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21 OK Stat § 21-540C (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-540C. Fortification of access point where felony under Controlled Dangerous Substances Act is being committed.

|A. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully fortify an access point into any dwelling, structure, building or other place where a felony offense prohibited by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act is being committed, or attempted, and the fortification is for the purpose of preventing or delaying entry or access by a law enforcement officer, or to harm or injure a law enforcement officer in the performance of official duties. |B. For purposes of this section, “fortify an access point” means to willfully construct, install, position, use or hold any material or device designed to injure a person upon entry or to strengthen, defend, restrict or obstruct any door, window or other opening into a dwelling, structure, building or other place to any extent beyond the security provided by a commercial alarm system, lock or deadbolt, or a combination of alarm, lock or deadbolt.C. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than five (5) years, or by a fine in an amount not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 2009, c. 405, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
21 OK Stat § 21-541 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-541. Extrajudicial oaths.

|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. |R.L.1910, § 2253.
21 OK Stat § 21-542 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-542. Administering extrajudicial oaths.

|Every officer or other person who administers an oath to another person, or who makes and delivers any certificate that another person, has taken an oath, except when such oath is required by the provisions of some contract as a basis of or 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. |R.L.1910, § 2257.
21 OK Stat § 21-543 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-543. Compounding crimes.

|Any person who, having knowledge of the actual commission of a crime or violation of statute, takes any money or property of another, or any gratuity or reward, or any engagement or promise therefor, upon any agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal such crime, or violation of statute, or to abstain from any prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof, is punishable as follows: |1. By imprisonment for a felony in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, if the crime compounded is one punishable either by death or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for life;2. By imprisonment for a felony in the State Penitentiary not exceeding three (3) years, or in a county jail not exceeding six (6) months, if the crime compounded was punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for any other term than for life; or3. By imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment, if the crime or violation of statute compounded is a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, or by fine, or is a misdemeanor, or violation of statute for which a pecuniary or other penalty or forfeiture is prescribed.R.L. 1910, § 2255. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 212, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 120, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 212 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-544 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-544. Compounding prosecution.

|Every person who takes any money or property of another, or any gratuity or reward, or any engagement or promise therefor, upon any agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound, discontinue or delay any prosecution then pending for any crime or violation of statute, or to withhold any evidence in aid thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2256.
21 OK Stat § 21-545 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-545. Attempt to intimidate officer.

|Every person who, directly or indirectly, utters or addresses any threat or intimidation to any judicial or ministerial officer, to any juror, referee, arbitrator, umpire or assessor or other person authorized by law to hear or determine any controversy, with intent to induce him either to any act not authorized by law, or to omit or delay the performance of any duty imposed upon him by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2257.
21 OK Stat § 21-546 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-546. Suppressing evidence.

|Every person who maliciously practices any deceit or fraud, or uses any threat, menace or violence, with intent to prevent any party to an action or proceeding from obtaining or producing therein any book, paper, or other matter or thing which might be evidence, or from procuring the attendance or testimony of any witness therein, or with intent to prevent any person having in his possession any book, paper or other matter or thing which might be evidence in such suit or proceeding, or prevent any person being cognizant of any fact material thereto from producing or disclosing the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2259.
21 OK Stat § 21-547 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-547. Buying lands in suit.

|Every person who takes any conveyance of any lands or tenements, or of any interest or estate therein, from any person not being in the possession thereof, while such lands or tenements are the subject of controversy, by suit in any court, knowing the pendency of such suit, and that the grantor was not in possession of such lands or tenements, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L. 1910, § 2259.
21 OK Stat § 21-548 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-548. Buying or selling pretended right or title to land.

|Any person who buys or sells, or in any manner procures, or makes or takes any promise or covenant to convey any pretended right or title to any lands or tenements, unless the grantor thereof, or the person making such promise or covenant has been in possession, or he and those by whom he claims have been in possession of the same, or of the reversion and remainder thereof, or have taken the rents and profits thereof for the space of one (1) year before such grant, conveyance, sale promise, or covenant made, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to be a restriction or limitation upon the sale of Indian lands by the allottees or the heirs of such allottees of their inherited interest in said lands. |R.L.1910, § 2261.
21 OK Stat § 21-549 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-549. Mortgage of land adversely possessed not prohibited.

|The two last sections shall not be construed to prevent any person having a just title to lands, upon which there shall be an adverse possession, from executing a mortgage on such lands. |R.L.1910, § 2261.
21 OK Stat § 21-550 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-550. Common barratry defined.

|Common barratry is the practice of exciting groundless judicial proceedings. |R.L.1910, § 2262.
21 OK Stat § 21-551 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-551. Barratry a misdemeanor.

|Common barratry is a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2263.
21 OK Stat § 21-553 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-553. Interest of accused no defense to barratry prosecution.

