Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1059 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1059
Advertising lottery offices
Status: in_force

Every person who, by writing or printing by circulars or

letters, or in any other way, advertises or publishes any account of

the opening, setting up or keeping of any office or other place for

either of the purposes prohibited by the last section, is guilty of

a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-967 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-967
Words in singular and plural
Status: in_force

Any word or words used in this act in the singular number shall

include the plural, and the plural the singular.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-312 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-312
Forfeiture of office - Disqualification to hold office
Status: in_force

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The conviction of a member of the Legislature of any of the

crimes defined in this article, involves as a consequence, in

addition to the punishment prescribed by this code, a forfeiture of

his office, and disqualifies him from ever afterwards holding any

office under this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-363 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-363
Violations - Punishment
Status: in_force

Any person or persons, companies, partnerships, firms or

corporations violating any of the provisions of this act shall be

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

be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than

One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and each violation of this act shall

be deemed a separate offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1075 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1075
Civil action
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 4 of this act, any participant in

a pyramid promotional scheme may declare their transaction void and

bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover

the consideration paid. In such an action, the court, in addition

to any judgment awarded, shall require the defendant to pay

reasonable attorney fees and the costs of the action, less any money

paid to the participant as profit in the pyramid promotional scheme.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-856.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-856.2
Harboring endangered runaway child
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully

harbour an endangered runaway child. Any person violating the

provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one

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

convicted of a second or any subsequent violation shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a Class D2 felony offense punishable by a

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

imprisonment as provided for in subsection C of Section 20O of this

title, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For purposes of this

section, an “endangered runaway child” means an unemancipated minor

who is voluntarily absent from the home for seventy-two (72) hours

or more without a compelling reason and without the consent of a

custodial parent or other custodial adult or an unemancipated minor

who is voluntarily absent from the home without a compelling reason

and without the consent of a custodial parent or other custodial

adult and the child needs medication or other special services. For

purposes of this section, “compelling reason” shall be defined as

provided in Section 856 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-502 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-502
Witness bound over to appear
Status: in_force

Such court shall thereupon bind over the witnesses to establish

such perjury to appear at the proper court to testify before grand

jury, and upon the trial, in case an indictment is found for such

perjury, and shall also cause immediate notice of such commitment or

recognizance, with the names of the witnesses so bound over, to be

given to the district attorney.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-305 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-305
Compelling Legislature to perform or omit act
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully compels or attempts to compel either of

the houses composing the Legislature to pass, amend or reject any

bill or resolution, or to grant or refuse any petition, or to

perform or omit to perform any other official act, shall be guilty

of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided

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

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

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

R.L. 1910, § 2167. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 162, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 82, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-554 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-554
Attorneys - Buying demands for suit - Misleading inferior
Status: in_force

courts.

Every attorney who either directly or indirectly buys or is

interested in buying any evidence of debt or thing in action with

intent to bring suit thereon is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any

attorney who in any proceeding before any court of a justice of the

peace or police judge or other inferior court in which he appears as

attorney, willfully misstates any proposition or seeks to mislead

the court in any matter of law is guilty of a misdemeanor and on any

trial therefor the state shall only be held to prove to the court

that the cause was pending, that the defendant appeared as an

attorney in the action, and showing what the legal statement was,

wherein it is not the law. If the defense be that the act was not

willful the burden shall be on the defendant to prove that he did

not know that there was error in his statement of the law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1512 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1512
Misrepresentations in sale of nursery stock
Status: in_force

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It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, acting

either as principal or agent to sell to any person, firm or

corporation any fruit tree or fruit trees, plants or shrubs

representing same to be thrifty or of a certain kind, variety or

description and thereafter to deliver to such purchaser in filling

such order and in completing such sale any fruit trees, plants or

shrubs of a different kind, variety or description than the kind,

variety or description of such fruit trees, plants or shrubs so

ordered and sold.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1230.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1230.1
Environmental Crimes Act - Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 339 through 347 of this act shall be known and may be

cited as the "Environmental Crimes Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1726 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1726
Mercury - Possession of more than one pound without
Status: in_force

written evidence of title - Penalty - Defenses.

A. Any person who may be found in this state with more than one

(1) pound of mercury in his possession, and who does not have valid

written evidence of his title to such mercury, shall be guilty of a

Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction thereof shall be

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.

B. It shall be a defense to any charge under this section that

the person so charged (1) is a bona fide miner or processor of

mercury or (2) that the mercury possessed by such person is, while

in his possession, an integral part of a tool, instrument, or device

used for a beneficial purpose. In any complaint, information, or

indictment brought under this section, it shall not be necessary to

negative any exception, excuse, exemption, or defense provided in

this section, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse,

exemption or defense shall be upon the defendant.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1379.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1379.1
Obstruction of passages in or entrances or exits to
Status: in_force

state facilities - Exemption - Penalty.

A. It is unlawful for any person, acting alone or in concert

with others, to obstruct, or to impede in any way, passage through

or within any state-owned or -leased building, office or facility.

B. It is unlawful for any person, acting alone or in concert

with others, to obstruct entrances and exits to any state-owned or -

leased building, office or facility.

C. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section shall

not apply to commissioned peace officers and security officers of

the Department of Public Safety, security officers of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives and the Oklahoma State Senate, the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services, or contractors thereof in the

performance of their duties.

D. Any person violating the provisions of this section 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both

such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1556 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1556
Marking false weight or false tare
Status: in_force

Every person who knowingly marks or stamps false or short

weight, or false tare on any cask or package or knowingly sells or

offers for sale any cask or package so marked is guilty of a

misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1196 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1196
Apothecary liable for negligence - Willful or ignorant
Status: in_force

acts or omissions.

Every apothecary or every person employed as clerk or salesman

by an apothecary, or otherwise carrying on business as a dealer in

drugs or medicines, who, in putting up any drugs or medicines,

willfully, negligently or ignorantly omits to label the same, or

puts any untrue label, stamp or other designation of contents upon

any box, bottle or other package containing any drugs or medicines,

or substitutes a different article for any article prescribed or

ordered, or puts up a greater or less quantity of any article than

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that prescribed or ordered, or otherwise deviates from the terms of

the prescription or order which he undertakes to follow, in

consequence of which human life or health is endangered, is guilty

of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1242 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1242
Refusing to disclose place and person from whom obtained
Status: in_force

Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) being in possession

of cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, or

any other form of tobacco product, nicotine product or vapor

products and being by any police officer, constable, juvenile court

officer, truant officer, or teacher in any school, asked where and

from whom such cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, snuff, chewing

tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, nicotine product or

vapor products were obtained, who shall refuse to furnish such

information, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction

thereof before the district court, or any judge of the district

court, such minor being of the age of sixteen (16) years or upwards

shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding Five Dollars ($5.00)

or to undergo an imprisonment in the jail of the proper county not

exceeding five (5) days, or both; if such minor shall be under the

age of sixteen (16) years, he or she shall be certified by such

magistrate or justice to the juvenile court of the county for such

action as the court shall deem proper. For the purposes of this

section, the term "vapor product" shall have the same meaning as

provided in the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco Act.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-332 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-332
Records and information confidential
Status: in_force

Any records or information submitted to the Oklahoma Tax

Commission under the provisions of this act shall be treated as

confidential and shall not be released to any other department of

state government except they shall be available to the Attorney

General's office, to any court of competent jurisdiction, or any

legislative committee desiring any information pertaining thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1366 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1366
Offenders - Where tried
Status: in_force

Any person charged with a violation of the preceding section may

be tried in any county in this state in which such violation may

have occurred, or may be discovered.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-99 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-99
Peace officers
Status: in_force

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The term "peace officer" means any sheriff, police officer,

federal law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, or

any other law enforcement officer whose duty it is to enforce and

preserve the public peace.

Every United States Marshal, Marshals Service deputy or other

federal law enforcement officer who is employed full-time as a law

enforcement officer by the federal government or is otherwise acting

under the authority of a Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs Commission

and has been certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education

and Training, who is authorized by federal law to conduct any

investigation of, and make any arrest for, any offense in violation

of federal law shall have the same authority, and be empowered to

act, as peace officers within the State of Oklahoma in rendering

assistance to any law enforcement officer in an emergency, or at the

request of any officer, and to arrest any person committing any

offense in violation of the laws of this state.

R.L. 1910, § 2826. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 240, § 3, emerg. eff.

May 24, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 43, § 2, emerg. eff. April 7, 1997; Laws

2013, c. 249, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-916 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-916
Definition of disturbance
Status: in_force

The following are the acts deemed to constitute disturbance of a

religious meeting:

1. Uttering any profane discourse, committing any rude or

indecent act, or making any unnecessary noise, either within the

place where such meeting is held, or so near it as to disturb the

order and solemnity of the meeting.

2. Exhibiting, within one (1) mile, any shows or plays without

a license by the proper authority.

3. Engaging in, or aiding or promoting within the like

distance, any racing of animals or gaming of any description.

4. Obstructing in any manner, without authority of law, within

the like distance, the free passage along any highway to the place

of such meeting.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-111 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-111
Force
Status: in_force

A. In all instances of sexual assault including, but not

limited to, rape, rape by instrumentation and forcible sodomy where

force is alleged, the term "force" shall mean any force, no matter

how slight, necessary to accomplish the act without the consent of

the victim. The force necessary to constitute an element need not

be actual physical force since fear, fright or coercion may take the

place of actual physical force.

B. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is requested and

authorized to proceed to prescribe, institute and publish within ten

(10) days of the effective date of this act a uniform instruction to

be given in jury trials of criminal cases that defines the term

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"force" consistent with the definition provided for in subsection A

of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1068 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1068
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of Section 1066 or 1067 of

this title shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class D3

felony offense and be punished by a fine of not less than One

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

($5,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of this title, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-816 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-816
Incapacity of person committing or attempting suicide no
Status: in_force

defense.

It is no defense to a prosecution for aiding suicide or aiding

an attempt at suicide, that the person who committed or attempted to

commit the suicide was not a person deemed capable of committing

crime.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-650.11 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-650.11
Medical battery – Penalties - Definition
Status: in_force

A. Medical battery is a Class B6 felony offense, upon

conviction, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term

of not more than one (1) year, or imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for a term of not more than four (4)

years, and a fine in an amount not more than Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00). In addition, the defendant shall be ordered to make

restitution to the victim in an amount as determined by the court.

B. For purposes of this section, “medical battery” means:

1. The defendant has been found guilty of practicing dentistry,

medicine, osteopathic medicine, or surgery, without a license or

authority as prohibited by the provisions of the State Dental Act,

the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and

Supervision Act, or the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act;

2. The treatment, or course of treatment, practiced in

violation of the provisions of the State Dental Act, the Oklahoma

Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act, or

the Osteopathic Medicine Act resulted in the victim having permanent

physical injury or disfigurement;

3. The victim consented to such treatment, or course of

treatment, under a belief that the defendant was licensed and

authorized to diagnose and perform the treatment; and

4. The defendant willfully performed the act knowing that such

act was prohibited pursuant to law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.24 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1040.24
Presumptions
Status: in_force

The possession of two or more of any single article that is

obscene material or child sexual abuse material, or the possession

of a combined total of any five articles that are obscene material

or child sexual abuse material (except the possession of them for

the purpose of return to the person from whom received) shall create

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a presumption that they are intended for sale or commercial

distribution, exhibition or gift, but such presumption shall be

rebuttable. The burden of proof that their possession is for the

purpose of return to the person from whom received shall be on the

possessor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1265.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1265.4
Attempts - Punishment - Acts constituting
Status: in_force

Whoever attempts to commit any of the crimes defined by Sections

1265.1 through 1265.14 of this title shall be liable to one-half

(1/2) the punishment prescribed for the completed crime. In

addition to the acts which constitute an attempt to commit a crime

under the law of this state, the solicitation or incitement of

another to commit any of the crimes defined by Sections 1265.1

through 1265.14 of this title not followed by the commission of the

crime, the collection or assemblage of any materials with the intent

that the same are to be used then or at a later time in the

commission of such crime, or the entry, with or without permission,

of a building, enclosure or other premises of another with the

intent to commit any such crime therein or thereon shall constitute

an attempt to commit such crime and shall be deemed a Class D1

felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1732 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1732
Larceny of trade secrets – Applicability of section
Status: in_force

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A. Any person who, with intent to deprive or withhold from the

owner thereof the control of a trade secret, or with an intent to

appropriate a trade secret to his or her own use or to the use of

another:

1. Steals or embezzles an article representing a trade secret;

or

2. Without authority makes or causes to be made a copy of an

article representing a trade secret,

shall be guilty of larceny under Section 1704 of this title and

shall be subject to punishment as provided for in Section 1705 of

this title. For purposes of determining whether such larceny is

grand larceny or petit larceny under this section, the value of the

trade secret and not the value of the article shall be controlling.

B. 1. The word "article" means any object, material, device,

customer list, business records, or substance or copy thereof,

including any writing, record, recording, drawing, sample, specimen,

prototype, model, photograph, microorganism, blueprint, information

stored in any computer-related format, or map.

2. The word "representing" means describing, depleting,

containing, constituting, reflecting or recording.

3. The term "trade secret" means information, including a

formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique,

customer list, business records or process, that:

a. derives independent economic value, actual or

potential, from not being generally known to, and not

being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other

persons who can obtain economic value from its

disclosure or use, and

b. is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under

the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.

4. The word "copy" means any facsimile, replica, photograph or

other reproduction of an article, including copying, transferring

and e-mailing of computer data, and any note, drawing or sketch made

of or from an article.

