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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1502. Fraudulent advertising prohibited - Punishment.

Any person, firm, corporation or association who, with intent to sell or in anywise dispose of merchandise, securities, service or anything offered by such person, firm, corporation or association, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption thereof, or to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation relating thereto, or to acquire title thereto, or an interest therein, makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates or places before the public, or causes directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated or placed before the public in this state, in a newspaper or publication or in form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet or letter, or in any other way, an advertisement of any sort regarding merchandise, securities, service or anything so offered to the public, which advertisement contains any assertion, representation or statement of fact which is untrue, deceptive or misleading, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty ($50.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twenty (20) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1919, c. 56, p. 91, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1503. Value of less than One Thousand Dollars - Value of One Thousand Dollars or more.

Any person who shall obtain food, lodging, services or other accommodations at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, rooming house, motel or auto camp, with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof, if the value of such food, lodging, services or other accommodations is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, and if the value of such food, lodging, services or accommodations is valued at One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding five (5) years. Any person who shall obtain shelter, lodging, or any other services at any apartment house, apartment, rental unit, rental house, or trailer camp, with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment. Proof that such lodging, food, services or other accommodations were obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, or that he gave a check on which payment was refused, or that he left the hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, rooming house, motel, apartment house, apartment, rental unit or rental house, trailer camp or auto camp, without payment or offering to pay for such food, lodging, services or other accommodation, or that he surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his baggage, or that he registered under a fictitious name, shall be prima facie proof of the intent to defraud mentioned in this section; but this section shall not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 178, § 1. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 127, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 1963; Laws 1968, c. 205, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 1968; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 364, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 256, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 437, § 6, eff. July 1, 2001; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 11, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 364 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1505. False increase of weight.

Every person who puts or conceals in any bag, bale, box, barrel or other package of goods usually sold by weight any other thing whatever for the purpose of increasing the weight of such package shall be punished by a fine of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each offense.
R.L.1910, § 2693.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1506. Mock auction.

Any person who obtains any money or property from another, or obtains the signature of another to any written instrument, the false making of which would be forgery, by means of any false or fraudulent sale of property or pretended property by auction, or by any of the practices known as mock auctions, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding three (3) years or in a 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; and, in addition, the person forfeits any license he may hold to act as an auctioneer, and is forever disqualified from receiving a license to act as auctioneer within this state.
R.L. 1910, § 2698. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 365, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 257, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 365 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1508. Fictitious copartnership.

Every person transacting business in the name of a person as a partner who is not interested in his firm, or transacting business under a firm name in which the designation "and company" or "& Co." is used without representing an actual partner except in the cases in which the continued use of a copartnership name is authorized by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2700. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1509. Animals, false pedigree of.

Every person who by any false pretense shall obtain from any club, association, society or company, for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or other domestic animals, the registration of any animal in the herd register of any such club, association, society, or company, or a transfer of any such registration, and every person who shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2701.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1510. Destroying evidence of ownership of wrecked property.

Every person who defaces or obliterates the marks upon wrecked property, or in any manner disguises the appearance thereof with intent to prevent the owner from discovering its identity, or who destroys or suppresses any invoice, bill of lading or other document tending to show the ownership, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L. 1910, § 2702.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1512. Misrepresentations in sale of nursery stock.

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.
R.L.1910, § 2706. der
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1513. Penalty - Time for prosecution.

Any person, firm, or corporation, acting either as principal or agent, violating any provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than twenty (20) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment: Provided, that prosecutions under said section may be commenced at any time within seven (7) years from the time of the delivery to the purchaser of the fruit trees, plants or shrubs therein mentioned.
R.L.1910, § 2707. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1514. Insignia, badge or pin calculated to deceive, wearing of - Name of society, order or organization calculated to deceive, using - Punishment.

