lieu thereof, a

copy of said application and notice shall be delivered to the place

where seizure was made. On the date set forth in the foregoing

notice, the district court shall hear the application without a

jury, and neither party shall have the right to demand a jury trial.

The district attorney shall present said application on said

hearing, together with all the evidence pertinent thereto, and the

owner of or person from whom the slot machine or punch board was

seized, if present at said hearing, may introduce any competent

evidence. The district court after hearing said application and the

evidence introduced at said hearing, shall determine whether or not

the slot machine or punch board, or both, mentioned in said

application, is a slot machine or punch board as defined in Sections

964 and 966 of this title, and if determined to be such, the court

shall make and enter judgment:

1. Confiscating said slot machine or punch board and money and

items seized, and

a. ordering said slot machine or punch board either

to be sold, with the approval of the court and on such notice as the

court may direct, by the sheriff of the county in which the seizure

was made, within any state, county or municipality in which the use

of such slot machine or punch board is not prohibited by law and

ordering the proceeds of sale paid into the Sheriff's Training Fund

as provided in Section 1325 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

provided that if such slot machine or punch board is not sold within

ninety (90) calendar days, the court shall order such to be

destroyed under the provisions of this section, or

b. ordering the immediate destruction of said slot

machine or punch board by the officer seizing the same or by some

other officer or person to be appointed for such purpose by the

court;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 406

2. Ordering the money seized in or with said slot machine or

punch board paid into the Sheriff's Training Fund as provided in

Section 1325 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

3. Ordering any other item of value seized with the said slot

machine or punch board, if not in itself offensive or a gambling

device, to be sold by the sheriff of the county in which the seizure

was made, on such notice as the court may direct, and the proceeds

of sale to be paid into the Sheriff's Training Fund as provided in

Section 1325 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. The officer or person ordered to destroy a slot machine or

punch board under the provisions of subsection B of this section

shall execute such order and make return thereof within five (5)

days from the date thereof, showing the manner in which he executed

the same. An appeal may be had from the judgment of the district

court to the Supreme Court, as in civil actions, pursuant to the

provisions of the code of civil procedure; and in the event of an

appeal by either party, the judgment of the district court shall be

stayed pending the determination of said appeal.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-815 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-815
Aid in attempt to commit suicide
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully aids another in attempting to take

his own life, in any manner which by the preceding sections would

have amounted to aiding suicide if the person assisted had actually

taken his own life, is, upon conviction, guilty of aiding an attempt

at suicide, a Class D3 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-850 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-850
Malicious intimidation or harassment because of race,
Status: in_force

color, religion, ancestry, national origin or disability -

Standardized reporting system.

A. No person shall maliciously and with the specific intent to

intimidate or harass another person because of that person's race,

color, religion, ancestry, national origin or disability:

1. Assault or batter another person;

2. Damage, destroy, vandalize or deface any real or personal

property of another person; or

3. Threaten, by word or act, to do any act prohibited by

paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection if there is reasonable cause to

believe that such act will occur.

B. No person shall maliciously and with specific intent to

incite or produce, and which is likely to incite or produce,

imminent violence, which violence would be directed against another

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 364

person because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry,

national origin or disability, make or transmit, cause or allow to

be transmitted, any telephonic, computerized, or electronic message.

C. No person shall maliciously and with specific intent to

incite or produce, and which is likely to incite or produce,

imminent violence, which violence would be directed against another

person because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry,

national origin or disability, broadcast, publish, or distribute,

cause or allow to be broadcast, published or distributed, any

message or material.

D. Any person convicted of violating any provision of

subsections A, B or C of this section shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor on a first offense and a Class B4 felony offense

punishable by not more than ten (10) years incarceration in the

custody of the Department of Corrections for a second or subsequent

offense. The fine for a felony violation of this section shall not

exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Furthermore, said person

shall be civilly liable for any damages resulting from any violation

of this section.

E. Upon conviction, any person guilty of a misdemeanor in

violation of this section shall be punishable by the imposition of a

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

imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one

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

F. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall develop a

standard system for state and local law enforcement agencies to

report incidents of crime which are apparently directed against

members of racial, ethnic, religious groups or other groups

specified by this section. The Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation shall promulgate rules, regulations and procedures

necessary to develop, implement and maintain a standard system for

the collection and reporting of hate crime data. All state, county,

city and town law enforcement agencies shall submit a monthly report

to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation on forms prescribed by

the Bureau. The report shall contain the number and nature of the

offenses committed within their respective jurisdictions, the

disposition of such matters and any other information the Bureau may

require, respecting information relating to the cause and prevention

of crime, recidivism, the rehabilitation of criminals and the proper

administration of criminal justice.