C. In a prosecution for a violation of this act, it shall be no

defense that the person so charged returned or intended to return

the article so stolen, embezzled or copied.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply if the person

acted in accordance with a written agreement with the person’s

employer that specified the manner in which disputes involving

clients are to be resolved upon termination of the employer-employee

relationship.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1192 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1192
Spread of infectious diseases
Status: in_force

Any person who shall inoculate himself or any other person or

shall suffer himself to be inoculated with smallpox, syphilis or

gonorrhea and shall spread or cause to be spread to any other

persons with intent to or recklessly be responsible for the spread

of or prevalence of such infectious disease, shall be deemed a

felon, and, upon conviction thereof, 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.

R.L. 1910, § 2518. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 308, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 206, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1024.4 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1024.4
Destruction of obscene material or child sexual abuse
Status: in_force

material upon conviction.

Upon final conviction of the accused and any codefendant, the

magistrate or law enforcement agency shall, with the consent of the

district attorney, cause any obscene material or child sexual abuse

material, in respect whereof the accused and any codefendant stands

convicted and which remains in the possession or control of such

magistrate, law enforcement agency or district attorney, to be

destroyed including, but not limited to, the destruction of any

computer, hard drive or other electronic storage media of the

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accused or codefendant on which such obscene material or child

sexual abuse material was located. For purposes of this section,

"final conviction" includes the exhaustion of or failure to timely

pursue post-conviction and state and federal habeas corpus review.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-342 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-342
Suspension - Vacancy filled
Status: in_force

When any person is suspended from office by any court under the

provisions of this section, said court shall certify the fact of

such suspension to the proper officer or authority provided by law

to fill a vacancy in such office. Such office shall be filled

during the suspension in like manner as provided by law for filling

vacancies in such offices.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-754 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-754
Means and manner of maiming immaterial
Status: in_force

To constitute maiming it is immaterial by what means or

instrument, or in what manner the injury was inflicted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1523 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1523
Penalties - Civil action for damages
Status: in_force

Any person convicted of violating a prohibition contained in

this act shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one (1) year

or fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.

Such person also shall be liable for the amount of the damages, loss

and expense, including attorney fees and expenses of investigation

incurred by any transmission company by reason of or resulting from

the unlawful publication, directly or indirectly, such damages to be

recovered in a civil action.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1261 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1261
Criminal syndicalism defined
Status: in_force

Criminal syndicalism is hereby defined to be the doctrine which

advocates crime, physical violence, arson, destruction of property,

sabotage, or other unlawful acts or methods, as a means of

accomplishing or effecting industrial or political ends, or as a

means of effecting industrial or political revolution, or for

profit.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1320.12 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1320.12
Liability of organizations found to be conspirators
Status: in_force

If an organization is found to be a conspirator with persons who

are found to have committed any of the crimes described in Sections

1311 through 1320.5 and 1320.10 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, the conspiring organization shall be punished by a fine

that is ten times the amount of said fine authorized by the

appropriate provision.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.24 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.24
Selling or buying credit or debit card
Status: in_force

A person other than the issuer who sells a credit card or debit

card or a personwho buys a credit card or a debit card from a person

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other than the issuer is guilty of theft and is subject to the

penalties set forth in Section 1550.33(a) of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-356 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-356
Contract or purchase void - Members of body liable
Status: in_force

Any contract or purchase made in violation of the first

preceding section shall be void, and no appropriation of public

funds shall be made to pay the amount of same; but the members of

the body voting for such contract or purchase shall be held

personally liable for the amount thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-701.10a — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-701.10a
Sentencing proceeding on remand - Murder in the first
Status: in_force

degree - Admissibility of evidence.

Notwithstanding subsection A of Section 701.10 of this title,

which requires that the same jury sit in the sentencing phase of a

capital murder trial, the following shall apply:

1. Upon any appeal by the defendant where the sentence is of

death, the appellate court, if it finds prejudicial error in the

sentencing proceeding only, may set aside the sentence of death and

remand the case to the trial court in the jurisdiction in which the

defendant was originally sentenced. No error in the sentencing

proceeding shall result in the reversal of the conviction for a

capital felony. When a capital case is remanded after vacation of a

death sentence, the prosecutor may:

a. move the trial court to impose any sentence authorized

by law at the time of the commission of the crime,

which the trial court shall impose after a non-jury

sentencing proceeding, provided, the original

sentencing proceeding was conducted before the court

or the original sentencing proceeding was conducted

before a jury and both the defendant and the state

waive jury sentencing after remand; or

b. move the trial court to impanel a new sentencing jury

who shall determine the sentence of the defendant,

which may be any sentence authorized by law at the

time of the commission of the crime, provided, the

original sentencing proceeding was conducted before a

jury;

2. If the prosecutor elects to utilize the procedure provided

in paragraph b of subsection 1 of this section, the trial court

shall impanel a new jury for the purpose of conducting new

sentencing proceedings;

3. Resentencing proceedings shall be governed by the provisions

of Sections 701.10, 701.11 and 701.12 of this title;

4. All exhibits and a transcript of all testimony and other

evidence properly admitted in the prior trial and sentencing shall

be admissible in the new sentencing proceeding; additional relevant

evidence may be admitted including testimony of witnesses who

testified at the previous trial;

5. The provisions of this section are procedural and shall

apply retroactively to any defendant sentenced to death;

6. This section shall not be construed to amend the provisions

of Section 701.10 of this title, requiring the same jury to sit in

both the guilt and sentencing phases of the original trial.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.19 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1290.19
License form
Status: in_force

LICENSE FORM

The handgun license shall be on a form prescribed by the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and shall contain the

following information in addition to any other information deemed

relevant by the Bureau:

1. The full name of the person;

2. Current address;

3. County of residence;

4. Date of birth;

5. Weight;

6. Height;

7. Sex;

8. Race;

9. Color of eyes;

10. Handgun license identification number;

11. Expiration date of the handgun license;

12. Date of issuance of the handgun license; and

13. Authorized pistol to be either: (D) derringer, (R)

revolver, (S) semiautomatic pistol, or some combination of

derringer, revolver and semiautomatic pistol as may be authorized by

the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act for which the person demonstrated

qualification pursuant to the certificate of training or an

exemption certificate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-436 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-436
Attempt to escape from other prison than penitentiary
Status: in_force

Any prisoner confined in any other prison than the penitentiary,

who attempts by force or fraud, although unsuccessfully, to escape

therefrom, is guilty of a Class D2 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, to

commence from the expiration of the original term of his

imprisonment. Any subsequent conviction pursuant to this section

shall be a Class D2 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as

provided for in subsection C of Section 20O of this title.

R.L. 1910, § 2200. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 190, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 105, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1548 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1548
Vehicles excepted
Status: in_force

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The provisions of this act shall not apply to motor vehicles and

other vehicles as defined in Section 1102 of Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1268.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1268.3
Conspiracy - Penalty
Status: in_force

A. Conspiracy to commit terrorism is a Class A3 felony offense.

B. A person convicted of conspiracy to commit terrorism shall

be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not

exceeding life.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1172 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1172
Obscene, threatening or harassing telecommunication or
Status: in_force

other electronic communications - Penalty.

A. It shall be unlawful for a person who, by means of a

telecommunication or other electronic communication device,

willfully either:

1. Makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal which is

obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent;

2. Makes a telecommunication or other electronic communication

including text, sound or images with intent to terrify, intimidate

or harass, or threaten to inflict injury or physical harm to any

person or property of that person;

3. Makes a telecommunication or other electronic communication,

whether or not conversation ensues, with intent to put the party

called in fear of physical harm or death;

4. Makes a telecommunication or other electronic communication,

including text, sound or images whether or not conversation ensues,

without disclosing the identity of the person making the call or

communication and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass

any person at the called number;

5. Knowingly permits any telecommunication or other electronic

communication under the control of the person to be used for any

purpose prohibited by this section; and

6. In conspiracy or concerted action with other persons, makes

repeated calls or electronic communications or simultaneous calls or

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electronic communications solely to harass any person at the called

number(s).

B. As used in this section, "telecommunication" and "electronic

communication" mean any type of telephonic, electronic or radio

communications, or transmission of signs, signals, data, writings,

images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by telephone,

including cellular telephones, wire, cable, radio, electromagnetic,

photoelectronic or photo-optical system or the creation, display,

management, storage, processing, transmission or distribution of

images, text, voice, video or data by wire, cable or wireless means,

including the Internet. The term includes:

1. A communication initiated by electronic mail, instant

message, network call, or facsimile machine including text, sound or

images;

2. A communication made to a pager; or

3. A communication including text, sound or images posted to a

social media or other public media source.

C. Use of a telephone or other electronic communications

facility under this section shall include all use made of such a

facility between the points of origin and reception. Any offense

under this section is a continuing offense and shall be deemed to

have been committed at either the place of origin or the place of

reception.

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

person who is convicted of the provisions of subsection A of this

section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

E. Any person who is convicted of a second offense under this

section 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1372 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1372
Injunctive relief
Status: in_force

In addition to the penalties provided in Section 1371 of this

title for a violation of Section 1370 of this title, a cause of

action shall exist in favor of any citizen, or in favor of the State

of Oklahoma on the relation of the district attorney of any county

wherein the offense is committed, to apply to the district court of

such county for an injunction restraining such violation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-495 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-495
Incompetency no defense
Status: in_force

It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused

was not competent to give the testimony, deposition or certificate

of which falsehood is alleged. It is sufficient that he actually

was required to give such testimony or made such deposition or

certificate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1581 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1581
Reissuing canceled certificates of stock
Status: in_force

Any officer or agent of any corporation or joint stock

association formed or existing under or by virtue of the laws of

this state, or of any other state, government or country, who,

within this state, willfully reissues, sells or pledges, or causes

to be reissued, sold or pledged, any surrendered or canceled

certificate, or other evidence of the ownership or transfer of any

share or shares of the capital stock of such corporation or

association, or of an interest in its property or profits, with

intent to defraud, is guilty of forgery in the second degree, a

Class D1 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1167 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1167
Destruction, mutilation, etc. of cemetery structures,
Status: in_force

markers, etc. – Sale or barter of veteran markers.

Every person who:

1. Shall willfully with malicious intent destroy, mutilate,

deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument or gravestone, or other

structure placed in any cemetery or private burying ground, or any

fence, railing, or other work for the protection or ornament of any

such cemetery or place of burial of any human being, or tomb,

monument or gravestone, memento, veteran marker from any war, or

memorial, or other structure aforesaid, or of any lot within a

cemetery, or shall willfully or with malicious intent destroy, cut,

break, or injure any tree, shrub or plant, within the limits

thereof; or

2. Knowingly buys, sells or barters for profit any veteran

marker from any war that is placed on a lot within a cemetery or

place of burial of any human being,

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the amount of damage is less

than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and shall, upon conviction

thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than

ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In

addition, the court shall require the person to perform not more

than one hundred twenty (120) hours of community service. If the

amount of damage exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) the

person shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction

thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Five

Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail

for not less than six (6) months, or by both such fine and

imprisonment. In addition, the court shall require the person to

perform not more than two hundred forty (240) hours of community

service. The court shall not suspend any portion of the community

service requirement set forth in this section.

R.L. 1910, § 2462. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 193, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,

1989; Laws 2001, c. 386, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 179,

§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 225, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1532 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1532
Receiving money or property intended for individual
Status: in_force

personated.

Any person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed

character receives any money or property, that knowing it is

intended to be delivered to the individual so personated, with

intent to convert the same to his own use, or to that of another

person who is not entitled thereto, shall be punishable as follows:

1. If the value of the money or property is less than One

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

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the 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 imprisonment and fine;

2. If the value of the money or 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 punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine not to exceed

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

fine;

3. If the value of the money or 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 punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

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

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not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine; and

4. If the value of the money or property is Fifteen Thousand

Dollars ($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of a Class

C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

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

not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine.

R.L. 1910, § 2690. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 368, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 260, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-541 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-541
Extrajudicial oaths
Status: in_force

Every person who takes an oath before an officer or person

authorized to administer judicial oaths, except when such oath is

required or authorized by law, or is required by the provisions of

some contract as the basis of or in proof of a claim, or when the

same has been agreed to be received by some person as proof of any

fact, in the performance of any contract, obligation or duty instead

of other evidence, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.19 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.19
Administration of Sexual Assault Examination Fund -
Status: in_force

Transfer.

The duties of administering the Sexual Assault Examination Fund

are hereby transferred from the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation to the Crime Victims Compensation Board. All

unexpended funds, property, records and any outstanding financial

obligations or encumbrances of the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation which relate to the Sexual Assault Examination Fund

are hereby transferred to the Crime Victims Compensation Board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1025 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1025
Bawdy-house, etc. - Penalty
Status: in_force

Every person who keeps any bawdy house, house of ill fame, of

assignation, or of prostitution, or any other house or place for

persons to visit for unlawful sexual intercourse, or for any other

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lewd, obscene or indecent purpose is, upon conviction, guilty of a

misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two

Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense.

