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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-540B. Roadblocks.

A peace officer may set up one or more roadblocks to apprehend any person riding upon or within a motor vehicle traveling upon a highway, street, turnpike, or area accessible to motoring public, when the officer has probable cause to believe such person is committing or has committed:
1. A violation of Section 540A of this title;
2. Escape from the lawful custody of any peace officer;
3. A felony under the laws of this state or the laws of any other jurisdiction.
A roadblock is defined as a barricade, sign, standing motor vehicle, or similar obstacle temporarily placed upon or adjacent to a public street, highway, turnpike or area accessible to the motoring public, with one or more peace officers in attendance thereof directing each operator of approaching motor vehicles to stop or proceed.
Any operator of a motor vehicle approaching such roadblock has a duty to stop at the roadblock unless directed otherwise by a peace officer in attendance thereof and the willful violation hereof shall constitute a separate offense from any other offense committed. Any person who willfully attempts to avoid such roadblock or in any manner willfully fails to stop at such roadblock or who willfully passes by or through such roadblock without receiving permission from a peace officer in attendance thereto is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year, nor more than five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 115, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 211, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 119, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 211 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; or
3. By imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment, if the crime or violation of statute compounded is a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, or by fine, or is a misdemeanor, or violation of statute for which a pecuniary or other penalty or forfeiture is prescribed.
R.L. 1910, § 2255. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 212, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 120, eff. July 1, 1999.
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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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; or
2. the conduct warranting the sanction is preceded by a clear warning that the conduct is impermissible and that specified sanctions may be imposed for its repetition.
C. The trial judge, as soon as practicable after he is satisfied that courtroom misconduct requires contempt proceedings, should inform the alleged offender of his intention to institute said proceedings.
D. Before imposing any punishment for contempt, the judge shall give the offender notice of the charges and an opportunity to adduce evidence or argument relevant to guilt or punishment.
E. The judge before whom courtroom misconduct occurs may impose appropriate sanctions including punishment for contempt. If the judge's conduct was so integrated with the contempt that he contributed to it or was otherwise involved or his objectivity can reasonably be questioned, the matter shall be referred to another judge.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 14, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 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; or
3. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-572. Disclosure of deposition returned by grand jury.

Every clerk of any court who willfully permits any deposition returned by any grand jury with a presentment made by them, and filed with such clerk, to be inspected by any person except the court, the deputies or assistants of such clerk, and the district attorney and his assistants, until after the arrest of the defendant, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2284.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-573. Fraudulent concealment of property.

Every person who, having been called upon, by the lawful order of any court, to make a true exhibit of his real and personal effects, either:
1. Willfully conceals any of his estate or effects, or any books or writing relative thereto; or,
2. Willfully omits to disclose to the court any debts or demands which he has collected, or any transfer of his property which he had made after being ordered to make an exhibit thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2285.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-575. Attorneys, misconduct by - Deceit - Delaying suit - Receiving allowance for money not laid out.

Every attorney who, whether as attorney or as counselor, who:
1st, is guilty of any deceit or collusion, or consents to any deceit or collusion with intent to deceive the court or any party; or,
2nd, willfully delays his client's suit, with a view to his own gain; or,
3rd, willfully receives any money or allowance for or on account of any money which he has not laid out or become answerable for, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and, in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor by this code, he forfeits to the party injured treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action.
R.L.1910, § 2287.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-576. Attorney permitting other person to use his name.

If any attorney knowingly permits any person not being his general law partner or a clerk in his office to sue out any process or to prosecute or defend any action in his name, except as authorized by the next section, such attorney, and every person who shall so use his name is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2288.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-577. Attorneys, use of name lawful, when.

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.
R.L.1910, § 2289.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-578. Inheritance, intercepting by fraudulent production of 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 felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years.
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.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 213 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-579. Substituting child.

Any person to whom an infant has been confided for nursing, education, or any other person, who, with intent to deceive any parent or guardian of such child, substitutes or produces to such parent or guardian another child in the place of the one so confided shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding seven (7) years.
R.L. 1910, § 2291. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 214, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 122, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 214 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-580. Public officers - Willful neglect of duty a misdemeanor.

A public officer or person holding a public trust or employment upon whom any duty is enjoined by law, who willfully neglects to perform the duty is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section does not apply to cases of official acts or omissions, the prevention or punishment of which is otherwise specially provided by statute.
R.L.1910, § 2292.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-581. Willful omission of duty by public officers.

Where any duty is or shall be enjoined by law upon any public officer, or upon any person holding any public trust or employment, every willful omission to perform such duty where no special provision shall have been made for the punishment of such delinquency, is punishable as a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2293.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-582. Disclosing presentment or indictment.

In the event the presiding judge orders a presentment or an indictment be sealed until the defendant is arrested, every grand juror, district attorney, clerk, judge, or other officer, who, excepting by issuing or in executing a warrant to arrest the defendant, willfully discloses the content of a sealed presentment or indictment, until the defendant has been arrested, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2294. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 176, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-583. Disclosing proceedings of grand jury.