G. No person, partnership, company or corporation that installs

telephonic, computerized, or electronic message equipment shall be

required to monitor the use of such equipment for possible

violations of this section, nor shall such person, partnership,

company or corporation be held criminally or civilly liable for the

use by another person of the equipment in violation of this section,

unless the person, partnership, company or corporation that

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 365

installed the equipment had prior actual knowledge that the

equipment was to be used in violation of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1772 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1772
Injuring fruit, melons or flowers in the night time
Status: in_force

Every person who shall maliciously or mischievously enter the

enclosure, or go upon the premises of another in the night time, and

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, or having entered the enclosure or gone upon

the premises of another, in the night time, with the intent to knock

off, pick, destroy, or carry away any fruit or flowers, as

aforesaid, be actually found thereon, shall, on conviction thereof,

be punished by fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and

not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), or by imprisonment in the county

jail not exceeding thirty (30) days.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-424 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-424
Punishment for conspiracy against state
Status: in_force

If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense

against the State of Oklahoma, any county, school district,

municipality or subdivision thereof, or to defraud the State of

Oklahoma, any county, school district, municipality or subdivision

thereof, in any manner or for any purpose, and if one or more of

such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, all

the parties to such conspiracy shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony

offense punishable by a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand

Dollars ($25,000.00), or imprisonment as provided for in subsections

B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 212
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1767.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1767.4
Tracing of telephone calls - Immunity
Status: in_force

Any telephone company, its officers, agents or employees, when

acting upon any request by the state or any governing body of a

political subdivision thereof, which shall expressly include school

districts, shall make reasonable effort to identify the telephone

from which any telephone communication claimed to be prohibited by

this act is being or has been made. If identification of such

telephone is made, the telephone company, its officers, agents or

employees shall provide to state law enforcement officials the

location of such telephone. Any telephone company, its officers,

agents or employees, in acting pursuant to this section of this act,

shall be immune from any civil or criminal action or liability under

this or any other state or local act, rule, regulation or ordinance.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-565.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-565.1
Trial court - Power to punish contempt - Censure -
Status: in_force

Contempt proceedings.

A. The trial judge has the power to cite for contempt anyone

who, in his presence in open court, willfully obstructs judicial

proceedings. If necessary, the trial judge may punish a person

cited for contempt after an opportunity to be heard has been given.

B. Censure shall be imposed by the trial judge only if:

1. it is clear from the identity of the offender and the

character of his acts that disruptive conduct is willfully

contemptuous; or

2. the conduct warranting the sanction is preceded by a clear

warning that the conduct is impermissible and that specified

sanctions may be imposed for its repetition.

C. The trial judge, as soon as practicable after he is

satisfied that courtroom misconduct requires contempt proceedings,

should inform the alleged offender of his intention to institute

said proceedings.

D. Before imposing any punishment for contempt, the judge shall

give the offender notice of the charges and an opportunity to adduce

evidence or argument relevant to guilt or punishment.

E. The judge before whom courtroom misconduct occurs may impose

appropriate sanctions including punishment for contempt. If the

judge's conduct was so integrated with the contempt that he

contributed to it or was otherwise involved or his objectivity can

reasonably be questioned, the matter shall be referred to another

judge.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 240
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.12av3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1040.12av3
Aggravated possession of child sexual abuse
Status: in_force

material - Penalties – Definitions.

A. Any person who, with knowledge of its contents, possesses

one hundred (100) or more separate visual depictions of child

pornography shall, upon conviction, be guilty of aggravated

possession of child pornography, a Class A2 felony offense. The

violator shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding life imprisonment

and by a fine in an amount of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars

($10,000.00). The violator, upon conviction, shall be required to

register as a sex offender under the Sex Offenders Registration Act.

B. For purposes of this section:

1. Multiple copies of the same identical material shall each be

counted as a separate item; and

2. The terms "child pornography" and "visual depictions" mean

the same definitions provided by Section 1024.1 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1163 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1163
Unlawful interference with places of burial
Status: in_force

Any person who opens any grave or any place of burial, temporary

or otherwise, or who breaks open any building wherein any dead body

of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent

either:

1. To remove any dead body of a human being for the purpose of

selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection; or

2. To steal the coffin, or any part thereof or anything

attached thereto, or connected therewith, or the vestments or other

articles buried with the same,

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, or by a fine not exceeding Two

Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2458. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 302, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 203, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-543 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-543
Compounding crimes
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 235

Any person who, having knowledge of the actual commission of a

crime or violation of statute, takes any money or property of

another, or any gratuity or reward, or any engagement or promise

therefor, upon any agreement or understanding, express or implied,

to compound or conceal such crime, or violation of statute, or to

abstain from any prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence

thereof, is punishable as follows:

1. By imprisonment for a Class D1 felony offense as provided

for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, if the

crime compounded is one punishable either by death or by

imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for life;

2. By imprisonment for a Class D1 felony offense as provided

for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, if the

crime compounded was punishable by imprisonment in the State

Penitentiary for any other term than for life; or

3. By imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year,

or by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or

by both such fine and imprisonment, if the crime or violation of

statute compounded is a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county

jail, or by fine, or is a misdemeanor, or violation of statute for

which a pecuniary or other penalty or forfeiture is prescribed.

R.L. 1910, § 2255. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 212, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 120, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-813 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-813
Aiding suicide
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully, in any manner, advises, encourages,

abets, or assists another person in taking his own life, is guilty

of aiding suicide, a Class B1 felony offense.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 331