R.L. 1910, § 2467. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 337, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2014.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.29 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.29
Forged or revoked card
Status: in_force

A person who, with intent to defraud (a) the issuer, (b) a

person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything

else of value, or (c) any other person, uses for the purpose of

obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value a credit

card or debit card obtained or retained in violation of any

provision of Sections 1550.22 through 1550.28 of this title or a

credit card or debit card which he knows is forged or revoked, or

obtains money, goods, services or anything else of value by

representing, without the consent of the cardholder, that he is the

holder of a specified card or by representing that he is the holder

of a card and such card has in fact not been issued, has violated

this subsection and is guilty of an offense and is subject to the

penalties set forth in Section 1550.33(a) of this title. Knowledge

of revocation shall be presumed to have been received by a

cardholder fourteen (14) days after it has been mailed to him at the

address in this state set forth on the credit card application or at

his last-known address by registered or certified mail, return

receipt requested.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1217 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1217
Firemen - Interference with performance of duties
Status: in_force

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Any person or persons acting in concert with each other who

knowingly and willfully interfere with, molest, or assault firemen

in the performance of their duties, or who knowingly and willfully

obstruct, interfere with or impede the progress of firemen to reach

the destination of a fire, shall be deemed guilty of a Class B4

felony offense and shall be punished therefor by imprisonment in the

State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years nor less

than two (2) years.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.20 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1290.20
Penalty for refusal to submit or falsification
Status: in_force

PENALTY FOR REFUSAL TO SUBMIT OR FALSIFICATION

It shall be unlawful for any sheriff or designee to fail or

refuse to accept an application for a handgun license as authorized

by the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act or to fail or

refuse to process or submit the completed application to the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation within the time prescribed by

paragraph 8 of Section 1290.12 of this title, or to falsify or

knowingly allow any person to falsify any information,

documentation, fingerprint or photograph submitted with a handgun

application. Any violation shall, upon conviction, be a

misdemeanor. There is a presumption that the sheriff has acted in

good faith to comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-

Defense Act and any alleged violation of the provisions of this

section shall require proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-982 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-982
Commercial gambling
Status: in_force

A. Commercial gambling is:

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1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a

gambling place;

2. Receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or,

with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet,

possessing facilities to do so;

3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or

offered to be bet;

4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery

possessing facilities to do so;

5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any

gambling device; or

6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or

financing a gambling business.

B. Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be

guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and punished by imprisonment as

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

title, or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars

($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-538 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-538
Refusing to make arrest
Status: in_force

Every person who, after having been lawfully commanded by any

magistrate to arrest another person, willfully neglects or refuses

so to do, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-349 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-349
Injuring or burning public buildings
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully burns, destroys, or injures any public

buildings or improvements in this state shall be guilty of a Class

B3 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment in the State

Penitentiary not exceeding twenty-five (25) years.

R.L. 1910, § 2589. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 171, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 89, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1541.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1541.1
Obtaining or attempting to obtain property by trick or
Status: in_force

deception - False statements or pretenses - Confidence game -

Penalty.

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

or attempt to obtain from any person, firm or corporation any money,

property or valuable thing, of a value less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), by means or by use of any trick or deception,

or false or fraudulent representation or statement or pretense, or

by any other means or instruments or device commonly called the

"confidence game", or by means or use of any false or bogus checks,

or by any other written or printed or engraved instrument or

spurious coin, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor

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

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

year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1862 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1862
Commercial solicitation by facsimile device -
Status: in_force

Definitions.

As used in this act:

"Facsimile device" means a machine capable of receiving and

reproducing facsimiles of text or images transmitted electronically

or telephonically through telecommunication lines connecting to the

machine; and

"Commercial solicitation" means an unsolicited electronic or

telephonic transmission to a facsimile device to encourage the

purchase of goods, realty, services or to advertise availability of

such goods, realty or services. Commercial solicitation shall not

include an electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile

device:

a. made in the course of prior negotiations,

b. made to a party with whom there was a prior business

relationship or an existing relationship,

c. made in the course of a follow up to a sales call, sales

lead or other business-related contact; or

d. made after normal business hours and two pages or less in

length.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.16 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.16
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 21-1289.16v1 (HB 2818, Laws 2025, c. 261, § 3)

OS 21-1289.16v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 131)
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-858 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-858
Parent or guardian whose child commits crime of possession
Status: in_force

of firearm on school property - Administrative penalty.

Any custodial parent or guardian of a child under eighteen (18)

years of age whose child commits the crime of possession of a

firearm on school property may be fined not exceeding Two Hundred

Dollars ($200.00), or ordered to perform community service not

exceeding forty (40) hours or both such fine and community service.

To satisfy any community service requirement, the court may give

preference to work which benefits the school said child attends.

Said penalty shall be an administrative penalty and shall not be

recorded on the custodial parent's or guardian's criminal record.

The fine shall be payable to the court clerk to be deposited in the

court fund. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the filing or

prosecution of any criminal charge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1689 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1689
Poisonous drugs, unjustifiable administration of
Status: in_force

Any person who unjustifiably administers any poisonous or

noxious drug or substance to any animal, or unjustifiably exposes

any such drug or substance with intent that the same shall be taken

by an animal, whether such animal be the property of himself or

another, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.25 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1290.25
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

LEGISLATIVE INTENT

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

it is necessary to provide statewide uniform standards for carrying

concealed or unconcealed firearms for lawful self-defense and self-

protection, and further finds it necessary to occupy the field of

regulation of the bearing of concealed or unconcealed firearms to

ensure that no honest, law-abiding citizen who qualifies pursuant to

the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act is subjectively or

arbitrarily denied his or her rights. The Legislature does not

delegate to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation any authority

to regulate or restrict the issuing of handgun licenses except as

provided by the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.

Subjective or arbitrary actions or rules which encumber the issuing

process by placing burdens on the applicant beyond those

requirements detailed in the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense

Act or which create restrictions beyond those specified in the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act are deemed to be in conflict with the

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intent of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act and are hereby prohibited.

The Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall be liberally construed to carry

out the constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense and self-

protection. The provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act are

cumulative to existing rights to bear arms and nothing in the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act shall impair or diminish those rights.

However, the conditions that mandate the administrative actions

of license denial, suspension, revocation or an administrative fine

are intended to protect the health, safety and public welfare of the

citizens of this state. The restricting conditions specified in the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act generally involve the criminal history,

mental state, alcohol or substance abuse of the applicant or

licensee, a hazard of domestic violence, a danger to police

officers, or the ability of the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation to properly administer the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.

The restricting conditions that establish a risk of injury or harm

to the public are tailored to reduce the risks to the benefit of the

citizens of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-796 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-796
Taking secretly not robbery
Status: in_force

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The taking of property from the person of another is not

robbery, when it clearly appears that the taking was fully completed

without his knowledge.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1265.7 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1265.7
Posting property of producers of defense materials and
Status: in_force

public utilities - Entry without permission.

Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal

corporation or state or any political subdivision thereof engaged

in, or preparing to engage in, the manufacture, transportation or

storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United

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

prosecution of war by the United States, or the manufacture,

transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal,

electricity or water, or any of said natural or artificial persons

operating any public utility, whose property, except where it fronts

on water or where there are entrances for railway cars, vehicles,

persons or things, is surrounded by a fence or wall, or a fence or

wall and buildings, may post around his or its property at each gate

entrance, dock or railway entrance and every one hundred (100) feet

of water front a sign reading "No Entry Without Permission".

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Whoever without permission of such owner shall willfully enter upon

premises so posted shall be punished by imprisonment for not more

than ten (10) days, or a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars

($50.00), or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1628 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1628
Fraudulently altering, forging, reproducing abstracter's
Status: in_force

certificate or signature.

Any person who, with intent to defraud, alters, forges, falsely

makes, photographs, or by any method reproduces any certificate of

authority provided for in Title 1 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or other

instrument, document, paper or abstract of title entry signed or

executed by any abstractor to whom a certificate of authority has

been lawfully issued, shall be guilty of the commission of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine

of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each reproduction thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1103 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1103
Revocation of license
Status: in_force

A judge of the district court, upon five (5) days' notice to the

person holding such license, may revoke such license for any one of

the following reasons:

1. Drunkenness of the person holding such license or permitting

any intoxicated person to loiter in such place;

2. Violation of any provision of law relating to persons under

twenty-one (21) years of age and alcoholic beverages as defined in

Section 506 of Title 37 or low-point beer as defined in Section

163.2 of Title 37; or

3. Violating any of the intoxicating beverage or low-point beer

laws of the state; or permitting anyone to violate any of these laws

in such place.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1321.8 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1321.8
Provisions applicable during state of emergency
Status: in_force

The following provisions shall apply during a state of

emergency.

A. A person is guilty of riot when he participates with two or

more persons in a course of disorderly conduct:

1. With intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a

felony or misdemeanor;

2. With intent to prevent or coerce official action; or

3. When the accused or any other participant to the knowledge

of the accused uses or plans to use a firearm or other deadly

weapon.

B. Any person upon any public way within the described area who

is directed by the authorities to leave the public way but refuses

to do so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section,

except subsection B of this section, shall be guilty of a Class B4

felony offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for

not less than two (2) years nor more than ten (10) years.

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

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

E. A person is guilty of a Class B4 felony 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;

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; or

3. The person's conduct is expressly declared by a statute of

this state to establish the person's complicity.

F. 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

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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.

G. “Disorderly conduct” as used in this section means a course

of conduct by a person who:

1. Causes public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or

recklessly creates a risk thereof, by:

a. engaging in fighting or in violent, tumultuous, or

threatening behavior,

b. making an unreasonable noise or an offensively coarse

utterance, gesture, or display, or addressing abusive

language to any person present,

c. dispersing any lawful procession or meeting of

persons, not being a peace officer of this state and

without lawful authority, or

d. creating a hazardous or physically offensive condition

which serves no legitimate purpose; or

2. Engages with at least one other person in a course of

disorderly conduct as defined in paragraph 1 of this subsection

which is likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience,

annoyance, or alarm, and refuses or knowingly fails to obey an order

to disperse, made by a peace officer to the participants.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1992 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1992
Short title – Penalties - Definitions
Status: in_force

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

Safety Act".

B. Any person who knowingly and maliciously projects a laser,

as defined in this section, on or at a law enforcement officer

without the consent of the officer while the officer is acting

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within the scope of the official duties of the officer shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a

fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Any person who

commits a second or subsequent violation of this section shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a term of imprisonment in the county jail

for a period of not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine

and imprisonment.

C. Anyone who knowingly aims the beam of a laser pointer at an

aircraft in flight or at the flight path of an aircraft shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a

fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Any person who

commits a second or subsequent violation of this section shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a term of imprisonment in the county jail

for a period of not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine

and imprisonment.

D. This section does not prohibit aiming a beam of a laser

pointer at an aircraft, or the flight path of such an aircraft by:

1. An authorized individual in the conduct of research and

development or flight test operations conducted by an aircraft

manufacturer, the Federal Aviation Administration, or any other

person authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct

research and development or flight test operations;

2. Members or elements of the Department of Defense or

Department of Homeland Security acting in an official capacity for

the purpose of research, development, operations, testing or

training; or

3. By an individual using a laser emergency signaling device to

send an emergency distress signal.

E. As used in this section:

1. "Laser" or "laser pointer" means any device designed or used

to amplify electromagnetic radiation by stimulated emission that

emits a beam designed to be used by the operator as a pointer or

highlighter to indicate, mark or identify a specific position,

place, item or object; and

2. "Law enforcement officer" means any police officer, peace

officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, correctional officer, probation or

parole officer, emergency management employee, judge, magistrate, or

any employee of a governmental agency who is authorized by law to

engage in the investigation, arrest, prosecution, or supervision of

the incarceration of any person for any violation of law and has

statutory powers of arrest.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.13A — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.13A
Improper transportation of firearms
Status: in_force

IMPROPER TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS

A. Any person stopped pursuant to a moving traffic violation

who is transporting a firearm in or on the vehicle in violation of

any law related to the carrying or transporting of firearms in the

vehicle, may be issued a traffic citation in the amount of Seventy

Dollars ($70.00), plus court costs for transporting a firearm

improperly. In addition to the traffic citation provided in this

section, the person may also be arrested for any other violation of

law.

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B. Any firearm lawfully carried or transported as permitted

pursuant to state law shall not be confiscated, unless:

1. The person is arrested for violating another provision of

law other than a violation of subsection A of this section;

provided, however, if the person is never charged with an offense

pursuant to this paragraph or if the charges are dismissed or the

person is acquitted, the weapon and ammunition shall be returned to

the person; or

2. The officer has probable cause to believe the weapon is:

a. contraband, or

b. a firearm used in the commission of a crime other than

a violation of subsection A of this section.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require

confiscation of any firearm.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-341.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-341.1
Postage meter - Unlawful use
Status: in_force

Every person who uses a postage meter that is owned, operated or

has been installed by any state department, board, commission or

state educational institution, for his own personal use, or to the

use of any person not entitled thereto, without authority of law, is

guilty of a misdemeanor. Each state department, board, commission

or state educational institution which has installed a postage meter

machine shall place an imprint plate on such machine showing: first,

that the mail carried by such postage is official State of Oklahoma

mail; and second, that there is a penalty for the unlawful use of

such postage meters for private purposes. The installation and cost

of such imprint plates shall be paid from appropriations for postage

and contingent expenses made to the various state departments,

boards, commissions or state educational institutions.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

1. The term "credit card" means an identification card or

device issued to a person, firm or corporation by a business

organization which permits such person, firm or corporation to

purchase or obtain goods, property or services on the credit of such

organization.