Every grand juror, district attorney, clerk, judge or other officer who, except when required by a court, willfully discloses any evidence adduced before the grand jury or anything which he himself or any member of the grand jury may have said, or in what manner any grand juror may have voted on a matter before him, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2295; Laws 1974, c. 24, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-584. Prosecuting suit or bringing action or procuring arrest in false name.

Every person who maliciously institutes or prosecutes any action or legal proceeding; or makes or procures any arrest, in the name of a person who does not exist, or has not consented that it be instituted or made, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2296.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-586. Communicating with a convict.

Every person who, not being authorized by law, or by a written permission from an inspector, or by the consent of the warden, communicates with any convict in the penitentiary, or brings into or conveys out of the penitentiary any letter or printing to or from any convict, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2298.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-588. Recording of grand or petit jury proceedings - Listening or observing - Penalty.

If any person, firm or corporation shall knowingly and willfully, by means of any device whatsoever, records or attempts to record the proceedings of any grand or petit jury in any court of the State of Oklahoma while such jury is deliberating or voting or listens to or observes, or attempts to listen to or observe, the proceedings of any grand or petit jury of which he is not a member in any court of the State of Oklahoma while such jury is deliberating or voting shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than two (2) years, or both. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the taking of notes by a grand juror in any court of the State of Oklahoma in connection with and solely for the purpose of assisting him in the performance of his duties as such juror.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 160, § 1. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 215, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 123, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 215 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-589. False reporting of crime - False reporting of missing child.

A. It shall be unlawful to willfully, knowingly and without probable cause make a false report to any person of any crime or circumstances indicating the possibility of crime having been committed, including the unlawful taking of personal property, which report causes or encourages the exercise of police action or investigation. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety (90) days or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. It shall be unlawful to willfully, knowingly, and without probable cause communicate false information concerning a missing child to a law enforcement agency that causes or encourages the activation of an AMBER alert warning system. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 227, § 1. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 109, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2007, c. 189, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-590. Maintenance of financial and business records - Retention and disposal procedure - Violations.

A. Every state governmental entity shall, for a period of two (2) years, maintain accurate and complete records, as defined in Section 203 of Title 67 of the Oklahoma Statutes, reflecting all financial and business transactions, which records shall include support documentation for each transaction. No such records shall be disposed of for three (3) years thereafter, except upon a unanimous vote of the members of the Archives and Records Commission pursuant to Section 306 of Title 67 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or upon a majority vote of the members of the Commission for records more than five (5) years old. The disposition of such records shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 305 through 317 of Title 67 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided all state or federal audits have been completed, unless such audits request such records to be maintained for some given period of time.
B. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not more than three (3) years or by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person convicted of any such violation who holds any elective or appointive public office shall also be subject to immediate removal from office.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 194, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 27, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 216, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 124, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 216 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-591. Definitions.

A. As used in this section:
1. "Agent" means any person who acts for another at the request or with the knowledge of the other in dealing with third persons; and
2. "Runner", "capper", and "steerer" mean any person acting within this state for compensation as an agent for an attorney in the solicitation of employment for the attorney.
B. No attorney shall, by means of an agent, runner, capper, steerer, or other person who is not an attorney, solicit or procure a person to employ the attorney to present, compromise, or settle a claim under the workers' compensation laws of this state.
C. No attorney shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to pay any person, other than another attorney, any money, service, fee, commission, or other thing of value in consideration for the employment of the attorney to present, compromise, or settle a claim under the workers' compensation laws of this state.
D. No person shall act or agree to act as an agent, runner, capper, or steerer for an attorney.
E. Subsections B and C of this section shall not prohibit participation by an attorney in a voluntary attorney referral program including, but not limited to, referral programs operated by an association of attorneys. This subsection shall not authorize a referral program which is otherwise unauthorized under the Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by the Supreme Court.
F. Any contract for employment of an attorney secured in violation of this section shall be void and unenforceable and no attorney shall appear or otherwise provide services in an action in violation of this section.
G. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of up to Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each offense, which shall not be subject to Section 101 of Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Penalties imposed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any penalties which might be imposed by the Oklahoma Bar Association or similar organization of another state or by a court when punishing for contempt or when imposing sanctions against an attorney or party.
Added by Laws 1994, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 47, emerg. eff. Nov. 4, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-592. Definitions.