|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. |R.L.1910, § 2265. d
21 OK Stat § 21-554 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-554. Attorneys - Buying demands for suit - Misleading inferior 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. |R.L.1910, § 2266.
21 OK Stat § 21-555 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-555. District attorneys and their partners.

|Every attorney who directly or indirectly advises in relation to, or aids or promotes the defense of any action or proceeding in any court, the prosecution of which is carried on, aided or promoted by any person as district attorney or other public prosecutor; with whom such person is directly or indirectly connected as a partner, or who takes or receives, directly or indirectly, from or on behalf of any defendant therein, any valuable consideration, upon any understanding or agreement whatever, express or implied, having relation to the defense thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, he shall forfeit his license to practice. |R.L.1910, § 2267.
21 OK Stat § 21-556 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-556. Prosecutor advising the defense.

|Every attorney who, having prosecuted or in any manner aided or promoted any action or proceeding in any court, as district attorney 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. |R.L.1910, § 2268.
21 OK Stat § 21-557 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-557. Attorneys may defend themselves.

|The two last sections do not prohibit an attorney from defending himself in person, as attorney or as counsel, when prosecuted either civilly or criminally. |R.L.1910, § 2269.
21 OK Stat § 21-559 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-559. Claims for collection, loans or advances on.

|Every attorney, justice of the peace or constable, who, directly or indirectly, lends or advances any money or property, or agrees for or procures any loan or advance, to any person, as a consideration for or inducement toward committing any evidence of debt or thing in action to such attorney, justice, constable or any other person, for collection, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2271.
21 OK Stat § 21-562 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-562. Receiving claims in payment of debts.

|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. |R.L.1910, § 2274.
21 OK Stat § 21-563 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-563. Application of preceding sections.

|The provisions of the foregoing sections relating to the buying of claims by an attorney with intent to prosecute them, or to the lending or advancing money by an attorney in consideration of a claim being delivered for collection, shall apply to every case of such buying a claim, or lending or advancing money by any person prosecuting a suit or demanding in person. |R.L.1910, § 2275.
21 OK Stat § 21-564 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-564. Privilege of witnesses in respect to claims or debts sold.

|No person shall be excused from testifying in any civil action, to any facts showing that an evidence of debt or thing in action has been bought, sold or received contrary to law, upon the ground that his testimony might tend to convict him of a crime. But no evidence derived from the examination of such person shall be received against him upon any criminal prosecution. |R.L.1910, § 2276.
21 OK Stat § 21-565 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-565. Contempts, direct and indirect – Definitions.

|Contempts of court shall be divided into direct and indirect contempts. Direct contempts shall consist of disorderly or insolent behavior committed during the session of the court and in its immediate view, and presence, and of the unlawful and willful refusal of any person to be sworn as a witness, and the refusal to answer any legal or proper question; and any breach of the peace, noise or disturbance, so near to it as to interrupt its proceedings, shall be deemed direct contempt of court, and may be summarily punished as hereinafter provided for. Indirect contempts of court shall consist of willful disobedience of any process or order lawfully issued or made by court; resistance willfully offered by any person to the execution of a lawful order or process of a court. |R.L.1910, § 2277
21 OK Stat § 21-565.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-565.1. Trial court - Power to punish contempt - Censure - Contempt proceedings.

|A. The trial judge has the power to cite for contempt anyone who, in his presence in open court, willfully obstructs judicial proceedings. If necessary, the trial judge may punish a person cited for contempt after an opportunity to be heard has been given. |B. Censure shall be imposed by the trial judge only if:1. it is clear from the identity of the offender and the character of his acts that disruptive conduct is willfully contemptuous; or2. the conduct warranting the sanction is preceded by a clear warning that the conduct is impermissible and that specified sanctions may be imposed for its repetition.C. The trial judge, as soon as practicable after he is satisfied that courtroom misconduct requires contempt proceedings, should inform the alleged offender of his intention to institute said proceedings.D. Before imposing any punishment for contempt, the judge shall give the offender notice of the charges and an opportunity to adduce evidence or argument relevant to guilt or punishment.E. The judge before whom courtroom misconduct occurs may impose appropriate sanctions including punishment for contempt. If the judge's conduct was so integrated with the contempt that he contributed to it or was otherwise involved or his objectivity can reasonably be questioned, the matter shall be referred to another judge.Added by Laws 1984, c. 14, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
21 OK Stat § 21-566 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-566. Direct or indirect contempt - Penalties - Cases involving failure to comply with court orders regarding children.