2. "Debit card" means an identification card or device issued

to a person, firm or corporation by a business organization which

permits such person, firm or corporation to obtain access to or

activate a consumer banking electronic facility.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1216 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1216
Renumbered as Title 10A, § 2-8-223 by Laws 2013, c. 404,
Status: in_force

§ 27, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.37 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.37
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Credit

Card Crime Act of 1970."
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-270 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-270
Reward for omission to act, asking or receiving
Status: in_force

Every executive officer who asks or receives any emolument,

gratuity or reward, or any promise of any emolument, gratuity or

reward, for omitting or deferring the performance of any official

duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-97 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-97
Bribe
Status: in_force

The term "bribe" signifies any money, goods, right in action,

property, thing of value or advantage, present or prospective, or

any promise or undertaking, asked, given or accepted, with a corrupt

intent to influence unlawfully the person to whom it is given, in

his action, vote or opinion, in any public or official capacity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-800 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-800
Robbery by two or more persons a felony
Status: in_force

Whenever two or more persons conjointly commit a robbery or

where the whole number of persons conjointly commits a robbery and

persons present and aiding such robbery amount to two or more, each

and either of such persons shall be guilty of a Class A2 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not

less than five (5) years nor more than fifty (50) years.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 330

R.L. 1910, § 2373. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 242, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 146, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1405 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1405
Endangering or causing personal injury to human life
Status: in_force

during commission of arson.

Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 1401,

1402, 1403 or 1404 of this title who during such violation endangers

any human life, including all emergency service personnel, shall be

guilty of a Class B4 felony offense and upon conviction shall be

punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than

three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years, or by a fine not to

exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both. If personal

injury results, the person shall be guilty of a Class A3 felony

offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State

Penitentiary for not less than seven (7) years.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-497 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-497
Making deposition or certificate
Status: in_force

The making of a deposition or certificate is deemed to be

complete, within the provisions of this article, from the time when

it is delivered by the accused to any other person with the intent

that it be uttered or published as true.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1268.8 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1268.8
Oklahoma Antiterrorism Act - Using money services
Status: in_force

business or electronic funds transfer network.

Any person who knowingly or intentionally uses a money services

business, as defined by the Oklahoma Financial Transaction Reporting

Act, or an electronic funds transfer network for any purpose in

violation of the Oklahoma Antiterrorism Act, or with intent to

facilitate any violation of the Oklahoma Antiterrorism Act shall,

upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable

by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for

a term of not less than two (2) years nor more than ten (10) years,

or by a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or

an amount equal to twice the dollar amount of each transaction,

whichever is greater, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-131 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-131
Civil remedies not affected
Status: in_force

The omission to specify or affirm in this chapter, any liability

to any damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy, imposed by law,

and allowed to be recovered or enforced in any civil action or

proceeding, for any act or omission declared punishable herein, does

not affect any right to recover or enforce the same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-494 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-494
Irregularities no defense
Status: in_force

It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the oath was

administered or taken in an irregular manner.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.17 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.17
Penalties for 1289.16
Status: in_force

PENALTIES FOR 1289.16

Any violation of Section 1289.16 of this title shall constitute

a Class B4 felony offense, for which a person convicted thereof

shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not

less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.30 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.30
Requests for certification for the transfer or making
Status: in_force

of a firearm – Court review of certification decisions.

A. When certification by a chief law enforcement officer is

required by federal law or regulation for the transfer or making of

a firearm, the chief law enforcement officer shall, within fifteen

(15) days of receipt of a request for certification, provide such

certification if the applicant is not prohibited by law from

receiving the firearm or the applicant is not the subject of a

proceeding that could result in the applicant being prohibited by

law from receiving the firearm. If the applicant is prohibited by

law from receiving the firearm or the applicant is the subject of a

proceeding that could result in such prohibition, the chief law

enforcement officer shall provide written notification to the

applicant that certification has been denied and state the reasons

for such findings.

B. An applicant whose request for certification is denied may

appeal the decision of the chief law enforcement officer to the

district court that is located in the county in which the applicant

resides. The court shall review the decision of the chief law

enforcement officer to deny the certification de novo. If the court

finds that the applicant is not prohibited by law from receiving the

firearm or the applicant is not the subject of a proceeding that

could result in such prohibition, the court shall order the chief

law enforcement officer to issue the certification and shall award

court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the applicant.

C. For purposes of this section:

1. "Certification" means the participation and assent of the

chief law enforcement officer necessary under federal law for the

approval of the application to transfer or make a firearm;

2. "Chief law enforcement officer" means any official that the

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or any

successor agency, identifies by regulation or otherwise as eligible

to provide any required certification for applications to transfer

or make a firearm; and

3. "Firearm" shall have the same meaning as provided for in the

National Firearms Act, subsection a of Section 5845 of Title 26 of

the United States Code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1753 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1753
Highways, injuries to
Status: in_force

Any person who maliciously digs up, removes, displaces, breaks,

or otherwise injures or destroys any public highway or bridge, or

any private way laid out by authority of law, or bridge upon such

way, 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.

R.L. 1910, § 2758. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 410, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 691, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 410 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.15 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1040.15
Petition
Status: in_force

The action described in Section 1040.14 of this title shall be

commenced by filing with the court a petition:

1. Directed against the matter by name or description;

2. Alleging it is obscene material or child sexual abuse

material;

3. Listing the names and addresses, if known, of its author,

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

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

commercial distribution and of 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;

4. Seeking an adjudication that it is either obscene material

or child sexual abuse material, as defined in Section 1024.1 of this

title;

5. Seeking a permanent injunction against any person sending or

causing it to be sent, bringing or causing it to be brought, into

this state for sale or commercial distribution, or in this state

preparing, selling, exhibiting or commercially distributing it,

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

6. Seeking its surrender, seizure and destruction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-444 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-444
Escape or attempt to escape from arrest or detention –
Status: in_force

Removal of monitoring device.

A. It is unlawful for any person, after being lawfully arrested

or detained by a peace officer, to escape or attempt to escape from

such peace officer.

B. Any person who escapes or attempts to escape after being

lawfully arrested or detained for custody for a misdemeanor offense

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. Any person who escapes or attempts to escape after being

lawfully arrested or detained for custody for a felony offense shall

be guilty of a Class D2 felony offense and shall be punished by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20O of this title.

D. It is unlawful for any person admitted to bail or released

on recognizance, bond, or undertaking for appearance before any

magistrate or court of the State of Oklahoma, and required as a

condition of such release from detention to wear any electronic

monitoring device on the body of the person to remove such device

without authorization from the court. For purposes of this

subsection, any person charged with a misdemeanor offense who

removes such device without authorization from the court shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and any person charged with a felony offense

who removes such device without authorization from the court 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, § 21-1066 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1066
Selling plan as lottery
Status: in_force

Every person who sets up, promotes or engages in any plan by

which goods or anything of value is sold to a person, firm or

corporation for a consideration and upon the further consideration

that the purchaser agrees to secure one or more persons to

participate in the plan by respectively making a similar purchase or

purchases and in turn agreeing to secure one or more persons

likewise to join in said plan, each purchaser being given the right

to secure money, credits, goods or something of value, depending

upon the number of persons joining in the plan, shall be held to

have set up and promoted a lottery, which shall be deemed a Class D3

felony offense, and shall be punished as provided in Section 1068 of

this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1724 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1724
Larceny from the house a felony
Status: in_force

Any person convicted of larceny from the house shall be guilty

of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for

a period of time not to exceed five (5) years.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-353 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-353
Officer dealing in warrants - Misdemeanor
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any public officer or deputy or

employee of such officer to either directly or indirectly, buy,

barter for, or otherwise engage in any manner in the purchase of any

bonds, warrants or any other evidence of indebtedness against this

state, any subdivision thereof, or municipality therein, of which he

is an officer.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to those

municipal officers and employees who are subject to Section 8-113 of

Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-650 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-650
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 21-650v1 (SB 369, Laws 2025, c. 32, 1)

OS 21-650v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 16)
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1168.6 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1168.6
Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor pursuant to the

provisions of Sections 1168 through 1168.5 of this title shall be

punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),

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

by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Any person convicted of a felony pursuant to the provisions

of Sections 1168 through 1168.5 of this title 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1315 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1315
Punishment for rout or unlawful assembly
Status: in_force

Every person who participates in any rout or unlawful assembly

is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-95 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-95
Malice - Maliciously
Status: in_force

The terms "malice" and "maliciously," when so employed, import a

wish to vex, annoy or injure another person, established either by

proof or presumption of law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1586 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1586
Making false entries in public book
Status: in_force

Every person who, with intent to defraud, makes any false entry

or falsely alters any entry made in any book of accounts kept in the

office of the State Auditor and Inspector, or in the office of the

Treasurer of this state or of any county treasurer, by which any

demand or obligation, claim, right or interest either against or in

favor of the people of this state, or any county or town, or any

individual, is or purports to be discharged, diminished, increased,

created, or in any manner affected, is guilty of forgery in the

second degree, a Class D1 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.38 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.38
Emergency
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Oklahoma finds the theft, abuse

and misuse of credit cards has damaged the economic security of the

people of the state and such activity must be controlled immediately

to prevent further harm and that the immediate passage of this act

is necessary to establish uniform and effective methods for

protection against the danger so as to discourage practices contrary

to this act. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist

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and this act being immediately necessary for the preservation of the

public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect

from and after its passage and approval.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-273 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-273
Buying appointments to office
Status: in_force

Every person who gives or agrees, or offers to give any gratuity

or reward in consideration that himself or any other person shall be

appointed to any public office, or shall be permitted to, or to

exercise, perform or discharge the prerogatives or duties of any

office, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not less

than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not

less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or more than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142A-12 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142A-12
Contesting parole – Notification of victims
Status: in_force

A. Any victim or representative of a victim of a violent crime

as provided in paragraph 2 of Section 571 of Title 57 of the

Oklahoma Statutes may contest the granting of parole as provided in

Section 332.7 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The Pardon and Parole Board shall notify all victims or

representatives of a victim, if requested, in writing at least

twenty (20) days before an inmate is considered for parole by the

Board. The notice shall include the date, time and place of the

scheduled meeting and the rules for attendance and providing

information. The victim or representative of the victim shall be

allowed at least five (5) minutes to address the Board. The Board

shall notify all victims or representatives of a victim of the

decision of the Board within twenty (20) days after the inmate is

considered for parole by the Board.

C. It is the responsibility of the victim or representative of

the victim to provide the Pardon and Parole Board a current mailing

address. The district attorney's office shall assist the victim or

representative of the victim with supplying the address of the

victim to the Board if the victim wishes to be notified. Upon

failure of the Pardon and Parole Board to notify a victim who has

requested notification and has provided a current mailing address,

the final decision of the Board may be voidable, provided the victim

who failed to receive notification requests a reconsideration

hearing within thirty (30) days of the recommendation by the Board

for parole.

D. If requested by the victim of a crime, the Pardon and Parole

Board shall provide written notification of the placement of the

inmate on specialized parole within the county or incorporated city

or town to any victim of the crime for which the inmate was

convicted by mailing the notification to the last-known address of

the victim. The Board shall not give the address of the inmate to

any victim of the crime for which the inmate was convicted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142A-9 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142A-9
Disclosure of personal information of victim or witness
Status: in_force

may be prohibited.

The court, upon the request of a victim, witness, or the

district attorney, may order that the residential address, telephone

number, place of employment, or other personal information of the

victim or witness shall not be disclosed in any law enforcement

record or any court document, other than the transcript of a court

proceeding, if it is determined by the court to be necessary to

protect the victim, witness, or immediate family of the victim or

witness from harassment or physical harm and if the court determines

that the information is immaterial to the defense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1404 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1404
Arson in the fourth degree
Status: in_force

A. Any person who willfully and maliciously attempts to set

fire to or burn or attempts by use of any explosive device or

substance to destroy in whole or in part, or causes to be burned or

destroyed, or attempts to counsel or procure the burning or

destruction of any building or property mentioned in Sections 1401,

1402 or 1403 of this title shall be guilty of arson in the fourth

degree, a Class C2 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof shall

be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), or be confined as provided for in subsections B through

F of Section 20M of this title, or both.

B. The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or

combustible material or substance or any device in any building or

property mentioned in Sections 1401, 1402 or 1403 of this title, in

an arrangement or preparation with intent to eventually willfully

and maliciously set fire to or burn or to procure the setting fire

to or burning of same, shall for the purposes of this section

constitute an attempt to burn such building or property, and shall

be guilty of arson in the fourth degree, a Class C1 felony offense,

and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to

exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or be confined as provided

for in subsections B through E of Section 20L of this title, or

both.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-562 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-562
Receiving claims in payment of debts
Status: in_force

Nothing in the preceding sections shall be construed to prohibit

the receiving in payment of any evidence of debt or thing in action

for any estate, real or personal, or for any services of any

attorney actually rendered, or for a debt antecedently contracted,

or the buying or receiving any evidence of debt or the thing in

action for the purpose of remittance, and without any intent to

violate the preceding section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1740.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1740.2
Holding, concealing, destroying or taking mail from
Status: in_force

another person.

A. As used in this section:

1. "Mail" means a letter, postal card, package, bag or any

other article or thing contained therein, or other sealed article

addressed to a person, that:

a. is delivered by a common carrier or delivery service

and not yet received by the addressee, or

b. has been left to be collected for delivery by a common

carrier or delivery service; and

2. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,

limited liability company, association or other legal entity.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold, conceal,

destroy or take mail from the mailbox or premises of another person

or from a delivery vehicle at any point throughout the delivery

route without the effective consent of the addressee and with the

intent to deprive the addressee of the mail.

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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or

by both such fine and imprisonment.