Any person who shall wear the badge, pin, or insignia, or shall use the name of any society, order or organization of ten (10) years' standing or existence in this State, either in the identical form or in any such near resemblance thereto as might be calculated to deceive, or shall use the same to obtain aid or assistance within this state, unless entitled to use or wear the same under the constitution and bylaws, rules and regulations of such order or society, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and in addition thereto, may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of time not exceeding thirty (30) days.
Laws 1939, p. 361, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1515. Telecommunication services - Unlawful procurement - Penalty.

Any individual, corporation, or other person, who, with intent to defraud or to aid and abet another to defraud any individual, corporation, or other person, of the lawful charge, in whole or in part, for any telecommunications service, shall avoid or attempt to avoid or shall cause or assist another to avoid or attempt to avoid any such charge for such service:
(a) by charging such service to an existing account, or using such services from an existing account, telephone number or credit card number without the authority of the subscriber thereto or the legitimate holder thereof; or
(b) by charging such service to a nonexistent, false, fictitious, or counterfeit account, telephone number or credit card number or to a suspended, terminated, expired, cancelled or revoked telephone number or credit card number; or
(c) by use of a code, prearranged scheme, or other similar strategem or device whereby said person in effect sends or receives information; or
(d) by rearranging, tampering with or making connection with any facilities or equipment of a telephone or other communications company, whether physically, inductively, acoustically, or electrically, or by utilizing such service, having reason to believe that such rearrangement, connection, or tampering existed or occurred;
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned not exceeding one (1) year or fined not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both, in the discretion of the court.
Laws 1965, c. 137, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965; Laws 1991, c. 10, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1516. Devices or plans to procure services - Making, possessing, etc., prohibited - Penalty.

Any individual, corporation or other person who:
(a) makes or possesses any instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device designed, adapted or which can be used
(1) to fraudulently avoid the lawful charge for any telecommunication service in violation of Section 1 of this act; or
(2) to conceal, or to assist another to conceal, from any supplier of telecommunication service or from any lawful authority the existence or place of origin or of destination of any telecommunication; or
(b) sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another, or offers or advertises to sell, give or otherwise transfer, any instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device, described in (a) above, or plans or instructions for making or assembling the same; under circumstances evidencing an intent to use or employ such instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device, or to allow the same to be used or employed, for a purpose described in (a) (1) or (a) (2), above, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be so used, or that the aforesaid plans or instructions are intended to be used for making or assembling such instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device; shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned not exceeding one (1) year or fined not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both, in the discretion of the court.
Laws 1965, c. 137, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1517. Amateur radio operators exempt.

Nothing herein shall apply to public service and emergency communications performed by holders of valid Federal Communications Commission radio amateur licenses without charge on the part of such licensees; provided that nothing herein shall excuse any person from compliance with lawful tariffs of any telecommunications company.
Laws 1965, c. 137, § 3, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1518. Misrepresentation of age by false document.

It shall be unlawful for any person, for the purpose of violating any Statutes of Oklahoma, to willfully and knowingly misrepresent his age by presenting a false document purporting to state his true age.
Laws 1965, c. 481, § 1, emerg. eff. July 14, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1519. Penalties.

Any person violating the provisions of Section 1 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or shall be confined to the county jail for a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and confinement.
Laws 1965, c. 481, § 2, emerg. eff. July 14, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1521v1. Motor vehicle lease or rental - Payment by false or bogus check.

Every person who shall lease or rent, for any period of time whatsoever, any motor vehicle and, with intent to cheat and defraud, who pays the fees for such lease or rental by means of a false, bogus or worthless check written for the sum of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) or less shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment. If the value of the false, bogus or worthless check shall exceed the sum of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) but is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), any person convicted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by incarceration in the county jail for not to exceed one (1) year or incarceration in the county jail one or more nights or weekends pursuant to Section 991a-2 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, at the option of the court, and shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and ordered to provide restitution to the victim as provided in Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If the value of the worthless check is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding seven (7) years or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 84, § 1, emerg. eff. March 27, 1970. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 36, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1973; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 366, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 258, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2016, c. 221, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 366 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1521v2. Motor vehicle lease or rental - Payment by false, bogus or worthless check.

