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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-948. Officers - Illegal gambling - Collusion - Penalties.

Any state, district, city, town, county or township officer who shall engage or participate in, or who shall assist or encourage any other person or persons in any kind of illegal gambling, whether the same be by cards, dice, dominoes, billiards or any game of chance or a gambling device, by betting money, property or other things of value in such game of chance, or gambling device, such officer shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, and such judgment of conviction shall carry with it an immediate removal from office and a disqualification to hold any office of profit or trust in the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1916, c. 26, p. 58, § 8, emerg. eff. Jan. 29, 1916. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 305, § 2, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 268, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 172, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 268 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-950. Officers receiving consideration for protection against arrest or conviction - Issuance of license, permit, etc., prohibited.

Any state, county, city, or township officer, or other person who shall hold for, receive or collect any money, or other valuable consideration, either for his own or the public use, for and with the understanding that he will aid, exempt or otherwise assist said person from arrest or conviction for a violation of any of the provisions of this article, or who shall issue, deliver or cause to be delivered to any person or persons, any license, permit, or other privileges, giving or pretending to give, any authority or right to any person or persons, to carry on, conduct, open or cause to be opened, any game or games which are forbidden or prohibited by any of the provisions of Sections 941 through 953 of this title shall be deemed guilty of a felony.
Added by Laws 1916, c. 26, p. 59, § 10, emerg. eff. Jan. 29, 1916. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 269, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 269 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-951. Investigation of alleged violations of act.

It shall be the duty of any judge of any court of record, upon the written request of the district attorney, or upon the sworn complaint of any other person, to issue subpoenas for any witness that may have knowledge of the violation of any provision of this act, and such judge shall have the power and it shall be his duty to compel such witness to appear before him and give testimony and produce any books or papers that will aid or assist in the prosecution of such investigation and inquiry into any violation of any provision of this act; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence. The testimony of each witness shall be reduced to writing by said judge, or by some person designated by him, and the same shall be signed by such witness. No person shall disclose any evidence so taken, nor disclose the name of any person so subpoenaed and examined, except when lawfully reguired to testify as a witness in relation thereto; and the unlawful disclosure, by any person, of any such evidence or of any matter or thing concerning such examination shall be a misdemeanor. Should said judge be unable to hold and conduct such inquiry and investigation for want of time, he may appoint a special judge who shall possess the qualifications and have the power in respect to such matters as the judge of the district court. Should any witness refuse to appear before such judge, in obedience to such subpoena, or refuse to produce any books or papers when lawfully required so to do, or having appeared, shall refuse to answer any proper question, or sign his testimony when so required, it shall be the duty of such judge to commit such person to the county jail until he shall consent to obey such orders and command of such judge in the premises, and in addition thereto such person may be punished, as for contempt of court, in accordance with the Constitution and laws of this state. The special judge appointed under the provisions of this section shall take the oath of the Constitution for state officers, and shall receive the compensation allowed by law for notaries public for taking depositions and be paid by the county in which such proceeding is had, upon the order of the judge who appointed him. When it is shown upon the taking of such testimony that there is probable cause to believe that any person has violated any provision of this act, the district attorney shall immediately prepare an information charging such person with such offense and file such information in some court of competent jurisdiction.
Laws 1916, c. 26, p. 61, § 12.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-953. Accomplice testimony - Force of same.

Any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this act may be convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, and the judgment thereon shall not be set aside or reversed by reason of the fact that such conviction was based on the testimony of an accomplice.
Laws 1916, c. 26, p. 61, § 13.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-954. Confidence games - Three-card monte.

Any person who deals, plays or practices in the State of Oklahoma, or who is in any manner accessory to the dealing, playing or practicing of a swindle known as three-card monte, or any other swindle or confidence game, play or practice, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years.
R.L. 1910, § 2500. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 270, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 173, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 270 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-956. Permitting gambling in building or on grounds.

Every person who shall permit any gaming table, bank, or gaming device prohibited by this article, to be set up or used for the purpose of gambling in any house, building, shed, shelter, booth, lot or other premises to him belonging, or by him occupied, or of which he has, at the time, possession or control, shall be, on conviction thereof, adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), nor less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months nor less than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
R.L.1910, § 2502.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-958. Lease void, when - Possession, how recovered.