D. When three or more separate offenses under this section are

committed within a sixty-day period, the person shall be guilty of a

felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department

of Corrections for a term of not less than two (2) years nor more

than five (5) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

E. Any person convicted pursuant to the provisions of this

section shall also be ordered to pay restitution to the victim as

provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.33 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.33
Penalties
Status: in_force

A. A person who is subject to the penalties of this subsection

shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and fined not more than

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or both fined

and imprisoned.

B. A person who is subject to the penalties of this subsection

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.

C. A person subject to the penalties of this subsection who

received goods or services or any other item which has a value of

One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more shall be guilty of a Class

D3 felony offense and fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars

($3,000.00), or imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through

F of Section 20P of this title, or both fined and imprisoned. If

the value is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person

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shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than One

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

more than one (1) year, or both fined and imprisoned. For purposes

of this subsection, a series of offenses may be aggregated into one

offense when they are the result of the formulation of a plan or

scheme or the setting up of a mechanism which, when put into

operation, results in the taking or diversion of money or property

on a recurring basis. When all acts result from a continuing course

of conduct, they may be aggregated into one crime. Acts forming an

integral part of the first taking which facilitate subsequent

takings, or acts taken in preparation of several takings which

facilitate subsequent takings, are relevant to determine the intent

of the party to commit a continuing crime.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1835.10 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1835.10
Revocation of license
Status: in_force

Under certification by a court that a conviction or a guilty or

no contest plea respecting any violation of the Oklahoma Private

Lands and Public Recreation Act has been recorded, any governmental

entity which has issued a hunting, fishing, or other license for

recreational activity may revoke the license and deny permission to

reapply for a replacement license for a period of up to one (1) year

from the date of the violation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1583 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1583
Counterfeiting coin
Status: in_force

Every person who counterfeits any gold or silver coin, whether

of the United States or any foreign government or country, with

intent to sell, utter, use or circulate the same as genuine, within

this state, is guilty of forgery in the second degree, a Class D1

felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1289.16v2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1289.16v2
Felony pointing firearms
Status: in_force

FELONY POINTING FIREARMS

Except for an act of self-defense, it shall be unlawful for any

person to willfully or without lawful cause point a shotgun, rifle

or pistol, or any deadly weapon, whether loaded or not, at any

person or persons for the purpose of threatening or with the

intention of discharging the firearm or with any malice or for any

purpose of injuring, either through physical injury or mental or

emotional intimidation or for purposes of whimsy, humor or prank, or

in anger or otherwise, but not to include the pointing of shotguns,

rifles or pistols by law enforcement authorities in the performance

of their duties, armed security guards licensed by the Council on

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Law Enforcement Education and Training pursuant to the Oklahoma

Security Guard and Private Investigator Act in the performance of

their duties, members of the state military forces in the

performance of their duties, members of the federal military reserve

and active military components in the performance of their duties,

or any federal government law enforcement officer in the performance

of any duty, or in the performance of a play on stage, rodeo,

television or on film, or in defense of any person, one's home or

property. Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of

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

be punished as provided in Section 1289.17 of this title.

Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this

section after having been issued a handgun license pursuant to the

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

be subject to an administrative fine of One Thousand Dollars

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

Bureau of Investigation that the person is in violation of the

provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1268.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1268.2
Violations - Penalties
Status: in_force

A. Every act of terrorism is a felony.

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

A3 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the

custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding

life.

C. A person who kills another person or who causes the death of

another person in the commission of an act of terrorism shall be

guilty of murder in the first degree, a Class Y felony offense.

D. A person convicted of biochemical terrorism shall be guilty

of a Class B1 felony offense and shall be ordered, in addition to

the punishment imposed for the act of terrorism, to reimburse the

cost of any emergency personnel, equipment, supplies, and other

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expenses incurred by the state and any political subdivision as a

result of responding to such act of terrorism.

E. The punishment for terrorism shall be in addition to any

penalty imposed for any individual offense or offenses involved in

the act or acts of terrorism.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-854 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-854
Proof of marriage - Wife as competent witness - Duty of
Status: in_force

County Attorney to prosecute.

No other evidence shall be required to prove marriage of such

husband and wife, or that such person is the lawful father or mother

of such child or children than is or shall be required to prove such

fact in a civil action, and such wife shall be a competent witness

to testify in any case brought under this act, and to any and all

matters relevant thereto, including the fact of such marriage and

the parentage of such child or children. It shall be the mandatory

duty of each district attorney of this state to diligently prosecute

all persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter (Chapter

31, Title 21 O.S.1951), and in all cases where the evidence is

deemed sufficient to justify a prosecution for such violation, any

district attorney who shall willfully fail, neglect or refuse to

institute criminal proceedings to enforce such provisions, shall be

subject to removal from office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-553 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-553
Interest of accused no defense to barratry prosecution
Status: in_force

Upon prosecution for common barratry the fact that the accused

was himself a party in interest or upon the record to any

proceedings at law complained of, is not a defense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1680.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1680.3
Veterinarian required to report suspected animal abuse
Status: in_force

– Immunity from civil liability.

A. A veterinarian shall report suspected cases of animal abuse

to a local law enforcement agency in the county where the

veterinarian is practicing within twenty-four (24) hours of any

examination or treatment administered to any animal which the

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veterinarian reasonably suspects and believes has been abused. The

report shall contain the breed and description of the animal

together with the name and address of the owner.

B. A veterinarian who files a report as provided in this

section shall be immune from civil liability with respect to any

report made in good faith.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-914 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-914
Preventing religious act
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully prevents, by threats or violence,

another person from performing any lawful act enjoined upon or

recommended to such person by the religion which he professes, is

guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1588 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1588
Postage stamps, forging
Status: in_force

Every person who forges, counterfeits or alters any postage or

revenue stamp of the United States, or who sells or offers to keep

for sale, as genuine or as forged, any such stamp, knowing it to be

forged, counterfeited or falsely altered, is guilty of forgery in

the second degree, a Class D1 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1641 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1641
Director presumed to have knowledge
Status: in_force

Any director of a corporation or joint stock association is

deemed to possess such a knowledge of the affairs of his

corporation, as to enable him to determine whether any act,

proceeding or omission of its directors, is a violation of this

article.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-20C — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-20C
Class A1 offenses
Status: in_force

A. Upon the effective date of this act, Class A1 shall include

the following criminal offenses:

1. Domestic abuse committed against a pregnant woman with

knowledge of the pregnancy and a miscarriage occurs or injury to the

unborn child, as provided for in subsection E of Section 644 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Administering poison with intent to kill, as provided for in

Section 651 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Second degree murder, as provided for in paragraph 1 of

Section 701.8 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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4. Second degree murder by a person engaged in the commission

of a felony, as provided for in paragraph 2 of Section 701.8 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Kidnapping for the purpose of extorting money, as provided

for in subsection A of Section 745 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

6. Sexual abuse of a child under twelve (12) years of age, as

provided for in subsection F of Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

7. Sexual exploitation of a child under twelve (12) years of

age, as provided for in subsection I of Section 843.5 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

8. Sexual abuse of a child under fourteen (14) years of age

subsequent to a previous conviction of sexual abuse of a child under

fourteen (14) years of age, as provided for in subsection K of

Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

9. Soliciting or aiding a minor to perform an obscene act, as

provided for in paragraph 1 of subsection B of Section 1021 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

10. Showing, exhibiting, loaning, or distributing to a minor

child obscene material or child pornography for purposes of inducing

the minor to participate in an obscene act, as provided for in

paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section 1021 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

11. Murder, maiming, robbery, rape, or arson committed in the

course of a riot, as provided for in paragraph 1 of Section 1312 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. Burglary by the aid or use of any explosive, as provided

for in Section 1441 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

13. Place, manufacture, possess, display, or threaten to use

any explosive or incendiary device and personal injury results, as

provided for in Section 1767.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

14. Aggravated manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance,

as provided for in paragraph 3 of subsection G of Section 2-401 of

Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

15. Using any explosive or blasting agent to kill, injure, or

intimidate any person or to damage any real or personal property and

personal injury results, as provided for in subsection B of Section

124.8 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. Any person convicted of a Class A1 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, § 21-839.1A — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-839.1A
Use of name or picture of Armed Forces member for
Status: in_force

advertising without consent - Misdemeanor.

Any person, firm, or corporation that uses for the purpose of

advertising for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or for

the solicitation of patronage by any business enterprise, the name,

portrait, or picture of any service member of the United States

Armed Forces, without having obtained, prior or subsequent to such

use, the consent of the person, or, if the person is deceased,

without the consent of the surviving spouse, personal

representatives, or that of a majority of the adult heirs of the

deceased, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section applies to the

name, portrait, or picture of both active duty members as well as

former members of the Armed Forces of the United States. Every

person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by

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

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

by both said fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1578v2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1578v2
Possession of forged evidences of debt
Status: in_force

A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, has in his or her

possession any forged, altered or counterfeit negotiable note, bill,

draft or other evidence of debt issued or purporting to have been

issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that

purpose by the laws of this state or of any other state, government

or country, the forgery of which is hereinbefore declared to be

punishable, knowing the same to be forged, altered or counterfeited,

with intent to utter the same as true or as false, or to cause the

same to be so uttered, 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 misdemeanor

forgery 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 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 felony 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

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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 felony 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; or

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

($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of felony 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, § 2630. Amended by State Question No. 780, Initiative

Petition No. 404, § 18, adopted at election held on November 8,

2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2018;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1874 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1874
Manufacture of unlawful telecommunication devices
Status: in_force

A. Any person who intentionally manufactures an unlawful

telecommunication device shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

Class D3 felony offense punishable by incarceration as provided for

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

B. If the offense under this section involves the intentional

manufacture of five or more unlawful telecommunication devices

within a six-month period, the person committing the offense shall,

upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable

by incarceration as provided for in subsections B through F of

Section 20N of this title.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1265.11 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1265.11
Organization of employees and right to bargain
Status: in_force

collectively not impaired.

Nothing in this act shall be construed to impair, curtail or

destroy the rights of employees and their representatives to self-

organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to

bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing,

and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of collective

bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1553 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1553
False weights and measures may be seized
Status: in_force

Every person who is authorized or enjoined by law to arrest

another person for violation of the first two sections of this

article, is equally authorized and enjoined to seize any false

weights or measures found in the possession of the person so

arrested, and to deliver the same to the magistrate before whom the

person so arrested is required to be taken.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-577 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-577
Attorneys, use of name lawful, when
Status: in_force

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Whenever an action or proceeding is authorized by law to be

prosecuted or defended in the name of the people, or of any public

officer, board of officers or municipal corporation, on behalf of

another party, the Attorney-General or district attorney, or

attorney of such public officer or board or corporation may permit

any proceeding therein to be taken in his name by an attorney to be

chosen by the party in interest.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-856.3v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-856.3v1
Gang related offenses - Condition of membership
Status: in_force

Any person who attempts or commits a gang-related offense as a

condition of membership in a criminal street gang or while in

association with any criminal street gang or gang member shall be

guilty of a felony offense punishable upon conviction by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term of five (5) years, which shall be in addition to any other

penalty imposed. For purposes of this section, “criminal street

gang” is defined by subsection F of Section 856 of this title and

“gang-related offense” means those offenses enumerated in subsection

F of Section 856 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1953 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1953
Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful to:

1. Willfully, and without authorization, gain or attempt to

gain access to and damage, modify, alter, delete, destroy, copy,

make use of, use malicious computer programs on, disclose or take

possession of a computer, computer system, computer network, data or

any other property;

2. Use a computer, computer system, computer network or any

other property as hereinbefore defined for the purpose of devising

or executing a scheme or artifice with the intent to defraud,

deceive, extort or for the purpose of controlling or obtaining

money, property, data, services or other thing of value by means of

a false or fraudulent pretense or representation;

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3. Willfully exceed the limits of authorization and damage,

modify, alter, destroy, copy, delete, disclose or take possession of

a computer, computer system, computer network, data or any other

property;

4. Willfully and without authorization, gain or attempt to gain

access to a computer, computer system, computer network, data or any

other property;

5. Willfully and without authorization use or cause to be used

computer services;

6. Willfully and without authorization disrupt or cause the

disruption of computer services or deny or cause the denial of

access or other computer services to an authorized user of a

computer, computer system or computer network, other than an

authorized entity acting for a legitimate business purpose with the

effective consent of the owner;

7. Willfully and without authorization provide or assist in

providing a means of accessing a computer, computer system, data or

computer network in violation of this section;

8. Willfully use a computer, computer system, or computer

network to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person;

9. Willfully use a computer, computer system, or computer

network to put another person in fear of physical harm or death; and

10. Willfully solicit another, regardless of any financial

consideration or exchange of property, of any acts described in

paragraphs 1 through 9 of this subsection.

B. Any person convicted of violating paragraph 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9

or 10 of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a Class C2

felony offense punishable as provided in Section 1955 of this title.

C. Any person convicted of violating paragraph 4, 5 or 8 of

subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

D. Nothing in the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act shall be

construed to prohibit the monitoring of computer usage of, or the

denial of computer or Internet access to, a child by a parent, legal

guardian, legal custodian, or foster parent. As used in this

subsection, "child" shall mean any person less than eighteen (18)

years of age.