Every person who shall lease or rent, for any period of time whatsoever, any motor vehicle and, with intent to cheat and defraud, who pays the fees for such lease or rental by means of a false, bogus or worthless check written for the sum of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment. If the value of the worthless check is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding seven (7) years or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 84, § 1, emerg. eff. March 27, 1970. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 36, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1973; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 366, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 258, eff. July 1, 1999; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 12, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 366 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1522. Publication of telephone credit card information for fraudulent purposes.

Any person who publishes or causes to be published the number or code of an existing, cancelled, revoked, expired or nonexistent telephone credit card, or the numbering or coding system which is employed in the issuance of telephone credit cards, with the intent that it be used to fraudulently avoid the payment of any lawful toll charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
As used in this section, "published" means the communication of information to any one or more persons, either orally, in person or by telephone, radio or television, or in a writing of any kind, including without limitation a letter or memorandum, circular or handbill, newspaper or magazine article or book.
Laws 1973, c. 140, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1973.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1523. Penalties - Civil action for damages.

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.
Laws 1973, c. 140, § 2, emerg. eff. May 10, 1973.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1524. Falsely holding out as notary or performing notarial act - Penalty.

A. No person in this state shall hold himself out as a notary public, attach his signature as a notary public, use a notary public seal, or perform any notarial act unless he is authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 114 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes to perform such acts.
B. Any person convicted of knowingly and willfully violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 21, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1531. False personation - Marriage - Becoming bail or surety - Execution of instrument - Creating liability or benefit.

Any person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character:
1. Marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another, with or without the connivance of such other person; or
2. Becomes bail or surety for any party, in any proceeding whatever, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail or surety; or
3. Subscribes, verifies, publishes, acknowledges or proves, in the name of another person, any written instrument, with intent that the same may be delivered or used as true; or
4. Does any other act whereby, if it were done by the person falsely personated, he might in any event become liable to any suit or prosecution, or to pay any sum of money, or to incur any charge, forfeiture or penalty, or whereby any benefit might accrue to the party personating, or to any other person;
shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years.
R.L. 1910, § 2689. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 367, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 259, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 367 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1532. Receiving money or property intended for individual 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 felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed two (2) years, or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, 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 felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed five (5) years, or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five 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 felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed eight (8) years, 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; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 368 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1533.2. Fraudulently obtaining another person's information of financial institution - Presenting false or fraudulent information to officer, employee, agent or another customer of financial institution.

A. It is unlawful for any person to willfully and knowingly obtain, or attempt to obtain, another person’s personal, financial or other information of a financial institution by means of any false or fraudulent statement made to any officer, employee, agent or customer of such financial institution.
B. It is unlawful for any person to willfully and knowingly present any false or fraudulent document or information, or any document or information obtained or used without lawful consent or authority, to any officer, employee, agent or another customer of such financial institution to obtain, or attempt to obtain, another person’s personal, financial or other information from a financial institution or to commit any crime.
C. Any person violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than ten (10) years. In addition, the court may order restitution to be paid by the defendant to every customer whose information was obtained or otherwise utilized in violation of this provision.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 298, § 3, emerg. eff. May 12, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1533.3. Identity theft incident report - Preparation and filing 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.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 10, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1541.1. Obtaining or attempting to obtain property by trick or 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.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 277, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. Oct. 8, 2001; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 13, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2021, c. 101, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 2021.
NOTE: Laws 2016, c. 221, § 4 repealed by Laws 2021, c. 101, § 2, emerg. eff. April 20, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1541.2v1. Value of money, property or valuable thing - Penalty.

If the value of the money, property or valuable thing referred to in Section 1541.1 of this title is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment, and ordered to provide restitution to the victim as provided in Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 2, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 277, § 2, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 369, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 262, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 437, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2016, c. 221, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 369 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1541.2v2. Obtaining or attempting to obtain property by trick or deception - False statements or pretenses - Confidence game - Penalty.