Whenever any lessee of any house or building shall be convicted of suffering any of the said prohibited gambling devices or games of chance to be carried on in said house or building, the lease or contract or letting such house or building shall become void and the lessor may enter upon the premises so let and shall recover possession of said leased property as in the case of forcible detainer.
R.L.1910, § 2504.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-960. Seizure of apparatus and delivery to magistrate.

Every person who is authorized or enjoined to arrest any person for a violation of the provisions of this article, is equally authorized and enjoined to seize any table, cards, dice, or other articles or apparatus suitable to be used for gambling purposes found in the possession or under the control of the person so arrested, and to deliver the same to the magistrate before whom the person so arrested is required to be taken.
R.L.1910, § 2506.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-961. Testimony, no person excused from giving.

No person shall be excused from giving any testimony or evidence upon any investigation or prosecution for violation of this article, upon the ground that such testimony would tend to convict him of a crime, but such testimony or evidence shall not be received against him upon any criminal investigation or prosecution, except in a prosecution against him for perjury committed in giving such testimony.
R.L.1910, § 2508.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-964. “Slot machine” defined.

A. For the purpose of Sections 964 through 977 of this title, “slot machine” is defined to be:
1. Any machine, instrument, mechanism, or device that operates or may be operated or played mechanically, electrically, automatically, or manually, and which can be played or operated by any person by inserting in any manner into said machine, instrument, mechanism, or device, a coin, chip, token, check, credit, money, representative of value, or a thing of value, and by which play or operation such person will stand to win or lose, whether by skill or chance, or by both, a thing of value; and
2. Any machine, instrument, mechanism, or device that operates or may be played or operated mechanically, electrically, automatically, or manually, and which can be played or operated by any person by paying to or depositing with any person, or by depositing with or into any cache, slot, or place a coin, chip, token, check, credit, money, representative of value, or a thing of value, and by which play or operation such person will stand to win or lose, whether by skill or chance, or by both, a thing of value.
B. Sections 964 through 977 of this title shall not apply to a slot machine:
1. If the slot machine is twenty-five (25) years or older and is not used for gambling purposes; or
2. If the slot machine is used for the purpose of teaching slot machine repair and is not used for gambling purposes.
C. Sections 964 through 977 of this title shall not apply to use of a crane machine for nongambling purposes. For purposes of this section, “crane machine” shall mean a machine that upon insertion of a coin, bill, token or similar object, allows the player to skillfully use one or more buttons, joysticks or other controls to maneuver a crane or claw over a toy or novelty in an attempt to retrieve the toy or novelty for the player. The toy or novelty shall not be subject to being exchanged for any other prize, including but not limited to credits, money or other thing of value.
D. A slot machine which is twenty-five (25) years or older or is used for teaching slot machine repair which is used for a gambling purpose in violation of the provisions of Section 970 of this title shall be subject to confiscation as provided by Section 973 of this title.
Added by Laws 1939, p. 9, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1939. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 174, § 1, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1995, c. 68, § 1; Laws 1999, c. 364, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-965. "Thing of value" defined.

For the purposes of this act, "a thing of value" is defined to be any money, coin, currency, check, chip, token, credit, property, tangible or intangible, or any representative of value or any other thing, tangible or intangible, except amusement or entertainment, calculated or intended to serve as an inducement for anyone to operate or play any slot machine or punch board.
Laws 1939, p. 9, Sec. 2; Laws 1949, p. 204, Sec. 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-966. "Punch board" defined.