E. Nothing in the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act shall be

construed to prohibit testing by an authorized entity, the purpose

of which is to provide to the owner or operator of the computer,

computer system or computer network an evaluation of the security of

the computer, computer system or computer network against real or

imagined threats or harms.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-382 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-382
Officers receiving bribes
Status: in_force

Every executive, legislative, county, municipal, judicial, or

other public officer, or any employee of the State of Oklahoma or

any political subdivision thereof, including peace officers and any

other law enforcement officer, or any person assuming to act as such

officer, who corruptly accepts or requests a gift or gratuity, or a

promise to make a gift, or a promise to do an act beneficial to such

officer, or that judgment shall be given in any particular manner,

or upon a particular side of any question, cause or proceeding,

which is or may be by law brought before him in his official

capacity, or as a consideration for any speech, work, or service in

connection therewith, or that in such capacity he shall make any

particular nomination or appointment, shall forfeit his office, be

forever disqualified to hold any public office, trust, or

appointment under the laws of this state, and be guilty of a Class

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C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

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

not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and imprisonment in

jail not exceeding one (1) year.

R.L. 1910, § 2184. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff.

Feb. 1, 1967; Laws 1976, c. 41, § 2, emerg. eff. April 5, 1976; Laws

1997, c. 133, § 181, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c.

5, § 98, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 216, eff. Jan. 1,

2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 181 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-43 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-43
Unsuccessful attempt - Another crime committed
Status: in_force

The last two sections do not protect a person who in attempting

unsuccessfully to commit a crime, accomplishes the commission of

another and different crime, whether greater or less in guilt, from

suffering the punishment prescribed by law for the crime committed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1254 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1254
Drunken engineer or conductor or driver
Status: in_force

Every person who, while in charge, as engineer, of a locomotive

engine, or while acting as conductor or driver upon a railroad train

or car, whether propelled by steam or drawn by horses, is

intoxicated, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1290.21 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1290.21
Replacement license
Status: in_force

REPLACEMENT LICENSE

A. In the event a handgun license becomes missing, lost, stolen

or destroyed, the license shall be invalid, and the person to whom

the license was issued shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation within thirty (30) days of the discovery of the fact

that the license is not in the possession of the licensee. The

person may obtain a substitute license upon furnishing a notarized

statement to the Bureau that the license is missing, lost, stolen or

destroyed and paying a fifteen-dollar replacement fee. During any

period when a license is missing, lost, stolen or destroyed, the

person shall have no authority to carry a concealed or unconcealed

handgun pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act.

The Bureau shall, upon receipt of the notarized statement and fee

from the licensee, issue a substitute license with the same

expiration date within ten (10) days of the receipt of the notarized

statement and fee.

B. Any person who knowingly or intentionally carries a

concealed or unconcealed handgun pursuant to a handgun license

authorized and issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Self-Defense Act which is stolen shall, upon conviction, be guilty

of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by a fine of Five Thousand

Dollars ($5,000.00).

C. Any person having a valid handgun license pursuant to the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act may carry any make or model of an

authorized pistol listed on the license, provided the type of pistol

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shall not be other than the type or types listed on the license. A

person may complete additional firearms training for an additional

type of pistol during any license period and upon successful

completion of the training may request the additional type of pistol

be included on the license. The person shall submit to the Bureau a

fifteen-dollar replacement fee, the original certificate of training

and qualification for the additional type of firearm, and a

statement requesting the license be updated to include the

additional type of pistol. The Bureau shall issue an updated

license with the same expiration date within ten (10) days of the

receipt of the request. The person shall have no authority to carry

any additional type of pistol pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Self-Defense Act until the updated license has been

received by the licensee. The original license shall be destroyed

upon receipt of an updated handgun license.

D. A person may request during any license period an update for

a change of address or change of name by submitting to the Bureau a

fifteen-dollar replacement fee, and a notarized statement that the

address or name of the licensee has changed. The Bureau shall issue

an updated license with the same expiration date within ten (10)

days of receipt of the request. The original license shall be

destroyed upon the receipt of the updated handgun license.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-556 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-556
Prosecutor advising the defense
Status: in_force

Every attorney who, having prosecuted or in any manner aided or

promoted any action or proceeding in any court, as district attorney

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or other public prosecutor, afterward, directly or indirectly,

advises in relation to, or takes any part in the defense thereof, as

attorney or otherwise, or takes or receives any valuable

consideration from or on behalf of any defendant therein, 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, § 21-909 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-909
Persons observing other day as holy
Status: in_force

It is a sufficient defense in proceedings for servile labor on

the first day of the week, to show that the accused uniformly keeps

another day of the week as holy time, and does not labor upon that

day, and that the labor complained of was done in such manner as not

to interrupt or disturb other persons in observing the first day of

the week as holy time.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-160 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-160
Public foreign ministers exempted
Status: in_force

Ambassadors and other public ministers from foreign governments

accredited to the President or the government of the United States,

and recognized by it according to the laws of the United States,

with their secretaries, messengers, families and servants are not

liable to punishment in this State, but are to be returned to their

own country for trial and punishment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-505 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-505
Punishment of subornation of perjury
Status: in_force

Any person guilty of subornation of perjury is, upon conviction,

guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as

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

title.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1692 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1692
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of

Sections 1686, 1688, 1689 and 1691 of this title shall be punished

by a fine in an amount not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)

nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in

the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both said fine

and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-152 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-152
Persons capable of committing crimes - Exceptions -
Status: in_force

Children – Intellectual disability - Ignorance - Commission without

consciousness - Involuntary subjection.

All persons are capable of committing crimes, except those

belonging to the following classes:

1. Children under the age of seven (7) years;

2. Children over the age of seven (7) years, but under the age

of fourteen (14) years, in the absence of proof that at the time of

committing the act or neglect charged against them, they knew its

wrongfulness;

3. Persons who are impaired by reason of an intellectual

disability upon proof that at the time of committing the act charged

against them they were incapable of knowing its wrongfulness;

4. Mentally ill persons, and all persons of unsound mind,

including persons temporarily or partially deprived of reason, upon

proof that at the time of committing the act charged against them

they were incapable of knowing its wrongfulness;

5. Persons who committed the act, or made the omission charged,

under an ignorance or mistake of fact which disproves any criminal

intent. But ignorance of the law does not excuse from punishment

for its violation;

6. Persons who committed the act charged without being

conscious thereof; and

7. Persons who committed the act, or make the omission charged,

while under involuntary subjection to the power of superiors.

R.L. 1910, § 2094. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 11, eff. Nov. 1,

1998; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1356 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1356
Penalties for false documents purporting real property
Status: in_force

rights.

Any person who, with the intent to detain or remain upon real

property, knowingly and willfully presents to another person a false

document purporting to be a valid lease agreement, deed, or other

instrument conveying real property rights upon conviction is guilty

of a misdemeanor punishable 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-774 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-774
Defenses in criminal libel action
Status: in_force

In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth

thereof may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it be made to

appear by the defendant that the matter charged as libelous was

true, and in addition thereto was published with good motives, and

for justifiable ends, or was a privileged communication, the

defendant shall be acquitted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-976 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-976
Failure of officers or prosecutor to perform duties under
Status: in_force

act - Removal - Punishment.

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Any sheriff, constable, policeman, or police officer or district

attorney who shall fail to diligently do or perform the acts and

duties required of him under this act, in that he shall knowingly

allow the violation of this act or the open and notorious violation

of same as set out in Section 12, shall be guilty of willful neglect

of duty and shall be removed from office, as now or as may hereafter

be provided by law; and shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and

upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two

Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not

less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by both

such fine and imprisonment; and any such officer, upon being

convicted or removed from office, shall be ineligible to again hold

public office for a period of two (2) years from the date of such

conviction or removal from office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-7 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-7
Objects of penal code
Status: in_force

This title specifies the classes of persons who are deemed

capable of crimes, and liable to punishment therefor. This title

defines the nature of various crimes and prescribes the kind and

measure of punishment to be inflicted for each. The manner of

prosecuting and convicting criminals is regulated by the code of

criminal procedure.

R.L. 1910, § 2088. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 12, eff. July 1,

1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 12 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-358 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-358
False, fictitious, or fraudulent claim for payment of
Status: in_force

public funds or on employment application.

A. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D1 felony offense

for any person, firm, corporation, association or agency to make,

present, or cause to be presented to any employee or officer of the

State of Oklahoma, or to any department or agency thereof, any

false, fictitious or fraudulent claim for payment of public funds

upon or against the State of Oklahoma, or any department or agency

thereof, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious or fraudulent.

A violation of this subsection shall be punished as provided in

subsection A of Section 359 of this title.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person applying for employment

with the State of Oklahoma to make a materially false, fictitious or

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fraudulent statement or representation on an employment application,

knowing such statement or representation to be materially false,

fictitious or fraudulent. A violation of this subsection shall be

punished as provided in subsection B of Section 359 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-693 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-693
Proof necessary to conviction of murder or manslaughter
Status: in_force

No person can be convicted of murder or manslaughter, or of

aiding suicide, unless the death of the person alleged to have been

killed and the fact of the killing by the accused are each

established as independent facts beyond a reasonable doubt.

R.L. 1910, § 2310.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-2
Criminal acts are only those prescribed - "This code"
Status: in_force

defined.

No act or omission shall be deemed criminal or punishable except

as prescribed or authorized by this code. The words "this code" as

used in the "penal code" shall be construed to mean "Statutes of

this State."
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1621 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1621
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

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OS 21-1621v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 15)

OS 21-1621v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 447)
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.2
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Crime

Victims Compensation Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-532 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-532
Permitting escapes
Status: in_force

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Any sheriff, coroner, clerk of a court, constable or other

ministerial officer and any deputy or subordinate of any ministerial

officer, who either:

1. Willfully or carelessly allows any person lawfully held by

him in custody to escape or go at large, except as may be permitted

by law; or

2. Receives any gratuity or reward, or any security or promise

of one, to procure, assist, connive at or permit any prisoner in his

custody to escape, whether such escape is attempted or not; or

3. Commits any unlawful act tending to hinder justice,

shall be guilty of a Class B2 felony offense.

R.L. 1910, § 2244. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 208, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 68, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 208 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.6 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.6
Additional powers of Board
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers and duties specified elsewhere

in Section 142.1 et seq. of this title, the Crime Victims

Compensation Board may:

1. Regulate its own procedures except as otherwise provided in

Section 142.1 et seq. of this title;

2. Adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of

Section 142.1 et seq. of this title;

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3. Define any term not defined in Section 142.1 et seq. of this

title;

4. Prescribe forms necessary to carry out the purposes of

Section 142.1 et seq. of this title;

5. Have access to:

a. any reports of investigations from all law enforcement

agencies,

b. if essential to making a determination of eligibility,

any written documentation included with a sexual

assault forensic evidence kit tested by an accredited

forensic lab, and

c. any other data necessary to assist the Board in making

a determination of eligibility for compensation under

the provisions of Section 142.1 et seq. of this title;

6. Take judicial notice of general, technical and scientific

facts within their specialized knowledge; and

7. Publicize the availability of compensation and information

regarding the filing of claims therefor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-886 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-886
Crime against nature
Status: in_force

Every person who is guilty of the detestable and abominable

crime against nature, committed with mankind or with a beast, is

guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding ten (10)

years. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole,

any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a

violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of post-

imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1

of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes

under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The

jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment

supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2444. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 289, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 25, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 263, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws

1997, c. 333, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c.

5, § 167, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 460, § 8, eff. Nov. 1,

2002; Laws 2007, c. 261, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2025, c. 486,

§ 108, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 263 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1635 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1635
Destroying or falsifying books
Status: in_force

Any director, officer, agent or member of any corporation or

joint stock association, who, with intent to defraud, destroys,

alters, mutilates or falsifies any of the books, papers, writings or

securities belonging to such corporation or association, or makes or

concurs in making any false entry, or omits or concurs in omitting

to make any material entry in any book of accounts, or other record

or document kept by such corporation or association, shall be guilty

of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided

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

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

fine and imprisonment.

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R.L. 1910, § 2725. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 379, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 271, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.28 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1550.28
Signing of card - Possession of signed or unsigned
Status: in_force

card.

A. A person other than the cardholder or a person authorized by

him who, with intent to defraud (1) the issuer, (2) a person or

organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of

value, or (3) any other person, signs a credit card or debit card

violates this subsection and , upon conviction, is guilty of a Class

D1 felony offense and subject to the penalties set forth in

subsection A of Section 1550.33 of this title.

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B. When a person, other than the cardholder or a person

authorized by him, possesses any credit card or debit card which is

signed or not signed, such possession shall be a Class D1 felony

offense and subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1550.33 of

this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-986 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-986
Installing communication facilities for gamblers
Status: in_force

A. Installing communication facilities for gamblers is:

1. Installing communications facilities in a place which the

person who installs the facilities knows is a gambling place;

2. Installing communications facilities knowing that they will

be used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to

be used in making or settling bets; or

3. Knowing that communications facilities are being used

principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used

in making or settling bets, allowing their continued use.

B. Any person not an employee of a communications public

utility authorized to transact business in this state by the

Oklahoma Corporation Commission acting within the scope of his

employment, violating subsection A above, who knows or has reason to

know said communications facilities will be used in making or

settling commercial gambling transactions and installs said

facilities with the intent to facilitate said commercial gambling

transactions and is found guilty thereof 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 a

fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or

by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. When any communications public utility providing telephone

communications service is notified in writing by an order of a court

of competent jurisdiction, acting within its jurisdiction, that any

facility furnished by it is being used principally for the purpose

of transmitting or receiving gambling information, it shall

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discontinue or refuse the leasing, furnishing or maintaining of such

facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber, but no damages,

penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against any

such public utility for any act done in compliance with any such

court order. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prejudice

the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate

determination, as otherwise provided by law, in a court of competent

jurisdiction, that such facility should not be discontinued or

removed, or should be restored.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-21 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-21
Prohibited act a misdemeanor, when
Status: in_force

Where the performance of an act is prohibited by any statute,

and no penalty for the violation of such statute is imposed in any

statute, the doing of such act is a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1320.7 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1320.7
Insurance policies
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not, in any way, be construed

to have any bearing on any insurance policy now in effect, or those

to be issued in the future.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1959 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1959
Subpoenas prior to commencement of proceedings –
Status: in_force

Noncompliance – Misdemeanor.