|A. Unless otherwise provided for by law, punishment for direct or indirect contempt shall be by the imposition of a fine in a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both, at the discretion of the court. |B. Any court in this state has the power to enforce an order for current child support, past-due child support and child support arrearage payments, other support, visitation, or other court orders regarding minor children and to punish an individual for failure to comply therewith, as set forth in subsection A of this section. Venue for an action under this section is proper, at the option of the petitioner:1. In the county in this state in which the support order was entered, docketed or registered;2. In the county in this state in which the obligee resides; or3. In the county in this state in which the obligor resides or receives income.Orders for current child support, past-due child support and child support arrearage payments are enforceable until paid in full. The remedies provided by this section are available regardless of the age of the child.R.L.1910, § 2278. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 14, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1989, c. 362, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 101, § 1, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2002, c. 461, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2007, c. 140, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 407, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
21 OK Stat § 21-567 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-567. Indirect contempts - Proceedings.

|A. In all cases of indirect contempt the party charged with contempt shall be notified in writing of the accusation and have a reasonable time for defense; and the party so charged shall, upon demand, have a trial by jury. |B. In the event the party so charged shall demand a trial by jury, the court shall thereupon set the case for trial at the next jury term of said court, unless such time is waived by the party so charged, in which event the case shall be set for trial at a time determined by the court. The court shall fix the amount of an appearance bond to be posted by said party charged, which bond shall be signed by said party and two sureties, which sureties together shall qualify by showing ownership of real property, the equal of which property shall be in double the amount of the bond, or, in the alternative, the party charged may deposit with the court clerk cash equal to the amount of the appearance bond.C. In a case of indirect contempt, it shall not be necessary for the party alleging indirect contempt, or an attorney for that party, to attend an initial appearance or arraignment hearing for the party charged with contempt, unless the party alleging the indirect contempt is seeking a cash bond. If a cash bond is not being requested, the clerk of the court shall, upon request, notify the party alleging the indirect contempt of the date of the trial.R.L. 1910, § 2279. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 55, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1963; Laws 1990, c. 309, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 73, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 403, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
21 OK Stat § 21-567A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-567A. Violation of child custody order – Affirmative defense – Emergency or protective custody.

|A. Any parent or other person who violates an order of any court of this state granting the custody of a child under the age of eighteen (18) years to any person, agency, institution, or other facility, with the intent to deprive the lawful custodian of the custody of the child, shall be guilty of a felony. The fine for a violation of this subsection shall not exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). |B. The offender shall have an affirmative defense if the offender reasonably believes that the act was necessary to preserve the child from physical, mental, or emotional danger to the child’s welfare and the offender notifies the local law enforcement agency nearest to the location where the custodian of the child resides.C. If a child is removed from the custody of the child’s lawful custodian pursuant to the provisions of this section any law enforcement officer may take the child into custody without a court order and, unless there is a specific court order directing a law enforcement officer to take the child into custody and release or return the child to a lawful custodian, the child shall be held in emergency or protective custody pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-4-201 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 1999, c. 385, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1999. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 119, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.
21 OK Stat § 21-567B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-567B. Failure to appear for jury service - Sanctions.

|An individual who fails to appear in person on the date scheduled for jury service and who has failed to obtain a postponement in compliance with the provisions for requesting a postponement, or who fails to appear on the date set pursuant to Section 9 of this act, shall be in indirect contempt of court and shall be punished by the imposition of a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). The prospective juror may be excused from paying sanctions for good cause shown or in the interests of justice. In addition to or in lieu of the fine, the court may order that the prospective juror complete a period of community service for a period no less than if the prospective juror would have completed jury service, and provide proof of completion of this community service to the court. |Added by Laws 2004, c. 525, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004.
21 OK Stat § 21-568 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-568. Contempt - Substance of offense made of record.

|Whenever a person shall be imprisoned for contempt the substance of the offense shall be set forth in the order for his confinement, and made a matter of record in the court. |R.L.1910, § 2280.
21 OK Stat § 21-569 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-569. Attorneys - Second application to another judge to stay trial.

|Every attorney or counselor at law who, knowing that an application has been made for an order staying the trial of an indictment, to a judge authorized to grant the same, and has been denied, without leave reserved to renew it, makes an application to another judge to stay the same trial, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2281.
21 OK Stat § 21-570 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-570. Grand juror acting after challenge allowed.

|Every grand juror who, with knowledge that a challenge, interposed against him by a defendant, has been allowed, is present at or takes part, or attempts to take part, in the consideration of the charge against the defendant who interposed the challenge, or the deliberations of the grand jury thereon, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2282.
21 OK Stat § 21-571 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-571. Disclosure of deposition.

|Every magistrate, or clerk of any magistrate, who willfully permits any deposition taken on an information or examination of a defendant before such magistrate, and remaining in the custody of such magistrate or clerk to be inspected by any person except a judge of a court having jurisdiction of the offense, the Attorney General, the district attorney and his assistants, and the defendant and his counsel, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2283.