A. If the value of the money, property or valuable thing referred to in Section 1541.1 of this title is:
1. 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 felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed two (2) years or in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment;
2. 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 felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed five (5) years or in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine; or
3. Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed eight (8) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
B. Any person convicted pursuant to this section shall also be ordered to pay restitution to the victim as provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 2, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 277, § 2, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 369, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 262, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 437, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 14, adopted at election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1541.3v1. Value of bogus checks, drafts or orders - Penalty.

Any person making, drawing, uttering or delivering two or more false or bogus checks, drafts or orders, as defined by Section 1541.4 of this title, the total sum of which is Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or more, even though each separate instrument is written for less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), all in pursuance of a common scheme or plan to cheat and defraud, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the total sum of two or more false or bogus checks, drafts or orders is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, but less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), the person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by incarceration in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by incarceration in the county jail one or more nights or weekends pursuant to Section 991a-2 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, at the option of the court, and shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and ordered to provide restitution to the victim as provided in Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 3, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 277, § 3, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 288, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 370, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 263, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 437, § 8, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2016, c. 221, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 370 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1541.4. False or bogus check or checks defined; prima facie evidence of intent to defraud and knowledge of insufficient funds or credit; effect of refusal by drawee of check offered for purchase of goods or livestock.

A. The term "false or bogus check or checks" shall include checks or orders, including those converted to electronic fund transfer, which are not honored on account of insufficient funds of the maker to pay same or because the check or order was drawn on a closed account or on a nonexistent account when such checks or orders are given:
1. In exchange for money or property;
2. In exchange for any benefit or thing of value;
3. As a down payment for the purchase of any item of which the purchaser is taking immediate possession, as against the maker or drawer thereof; or
4. As payment made to a landlord under a lease or rental agreement.
B. The making, drawing, uttering, or delivering of a check, draft, or order, payment of which is refused by the drawee, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud and the knowledge of insufficient funds in, or credit with, such bank or other depository; provided, such maker or drawer shall not have paid the drawee thereof the amount due thereon, together with the protest fees, within five (5) days from the date the same is presented for payment; and provided, further, that the check or order is presented for payment within thirty (30) days after same is delivered and accepted.
C. A check offered for the purchase of goods or livestock that is refused by a drawee shall not be considered to be an extension of credit by the seller of goods or livestock to the maker or drawer of the check.
D. A check or order offered to a merchant in payment on an open account of the maker with the merchant shall mean "a check or order given in exchange for a benefit or thing of value", notwithstanding that the merchant may debit the account of the maker or impose other charges pursuant to applicable law in the event the check or order is not honored.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 4, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 124, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1975; Laws 2002, c. 116, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2009, c. 428, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2013, c. 127, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 224, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1541.5. Credit defined.

The word "credit," as used in Section 1541.1 through 1541.4 of this title, shall be construed to mean an arrangement or understanding with the bank, depository, or seller of goods or livestock for the payment of such check, draft, or order.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 5, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 428, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1541.6. Refund fraud - Penalties.

A. No person shall give a false or fictitious name or address as his own, or give the name or address of any other person without the knowledge and consent of that person, for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain a refund for merchandise from a business establishment.
B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by the imposition of a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both said fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 44, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. de
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1542. Obtaining property or signature under false pretenses - Use of retail sales receipt or Universal Price Code Label to cheat or defraud.

A. Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud another, designedly, by color or aid of any false token or writing, or other false pretense, obtains the signature of any person to any written instrument, or obtains from any person any money or property is, upon conviction, guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding three (3) years or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year if the value is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, or by a fine not exceeding three times the value of the money or property so obtained, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the value is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person is, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding three times the value of the money or property so obtained, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud another, possesses, uses, utters, transfers, makes, manufactures, counterfeits, or reproduces a retail sales receipt or a Universal Price Code Label is, upon conviction, guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding three (3) years or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year if the value is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, or by a fine not exceeding three times the value represented on the retail sales receipt or the Universal Price Code Label, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the value is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person is, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding three times the value represented on the retail sales receipt or the Universal Price Code Label, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 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.
R.L. 1910, § 2694. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 139, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2016, c. 221, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
NOTE: Laws 1997, c. 133, § 371 repealed by Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 452, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 371 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1543. Obtaining signature or property for charitable purposes by false pretenses.