A. When any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is

attempting or conspiring to engage in any conduct constituting a

violation of any of the provisions of Section 1953 of Title 21 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma Attorney General or any district

attorney in Oklahoma may conduct an investigation of the activity.

On approval of the district judge, the Attorney General or district

attorney, in accordance with the provisions of Section 258 of Title

22 of the Oklahoma Statutes and pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act, is authorized before the commencement

of any civil or criminal proceeding to subpoena witnesses, compel

their attendance, examine them under oath, or require the production

of any business papers or records by subpoena duces tecum. Evidence

collected pursuant to this section shall not be admissible in any

civil proceeding.

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B. Any business papers and records subpoenaed by the Attorney

General or district attorney shall be available for examination by

the person who produced the material or by any duly authorized

representative of the person. Transcripts of oral testimony shall

be available for examination by the person who produced such

testimony and their counsel.

Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no business

papers, records, or transcripts or oral testimony, or copies of it,

subpoenaed by the Attorney General or district attorney shall be

available for examination by an individual other than another law

enforcement official without the consent of the person who produced

the business papers, records or transcript.

C. All persons served with a subpoena by the Attorney General

or district attorney pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma

Computer Crimes Act shall be paid the same fees and mileage as paid

witnesses in the courts of this state.

D. No person shall, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or

obstruct compliance in whole or in part by any person with any duly

served subpoena of the Attorney General or district attorney

pursuant to the provisions of this section, knowingly remove from

any place, conceal, withhold, destroy, mutilate, alter, or by any

other means falsify any business papers or records that are the

subject of the subpoena duces tecum.

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

guilty, upon conviction, of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1632 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1632
Fraud in procuring organization of stock company
Status: in_force

Any officer, agent or clerk of any corporation, or of any

persons proposing to organize a corporation or to increase the

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capital stock of any corporation, who knowingly exhibits any false,

forged or altered book, paper, voucher, security or other instrument

of evidence to any public officer or board authorized by law to

examine the organization of such corporation, or to investigate its

affairs, or to allow an increase of its capital with intent to

deceive such officer or board in respect thereto, shall be guilty of

a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for

in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title.

R.L. 1910, § 2722. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 378, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 270, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-835 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-835
Concealing persons to avoid habeas corpus
Status: in_force

Every person having in his custody or power, or under his

restraint, a party who by the provisions of law relating to habeas

corpus, would be entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, or for whose

relief such writ has been issued, who, with intent to elude the

service of such writ, to avoid the effect thereof, transfers the

party to the custody, or places him under the power or control of

another, or conceals or changes the place of his confinement, or

who, without lawful excuse, refuses to produce him, is guilty of a

misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1626 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1626
Signing fictitious names as officers of corporations
Status: in_force

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The false making or forging of an evidence of debt purporting to

have been issued by any corporation and bearing the pretended

signature of any person as an agent or officer of such corporation,

is forgery, a Class B3 felony offense, in the same degree as if such

person was at the time an officer or agent of such corporation;

notwithstanding such person may never have been an officer or agent

of such corporation, or notwithstanding there never was any such

person in existence.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142A-13 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142A-13
Granting of parole or pardon – Notification of
Status: in_force

victims.

A. Upon the granting of a parole by the Governor, and release

of the inmate to the community, the Pardon and Parole Board shall

provide written notification to any victim of the crime for which

the parolee was convicted by mailing the notification to the last-

known address of the victim, if such information is requested by the

victim. The Pardon and Parole Board shall not give the address of

the parolee to any victim of the crime for which the parolee was

convicted.

B. Upon the granting of a pardon by the Governor, the Pardon

and Parole Board shall provide written notification to any victim of

the crime for which the person receiving the pardon was convicted by

mailing the notification to the last-known address of the victim, if

such information is requested by the victim. The Pardon and Parole

Board shall not give the address of the person receiving the pardon

to any victim of the crime for which the person receiving the pardon

was convicted.

C. The notification requirements provided for in subsections A

and B of this section shall be made on a monthly basis by the tenth

day of the month following the granting of the pardon or parole.

D. The Department of Corrections shall provide notice of the

projected date of release of an inmate to the designated Oklahoma

victim notification service provider within sixty (60) days but not

less than seven (7) days prior to the projected date of release of

the inmate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.12 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.12
Recovery from collateral source - Subrogation of state
Status: in_force

- Retention of funds in trust - Notice to Board.

A. If compensation is awarded, the state shall be subrogated to

all the rights of a claimant to receive or recover from a collateral

source to the extent that compensation was awarded.

B. In the event the claimant recovers compensation, other than

under the provisions of this act, for injuries or death resulting

from criminally injurious conduct, the claimant shall retain, as

trustee, so much of the recovered funds as necessary to reimburse

the Victims Compensation Revolving Fund to the extent that

compensation was awarded to the claimant from that Fund. The funds

retained in trust shall be promptly deposited in the Victims

Compensation Revolving Fund.

C. If a claimant brings an action to recover damages related to

the criminally injurious conduct upon which compensation is claimed

or awarded, the claimant shall give the Board written notice of the

action. After receiving the notice, the Board may join in the

action as a party plaintiff to recover the compensation awarded.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1680.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1680.2
Prohibited acts with regard to certain animal
Status: in_force

facilities - Penalties - Exempted acts.

A. No person shall, without the effective consent of the owner

and with intent to damage the enterprise conducted at the animal

facility:

1. Damage, destroy or remove an animal facility or any property

or animal in or on an animal facility;

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2. Acquire or otherwise exercise control over an animal

facility, an animal or other property from an animal facility, with

the intent to deprive the owner of such facility, animal or

property;

3. Enter an animal facility, not open to the public, with

intent to commit an act prohibited by this section;

4. Enter an animal facility and commit or attempt to commit an

act prohibited by this section;

5. Remain concealed in an animal facility, with intent to

commit or attempt to commit an act prohibited by this section;

6. Enter or remain on an animal facility when the person has

notice that entry is forbidden by any of the following:

a. written or oral communication with the owner or a

person with apparent authority to act for the owner,

b. fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to

exclude intruders or contain animals, or

c. a sign or signs posted on the property or at the

entrance to the building, indicating that unauthorized

entry is forbidden; and

7. Release any animal or animals, with intent to deprive the

owner of such animal or animal facility.

B. A violation of any of the provisions in paragraphs 1 through

7 of subsection A of this section shall be a misdemeanor, upon

conviction, punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), with full restitution to be paid for any damage to the

property, for replacement of any animals released, and for out-of-

pocket expenses incurred as a result of any violation, or by

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

year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to lawful

activities of any governmental agency or employees or agents thereof

carrying out their respective duties under the law or be construed

to conflict with any provision of Section 391 et seq. of Title 4 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-771 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-771
Libel defined
Status: in_force

Libel is a false or malicious unprivileged publication by

writing, printing, picture, or effigy or other fixed representation

to the eye, which exposes any person to public hatred, contempt,

ridicule or obloquy, or which tends to deprive him of public

confidence, or to injure him in his occupation, or any malicious

publication as aforesaid, designed to blacken or vilify the memory

of one who is dead, and tending to scandalize his surviving

relatives or friends.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1229 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1229
Exhibition livestock - Administration of certain
Status: in_force

substances or performance of certain surgical procedures to alter

appearance.

For livestock utilized for exhibition purposes, it shall be

unlawful for any person to inject into the livestock or cause the

livestock to ingest any drug, chemical or substance that is not

labeled for use on animals, or to administer any chemical or

substance used on livestock for the specific purpose of altering the

appearance of livestock or to alter the muscle or fat content of the

animal's carcass or to perform any surgical procedure to alter the

appearance of the livestock. Ordinary and customary veterinarian

procedures, including but not limited to dehorning, branding,

tagging or notching ears, castrating, deworming, vaccinating or

docking the tail of farm animals shall not be prohibited. Surgery

of any kind performed to change the natural contour or appearance of

the animal's body or hide, shall be prohibited by this section. Any

violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor,

upon conviction, punishable by a fine of not less than One Thousand

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

($10,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not

less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by both

such fine and imprisonment. A second or subsequent violation of the

provisions of this section shall be a Class D1 felony offense, upon

conviction, punishable by a fine of not less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), nor 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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1268 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1268
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma

Antiterrorism Act”.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1065 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1065
Advertisements by person out of state
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 2475 and 2478 are applicable wherever

the advertisement was published, or the letter or circular sent or

delivered through or in this state, notwithstanding the person

causing or procuring the same to be published, sent or delivered,

was out of this state at the time of so doing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1371 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1371
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person violating Section 1370 of this title shall be guilty

of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a

fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than

Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county

jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or

by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of operation in

violation of Section 1370 of this title shall constitute a separate

offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-578 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-578
Inheritance, intercepting by fraudulent production of
Status: in_force

infant.

Any person who fraudulently produces an infant, falsely

pretending it to have been born of any parent whose child would be

entitled to inherit any real estate or to receive a share of any

personal estate, with intent to intercept the inheritance of any

such real estate, or the distribution of any such personal estate,

from any person lawfully entitled thereto, shall be guilty of a

Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for

in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title.

R.L. 1910, § 2290. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 213, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 121, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1562 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1562
Forgery of public securities
Status: in_force

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

or falsely alters:

1st. Any certificate or other public security, issued or

purporting to have been issued under the authority of this state, by

virtue of any law thereof, by which certificate or other public

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security, the payment of any money absolutely or upon any

contingency is promised, or the receipt of any money or property

acknowledged; or

2nd. Any certificate of any share, right or interest in any

public stock created by virtue of any law of this state, issued or

purporting to have been issued by any public officer, or any other

evidence of any debt or liability, of the people of this State,

either absolute or contingent, issued or purporting to have been

issued by any public officer; or,

3rd. Any endorsement or other instrument transferring or

purporting to transfer the right or interest of any holder of any

such certificate, public security, certificate of stock, evidence of

debt or liability, or of any person entitled to such right or

interest;

is guilty of forgery in the first degree, a Class B3 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.12av2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1040.12av2
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 sexual

abuse material shall, upon conviction, be guilty of aggravated

possession of child sexual abuse material. 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

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

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2. The terms “child sexual abuse material” and “visual

depictions” mean the same definitions provided by Section 1024.1 of

this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-383 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-383
Bribing jurors, referees, etc
Status: in_force

Any person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any judicial

officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, umpire or assessor, or to any

person who may be authorized by law or agreement of parties

interested to hear or determine any question or controversy, with

intent to influence his vote, opinion or decision upon any matter or

question which is or may be brought before him for decision, is

guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as

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

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

or both.

R.L. 1910, § 2185. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 182, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 99, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1318 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1318
One refusing to aid in arrest deemed rioter
Status: in_force

Every person present at any riot, and lawfully commanded to aid

the magistrate or officers in arresting any rioter, who neglects or

refuses to obey such command, is deemed one of the rioters, and

punishable accordingly.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-282 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-282
Unlawful acts - Violations
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons to:

1. Willfully and knowingly enter or remain in any posted,

cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or grounds

where the Governor, any member of the immediate family of the

Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, or other state official being

provided protection by the Department of Public Safety is or will be

temporarily visiting;

2. Willfully and knowingly enter or remain in any posted,

cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or grounds

the use of which is restricted in conjunction with an event

designated as a special event of national or state significance;

3. Willfully and knowingly, enter with the intent to impede or

to disrupt the orderly conduct of government business or official

functions in or within close proximity to any building or grounds,

as described in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection, or to engage in

disorderly or disruptive conduct in or within close proximity to any

building or grounds, as described in paragraph 1 or 2 of this

subsection, which results in the impeding or disruption of the

orderly conduct of government business or official functions;

4. Willfully and knowingly obstruct or to impede ingress or

egress to or from any building or grounds, as described in paragraph

1 or 2 of this subsection; or

5. Willfully and knowingly engage in any act or acts of

physical violence against any person or property in any building or

grounds, as described in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection.

B. Violation of this section and attempts or conspiracies to

commit such violations shall, upon conviction, be :

1. A Class C2 felony offense punishable by a fine of One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment as provided for in

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

fine and imprisonment, if:

a. the person, during and in relation to the offense,

uses or carries a deadly or dangerous weapon or

firearm, or

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b. the offense results in great bodily injury, as defined

by Section 646 of this title, to any other person; or

2. A Class D3 felony offense punishable by a fine of Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment as provided for in

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

fine and imprisonment, in any other case.

C. Violation of this section, and attempts or conspiracies to

commit such violations, shall be prosecuted by the district attorney

in the district court having jurisdiction of the place where the

offense occurred.

D. As used in this section, the term "other person for whom the

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety

is charged with providing protection" means any person the Oklahoma

Highway Patrol - Executive Security Division is authorized to

protect pursuant to Section 2-101 or Section 2-105.3a of Title 47 of

the Oklahoma Statutes when the person has not declined protection.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1158 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1158
Right to control disposition of the remains of a deceased
Status: in_force

person.