A. As used in this section:
1. "Agent" means any person who acts for another at the request or with the knowledge of the other in dealing with third persons;
2. "Medical care provider" means any person licensed in Oklahoma as a medical doctor, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, a dentist, an osteopathic physician or an optometrist or a hospital; and
3. "Runner", "capper", and "steerer" mean any person acting within this state for compensation as an agent for a medical care provider in the solicitation of a person to employ the medical care provider to provide medical services.
B. No medical care provider shall, by means of an agent, runner, capper, steerer, or other person who is not a medical care provider, solicit or procure a person to employ the medical care provider to provide medical services under the workers' compensation laws of this state.
C. No medical care provider shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to pay any person, other than another medical care provider, any money, service, fee, commission, or other thing of value in consideration for the employment of the medical care provider to provide medical services under the workers' compensation laws of this state.
D. No person shall act or agree to act as an agent, runner, capper, or steerer for a medical care provider.
E. Subsections B and C of this section shall not prohibit participation by a medical care provider in a voluntary medical care provider referral program including, but not limited to, referral programs operated by an association of medical care providers.
F. Any contract for employment of a medical care provider secured in violation of this section shall be void and unenforceable and no medical care provider shall provide medical services in violation of this section.
G. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of up to Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each offense, which shall not be subject to Section 101 of Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Penalties imposed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any penalties which might be imposed by the professional licensing organization for the medical care provider or similar organization of another state or by a court when punishing for contempt or when imposing sanctions against a medical care provider or party.
Added by Laws 1994, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 48, emerg. eff. Nov. 4, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-643. Force against another not unlawful, when - Self-defense - Defense of property.

To use or to attempt to offer to use force or violence upon or toward the person of another is not unlawful in the following cases:
1. When necessarily committed by a public officer in the performance of any legal duty, or by any other person assisting such officer or acting by such officer's direction;
2. When necessarily committed by any person in arresting one who has committed any felony, and delivering such person to a public officer competent to receive such person in custody;
3. When committed either by the person about to be injured, or by any other person in such person's aid or defense, in preventing or attempting to prevent an offense against such person, or any trespass or other unlawful interference with real or personal property in such person's lawful possession; provided the force or violence used is not more than sufficient to prevent such offense;
4. When committed by a parent or the authorized agent of any parent, or by any guardian, master or teacher, in the exercise of a lawful authority to restrain or correct such person's child, ward, apprentice or scholar, provided restraint or correction has been rendered necessary by the misconduct of such child, ward, apprentice or scholar, or by the child's refusal to obey the lawful command of such parent or authorized agent or guardian, master or teacher, and the force or violence used is reasonable in manner and moderate in degree;
5. When committed by a carrier of passengers, or the authorized agents or servants of such carrier, or by any person assisting them at their request, in expelling from any carriage, railroad car, vessel or other vehicle, any passenger who refuses to obey a lawful and reasonable regulation prescribed for the conduct of passengers, if such vehicle has first been stopped and the force and violence used is not more than is sufficient to expel the offending passenger, with a reasonable regard to such passenger's personal safety; and
6. When committed by any person in preventing a person who is impaired by reason of intellectual or developmental disability as defined by Section 1430.2 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a mentally ill person, insane person or other person of unsound mind, including persons temporarily or partially deprived of reason, from committing an act dangerous to such person's self or to another, or enforcing such restraint as is necessary for the protection of the person or for restoration to health, during such period only as shall be necessary to obtain legal authority for the restraint or custody of the person.
R.L. 1910, § 2342. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-644.1. Domestic abuse with a prior pattern of physical abuse

A. Any person who commits domestic abuse, as defined by subsection C of Section 644 of this title, and has a prior pattern of physical abuse shall be guilty of a felony, upon conviction, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than ten (10) years or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. For purposes of this section, "prior pattern of physical abuse" means two or more separate incidences, including the current incident, occurring on different days and each incident relates to an act constituting assault and battery or domestic abuse committed by the defendant against a current or former spouse, a present spouse of a former spouse, parents, a foster parent, a child, a person otherwise related by blood or marriage, a person with whom the defendant is in a dating relationship, an individual with whom the defendant has had a child, a person who formerly lived in the same household as the defendant, a person living in the same household as the defendant, a current intimate partner or former intimate partner, or any combination of such persons, where proof of each incident prior to the present incident is established by the sworn testimony of a third party who was a witness to the alleged physical abuse or by other admissible direct evidence that is independent of the testimony of the victim.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 457, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 71, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2016, c. 128, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-645. Assault, battery, or assault and battery with dangerous weapon.

Every person who, with intent to do bodily harm and without justifiable or excusable cause, commits any assault, battery, or assault and battery upon the person of another with any sharp or dangerous weapon, or who, without such cause, shoots at another, with any kind of firearm, air gun, conductive energy weapon or other means whatever, with intent to injure any person, although without the intent to kill such person or to commit any felony, upon conviction is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year.
R.L. 1910, § 2344. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 161, § 1; Laws 1961, p. 229, § 1; Laws 1982, c. 173, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1982; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 218, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 125, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2006, c. 62, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 2006.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 218 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-646. Aggravated assault and battery defined.

A. An assault and battery becomes aggravated when committed under any of the following circumstances:
1. When great bodily injury is inflicted upon the person assaulted; or
2. When committed by a person of robust health or strength upon one who is aged, decrepit, or incapacitated, as defined in Section 641 of this title.
B. For purposes of this section “great bodily injury” means bone fracture, protracted and obvious disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of the function of a body part, organ or mental faculty, or substantial risk of death.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 59, § 1. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 161, § 2; Laws 1989, c. 197, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 2002, c. 460, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-647. Punishment for aggravated assault and battery.

Aggravated assault and battery shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 59, § 2. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 162, § 3; Laws 2002, c. 460, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.