Any person who designedly, by color or aid of any false token or writing, or other false pretense, obtains the signature of any person to any written instrument, or obtains from any person any money or property for any alleged charitable or benevolent purpose whatever, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding three (3) years or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding the value of the money or property so obtained, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 2695. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 372, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 264, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 372 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1544. False negotiable paper.

If the false token by which any money or property is obtained in violation of the first and second preceding sections of this article, is a promissory note or negotiable evidence of debt purporting to be issued by or under the authority of any banking company or corporation not in existence, the person guilty of such cheat shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding seven (7) years, instead of by punishment prescribed by those sections.
R.L. 1910, § 2696. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 373, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 265, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 373 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1545. Using false check - False token.

The use of a matured check or other order for the payment of money, as a means of obtaining any signature, money or property, such as is specified in the last two sections, by a person who knows that a drawer thereof is not entitled to draw for the sum specified therein, upon the drawee, is the use of a false token within the meaning of those sections although no representation is made in respect thereto.
R.L.1910, § 2697. de
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1546. Removing, defacing, altering or obliterating - Subsequent 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.
Laws 1953, p. 97, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1547. Person acquiring machine or device with mark removed, altered, etc.

Any person, firm or corporation who acquires, for the purpose of sale or resale and possesses any machine or electrical or mechanical device or apparatus, or any of the parts thereof, from or on which any trademark, distinguishing or identification number, serial number or mark has been removed, covered, altered, changed, defaced, destroyed, obliterated or substituted for, is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless within ten (10) days after such machine or electrical or mechanical device or apparatus, or any such part thereof, shall have come into his or its possession, said person, firm or corporation files with the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the machine or electrical or mechanical device or apparatus or any such part thereof is located, or to the county sheriff of the county wherein said property is located if not within a municipality, a verified statement showing: The source of his or its title, identification or distinguishing number or serial number or mark, if known, and, if known, the manner of and reason for such mutilation, change, alteration, concealment, defacement or substitution, the length of time such machine or electrical or mechanical device or apparatus or part has been held, and the price paid therefor, and provided further, that any and all such verified statements shall be available for inspection by any interested person.
Laws 1953, p. 97, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1548. Vehicles excepted.

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.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 97, § 3. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 131, § 12, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1550. Person committing felony in possession or control of firearm with removed, defaced, etc. serial number.

A. Any person who, while in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, has in his possession or under his control a firearm, the factory serial number or identification number of which has been removed, defaced, altered, obliterated or mutilated in any manner, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than two (2) years nor more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Any person who removes, defaces, alters, obliterates or mutilates in any manner the factory serial number or identification number of a firearm, or in any manner participates therein, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine of not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. 1. Upon a conviction of a violation of this section, the court clerk, sheriff, peace officer or other person having custody of the firearm shall immediately deliver the firearm to the Commissioner of Public Safety, who shall preserve the firearm pending an order of the court.
2. At the conclusion of a trial or proceeding for a violation of this section, if a finding is made that the factory serial number or identification number of the firearm has been removed, defaced, altered, obliterated or mutilated, the court shall issue a written order to the Commissioner of Public Safety for destruction of the firearm, unless the defendant files a timely motion to preserve the firearm pending appeal. At the conclusion of the appeal, if a finding is made that the factory serial number or identification number of the firearm has been removed, defaced, altered, obliterated or mutilated, the Court of Criminal Appeals or the trial court shall issue a written order to the Commissioner for destruction of the firearm.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 212, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 374, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 266, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 374 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1550.1. Definitions.

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.
Laws 1961, p. 233, § 1; Laws 1981, c. 86, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1981.