The right to control the disposition of the remains of a

deceased person, the location, manner and conditions of disposition,

and arrangements for funeral goods and services vests in the

following order, provided the person is eighteen (18) years of age

or older and of sound mind:

1. The decedent, provided the decedent has entered into a pre-

need funeral services contract or executed a written document that

meets the requirements of the State of Oklahoma;

2. A representative appointed by the decedent by means of an

executed and witnessed written document meeting the requirements of

the State of Oklahoma;

3. The surviving spouse;

4. The sole surviving adult child of the decedent whose

whereabouts is reasonably ascertained or if there is more than one

adult child of the decedent, the majority of the surviving adult

children whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertained;

5. The surviving parent or parents of the decedent, whose

whereabouts are reasonably ascertained;

6. The surviving adult brother or sister of the decedent whose

whereabouts is reasonably ascertained, or if there is more than one

adult sibling of the decedent, the majority of the adult surviving

siblings, whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertained;

7. The guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of

the death of the decedent, if one had been appointed;

8. The person in the classes of the next degree of kinship, in

descending order, under the laws of descent and distribution to

inherit the estate of the decedent. If there is more than one

person of the same degree, any person of that degree may exercise

the right of disposition;

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9. If the decedent was an indigent person or other person the

final disposition of whose body is the financial responsibility of

the state or a political subdivision of the state, the public

officer or employee responsible for arranging the final disposition

of the remains of the decedent; and

10. In the absence of any person under paragraphs 1 through 9

of this section, any other person willing to assume the

responsibilities to act and arrange the final disposition of the

remains of the decedent, including the personal representative of

the estate of the decedent or the funeral director with custody of

the body, after attesting in writing that a good-faith effort has

been made to no avail to contact the individuals under paragraphs 1

through 9 of this section.

R.L. 1910, § 2453. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 197, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,

1997; Laws 2011, c. 208, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1848 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1848
Definitions
Status: in_force

Definitions:

(1) The term "coin-operated machine" as used herein shall

include any parking meter, vending machine, service meter, coin box

telephone or other receptacle designed to receive or be operated by

lawful coin of the United States of America.

(2) The term "spurious coin" as used herein, shall include any

token, disk, blank, slug, washer, sweated, mutilated, false or

counterfeited coin or other device, whether solid or otherwise used

in substitution for lawful coin of the United States of America in

the operation, use or enjoyment of any coin-operated machine.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1533.3 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1533.3
Identity theft incident report - Preparation and filing
Status: in_force

by local law enforcement - Reports not considered open cases.

A. Notwithstanding that jurisdiction may lie elsewhere for

investigation and prosecution of a crime of identity theft, victims

of identity theft have the right to contact the local law

enforcement agency where the victim is domiciled and have an

incident report about the identity theft prepared and filed. The

local law enforcement agency that prepares and files the incident

report shall, upon request, provide the victim with a copy of the

incident report. The law enforcement agency may share the incident

report with law enforcement agencies located in other jurisdictions.

For purposes of this section, "incident report" means a loss or

other similar report prepared and filed by a local law enforcement

agency.

B. Nothing in this section shall interfere with the discretion

of a local law enforcement agency to allocate resources for

investigations of crimes. An incident report prepared and filed

pursuant to this section shall not be an open case for purposes of

compiling open case statistics.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1062 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1062
Property offered by lottery is forfeited
Status: in_force

All property offered for sale, distribution, or disposition, in

violation of the provisions of this article, is forfeited to the

people of this state, as well before as after the determination of

the chance on which the same was dependent. And it is the duty of

the respective district attorneys, to demand, sue for, and recover,

in behalf of this state, all property so forfeited, and to cause the

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same to be sold when recovered, and to pay the proceeds of the sale

of such property, and any monies that may be collected in any such

suit, into the county treasury for the benefit of common schools.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1836.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1836.2
Failure to comply with demand a tort
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or officer, representative, or agent of any

firm or corporation, together with such firm or corporation, failing

to comply with such demand to remove the said cloud upon the right

to title and possession, shall be deemed to be guilty of a tort, and

shall be held to respond in damages to the owner of any right,

title, interest or right to possession of the real estate involved

in a suit to quiet the title to said real estate in the amount of

the cost, reasonable attorney's fees, and other damage suffered on

account of the said tort.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1367 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1367
Privilege of witness
Status: in_force

No person shall be excused from giving evidence upon any

investigation or prosecution for any of the offenses specified in

this article, upon the grounds that such testimony or evidence might

tend to convict him of a crime. But such answer or evidence shall

not be received against him upon any criminal proceeding or

prosecution, except in a prosecution against him for perjury

committed in giving such testimony.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1119 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1119
Abduction of person under fifteen
Status: in_force

Every person who takes away or induces to leave any person under

the age of fifteen (15) years, from a parent, guardian or other

person having the legal charge of the person, without the consent of

said parent, guardian, or other person having legal charge, for the

purpose of marriage or concubinage, or any crime involving moral

turpitude shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years,

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

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

such fine and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2422. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 155, § 1; Laws 1997, c.

133, § 296, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 197,

eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 116, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 296 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1321.10 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1321.10
Provisions cumulative
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall be cumulative to and shall not

operate to repeal any other laws.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1627.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1627.1
False or bogus orders as payment for labor - Penalties
Status: in_force

In addition to the criminal penalties imposed pursuant to the

provisions of Section 1627 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any

person who obtains or attempts to obtain from any person, with the

intent to cheat or defraud, any labor or personal services, or the

postponement of actual payment due for labor or personal services

performed, by means or use of any false or bogus written, printed or

engraved order directing the payment of money, shall also be liable

to the payee, in addition to the amount owing upon such order, for

damages of double the amount so owing, but in no case shall the

amount of damages awarded be less than Two Hundred Dollars

($200.00), plus reasonable attorney fees and court costs. Said

damages shall be recoverable in a civil action.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-702 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-702
Design to effect death inferred
Status: in_force

A design to effect death is inferred from the fact of killing,

unless the circumstances raise a reasonable doubt whether such

design existed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1728 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1728
Possessing, receiving or transporting stolen copper -
Status: in_force

Penalty.

Any person who shall receive, transport, or possess in this

state stolen copper wire, copper cable, or copper tubing under such

circumstances that he knew or should have known that the same was

stolen shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a Class D1 felony

offense and shall be confined as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20N of this title, or shall be fined not less

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

Dollars ($500.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1266.2 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1266.2
Communist Party of the United States and component
Status: in_force

parts as illegal.

The Communist Party of the United States, together with its

component or related parts and organizations, no matter under what

name known, and all other organizations, incorporated or

unincorporated, which engage in or advocate, abet, advise, or teach,

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

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

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

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

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

them, by force or violence, are hereby declared to be illegal and

not entitled to any rights, privileges, or immunities attendant upon

bodies under the jurisdiction of the State of Oklahoma or any

political subdivision thereof. It shall be unlawful for such Party

or any of its component or related parts or organizations, or any

such other organization, to exist, function, or operate in the State

of Oklahoma. Any organization which is found by a court of

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competent jurisdiction to have violated any provisions of this

section, in a proceeding brought for that purpose by the County

Attorney, shall be dissolved, and if it be a corporation organized

and existing under the laws of this state or having a permit to do

business in this state, its charter or permit shall be forfeited,

and, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all funds, records, and

other property belonging to such Party or any component or related

part or organization thereof, or to any such other organization,

shall be seized by and forfeited to the State of Oklahoma to escheat

to the state as in the case of a person dying without heirs. All

books, records, and files of any such organizations shall be turned

over to the Attorney General.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1160 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1160
Persons entitled to custody of body
Status: in_force

The person charged by law with the duty of burying the body of a

deceased person is entitled to the custody of such body for the

purpose of burying it, except that in the cases in which an inquest

is required by law to be held upon a dead body, the officer holding

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the inquest is entitled to its custody until such inquest has been

completed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-171 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-171
Classification of parties
Status: in_force

The parties to crimes are classified as:

1. Principals, and,

2. Accessories.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1081 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1081
Offense - Punishment - Fines
Status: in_force

Any person who shall procure any other person for prostitution,

or who, by promise, threats, violence or by any device or scheme

shall cause, induce, persuade or encourage another person to become

a prostitute; or shall procure a place as inmate in a house of

prostitution for another person; or who shall, by promise, threats,

violence, or by any device or scheme cause, induce, persuade or

encourage an inmate of a house of prostitution to remain therein as

such inmate; or who shall, by fraud, or artifice, or by duress of

person or goods, or by abuse of any position of confidence or

authority procure any other person to become a prostitute, or to

enter any place in which prostitution is encouraged or allowed

within this state, or to come into this state or leave this state

for the purpose of prostitution, or who shall procure any other

person, who has not previously practiced prostitution to become a

prostitute within this state, or to come into this state or leave

this state for the purpose of prostitution; or shall receive or give

or agree to receive or give any money or thing of value for

procuring or attempting to procure any other person to become an

inmate of a house of prostitution within this state, or to come into

this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution,

shall be guilty of pandering, and upon conviction for any offense

under this article shall be guilty of a Class B2 felony offense and

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shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a

period of not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20)

years and by fines as follows: a fine of not less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Three Thousand Dollars

($3,000.00) upon the first conviction for such offense, a fine of

not less than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) and not more than

Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) upon the second conviction, and a

fine of not less than Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) and not more

than Nine Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00) for the third or subsequent

convictions for such offense.

R.L. 1910, § 2425. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 286, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 188, eff. July 1, 1999;
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1083 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1083
Injured party as witness
Status: in_force

Any such female person, referred to in the foregoing sections,

shall be a competent witness in any prosecution under this article,

to testify for or against the accused as to any transaction or as to

any conversation with the accused or by him with another person or

persons in her presence, notwithstanding the fact of her having

married the accused before or after the violation of any of the

provisions of this article, whether called as a witness during the

existence of the marriage or after its dissolution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1230.8 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1230.8
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person convicted of the offense of:

1. Unlawful hazardous waste transportation 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 a fine

of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or both

such fine and imprisonment;

2. Unlawful waste management with respect to:

a. waste other than hazardous waste shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Ten

Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), and

b. hazardous waste 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 a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars

($50,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment;

3. Unlawful waste misrepresentation with respect to:

a. waste other than hazardous waste shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and

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b. hazardous waste 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 a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand

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

imprisonment;

4. Unlawful disposal of hazardous waste 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 a fine

of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or both

such fine and imprisonment; and

5. Unlawful concealment of hazardous waste shall be guilty of a

Class B4 felony offense punishable by imprisonment for not less than

two (2) years nor more than ten (10) years and a fine of not more

than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1370 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1370
Renumbered as § 9.1 of Title 45 by Laws 1995, c. 344, §
Status: in_force

35, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-41 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-41
Conviction for attempt not permitted where crime is
Status: in_force

perpetrated.

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No person can be convicted of an attempt to commit a crime when

it appears that the crime intended or attempted was perpetrated by

such person in pursuance of such attempt.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1546 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1546
Removing, defacing, altering or obliterating - Subsequent
Status: in_force

sale.

Any person, firm or corporation who removes, defaces, alters,

changes, destroys, covers, obliterates or makes a substitution of

any trademark, distinguishing or identification number, serial

number or mark, on or from any machine or electrical or mechanical

device or apparatus, and thereafter sells or resells or offers for

sale or resale the same in such condition, is guilty of a

misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1853 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1853
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-142.1
Intent of Legislature
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a method of

compensating and assisting those persons who become victims of

criminal acts and who suffer physical or psychological injury or

death who are either within this state or who are residents of this

state who become victims, as defined in Section 142.3 of this title,

in states that have no crime victims compensation program. It is

the further intent of the Legislature that district attorney offices

shall provide services to victims of crime, as provided by law, and

to assist in completing victim compensation claims pursuant to this

act. To this end, it is the further intent of the Legislature to

provide compensation in the amount of expenses actually incurred as

a direct result of the criminal acts of other persons.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1316 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1316
Warning to disperse, remaining after
Status: in_force

Every person remaining present at the place of any riot, rout or

unlawful assembly after the same has been lawfully warned to

disperse, except public officers and persons assisting them in

attempting to disperse the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1056 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1056
Advertising lotteries
Status: in_force

Every person who, by writing or printing, by circulars or

letters, or in any other way advertises or publishes any account of

any lottery stating when or where the same is to be or has been

drawn, or what are the prizes or any of them therein, or the price

of a ticket or of any share or interest or where it may be obtained,

or in any way aiding or assisting the same, or adapted to induce

persons to adventure therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1903v1 — OK Code / Title 21 / Section 21-1903v1
Seizure of rolling stock transit vehicle — Assault or
Status: in_force

battery — Dangerous or deadly weapon — Discharge of firearm.

A. No person shall by force or violence, or threat of force or

violence, seize or exercise control of any rolling stock transit

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vehicle. Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a

felony and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than

twenty (20) years, or by a fine not more than Twenty Thousand

Dollars ($20,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. No person shall intimidate, threaten, assault, or batter any

driver, attendant, guard, or passenger of any rolling stock transit

vehicle or cause disruption to the provided service or cause harm to

any person. Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of

a felony and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten

(10) years, by a fine not more than Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. Any person violating subsection A or B of this section using

a dangerous or deadly weapon shall be guilty of a felony, and shall,

upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for not more than twenty (20) years, by a

fine not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or by both

such fine and imprisonment.

D. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm

into or within any rolling stock transit vehicle, terminal, or other

transportation facility, unless such action is determined to have

been in defensive force resulting from reasonable fear of imminent

peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or

another. Such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony

punishable by a fine not more than Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of

Corrections for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine

and imprisonment.