For the purposes of this act, "punch board" is defined to be any card, board, substance or thing upon or in which is placed or concealed in any manner any number, figure, name, design, character, symbol, picture, substance or thing which may be drawn, uncovered, exposed or removed therefrom by any person paying a thing of value, which number, figure, name, design, character, symbol, picture, substance or any other thing, when drawn, uncovered, exposed or removed therefrom, will stand the person drawing, uncovering, exposing or removing the same to win or lose a thing of value, but shall not include a breakopen ticket card, as defined in the Oklahoma Charity Games Act.
Laws 1939, p. 9, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 1939; Laws 1992, c. 328, § 30, eff. Dec. 1, 1992, and adopted by State Question No. 650, Legislative Referendum No. 294, at election held Nov. 3, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-969. Possession, sale, or lease of slot machines or punch boards prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession any slot machine or punch board, or sell or solicit the sale, or take orders for the sale of, or lease or rent any slot machine or punch board in this state, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1939, p. 10, § 6.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-970. Slot machines - Acts prohibited - Punishment - Amusement machine or device near public school.

Any person who sets up, operates or conducts, or who permits to be set up, operated and conducted, in or about any place of business, or in or about any place, whether as owner, employee or agent, any slot machine for the purpose of having or allowing same to be played by others for money, property, tangible or intangible, coin, currency, check, chip, token, credit, or any representative of value or a thing of value, except amusement or entertainment, or who sets up, operates or conducts, or who permits to be set up, operated or conducted, in or about any place of business, or in or about any place, whether as owner, employee or agent, any amusement machine, instrument, mechanism or device within three hundred (300) feet of any public school in this state, said distance to be measured from the school building, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1939, p. 10, § 7; Laws 1949, p. 204, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-971. Punch boards - Acts prohibited - Punishment.

Any person who sets up, operates, exposes, conducts, displays or plays, or who permits to be set up, operated, exposed, conducted, displayed or played, in or about any place or in or about any place of business, whether as owner, employee or agent, any punch board for the purpose of having or allowing the same to be played by others for money, property, tangible or intangible, coin, currency, check, chip, token, credit, amusement or any representative of value or a thing of value, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1939, p. 10, § 8.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-972. Slot machines and punch boards declared gambling devices - Public nuisance - Abatement.

Every slot machine and every punch board as defined in this act, is hereby declared to be per se a gambling device, and each is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the same may be abated in manner as provided for the abatement of a public nuisance under Chapter 58, Oklahoma Statutes 1931.
Laws 1939, p. 10, § 9.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-974. Officers' duties under act - Prosecutions.

It is hereby made the duty of every sheriff, constable, police officer, and peace officer to diligently do and perform the acts required under this act and to arrest or file a report to the district attorney to see if an arrest is warranted for any person who is violating any of the provisions of said act and inform against such person; and it is hereby made the duty of every district attorney to diligently do and perform the acts required under this act and to diligently prosecute any person violating any of the provisions of said act.
Added by Laws 1939, p. 12, Sec. 11. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 147, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-975. Evidence of knowledge by officers and prosecutor of existence of slot machines or punch boards in community.

The fact that any slot machine or punch board is set up, operated, conducted, displayed, or exposed in a public place for any considerable length of time, provided the time and place is sufficient to put a reasonably efficient officer upon inquiry and notice, this shall be received along with other evidence in proving that the sheriff and district attorney of the county and the constable and policemen of the district, city or town where the same occurred had knowledge of the same.
Laws 1939, p. 12, § 12.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-976. Failure of officers or prosecutor to perform duties under act - Removal - Punishment.

Any sheriff, constable, policeman, or police officer or district attorney who shall fail to diligently do or perform the acts and duties required of him under this act, in that he shall knowingly allow the violation of this act or the open and notorious violation of same as set out in Section 12, shall be guilty of willful neglect of duty and shall be removed from office, as now or as may hereafter be provided by law; and shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and any such officer, upon being convicted or removed from office, shall be ineligible to again hold public office for a period of two (2) years from the date of such conviction or removal from office.
Laws 1939, p. 12, § 13.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-977. Partial invalidity.

In case any section, clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent or final jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its operation to the section, clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have been rendered.
Laws 1939, p. 13, § 14.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-982. Commercial gambling.

A. Commercial gambling is:
1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place;
2. Receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or, with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet, possessing facilities to do so;
3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;
4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so;
5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or
6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or financing a gambling business.
B. Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 271, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 174, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 271 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-983. Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling.

A. Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling is intentionally:
1. Granting the use or allowing the continued use of a place as a gambling place; or
2. Permitting another to set up a gambling device for use in a place under the offender's control.
B. Any person permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person found guilty of a second offense under this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1975, c. 283, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-984. Dealing in gambling devices.

A. Dealing in gambling devices is manufacturing, transferring or possessing with intent to transfer any gambling device or subassembly or essential part thereof.
B. Any person dealing in gambling devices shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 272, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 175, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 272 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-985. Possession of a gambling device.

A. Possession of a gambling device is knowingly possessing or having custody or control, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, bailee or otherwise, of any gambling device.
B. Any person possessing a gambling device who knows or has reason to know said devices will be used in making or settling commercial gambling transactions and deals in said gambling devices with the intent to facilitate commercial gambling transactions shall be punished for a misdemeanor.
Laws 1975, c. 283, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-986. Installing communication facilities for gamblers.

A. Installing communication facilities for gamblers is:
1. Installing communications facilities in a place which the person who installs the facilities knows is a gambling place;
2. Installing communications facilities knowing that they will be used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used in making or settling bets; or
3. Knowing that communications facilities are being used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used in making or settling bets, allowing their continued use.
B. Any person not an employee of a communications public utility authorized to transact business in this state by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission acting within the scope of his employment, violating subsection A above, who knows or has reason to know said communications facilities will be used in making or settling commercial gambling transactions and installs said facilities with the intent to facilitate said commercial gambling transactions and is found guilty thereof shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. When any communications public utility providing telephone communications service is notified in writing by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, acting within its jurisdiction, that any facility furnished by it is being used principally for the purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling information, it shall discontinue or refuse the leasing, furnishing or maintaining of such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber, but no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against any such public utility for any act done in compliance with any such court order. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, in a court of competent jurisdiction, that such facility should not be discontinued or removed, or should be restored.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 273, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 176, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 273 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-987. Dissemination of gambling information.

A. Dissemination of gambling information is the transmitting or receiving, by means of any communications facilities, information to be used in making or settling bets. Provided that nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed radio or television station or newspaper of general circulation from broadcasting or disseminating to the public reports of odds or results of legally staged sporting events.
B. Any person found guilty of disseminating gambling information shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 274, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 177, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 274 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-988. Conspiracy.

A. A conspiracy is any agreement, combination or common plan or scheme by two or more persons, coupled with an overt act in furtherance of such agreement, combination or common plan or scheme, to violate any section of this act.
B. Any person found guilty of conspiracy shall be punished to the same extent as provided for in the section of this act which such person conspired to violate.
Laws 1975, c. 283, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-993. Evidence for prosecution - Accomplices - Immunity for witnesses.

A conviction for the violation of any of the provisions of this act may be had upon the unsupported evidence of an accomplice or participant, and such accomplice or participant shall be exempt from prosecution for any offense in this act about which he may be required to testify.
Laws 1913, c. 185, p. 416, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-996.2. Definitions.

As used in the Consumers Disclosure of Prizes and Gifts Act:
1. "Marketing channel" means a method of retail distribution, including but not limited to, catalog sales, mail order, telephone sales, and in-person sales at retail outlets; and
2. "Retail merchant" means any person or entity regardless of the form of organization that has continuously offered for sale or lease more than one hundred different types of goods or services to the public in the State of Oklahoma throughout a period exceeding three (3) years.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 242, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1021.1. Persons to whom act does not apply – Civil or injunctive relief.

A. Sections 1021 through 1024.4 of this title shall not apply to persons who may possess or distribute obscene matter or child pornography or participate in conduct otherwise prescribed by this act, when such possession, distribution, or conduct occurs in the course of law enforcement activities.
B. The criminal provisions of this title shall not prohibit the district attorney from seeking civil or injunctive relief to enjoin the production, publication, dissemination, distribution, sale of or participation in any obscene material or child pornography, or the dissemination to minors of material harmful to minors, or the possession of child pornography.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 111, § 2, emerg. eff. April 25, 1967. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 208, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1021.2. Minors – Procuring for participation in pornography.

A. Any person who shall procure or cause the participation of any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years in any child pornography or who knowingly possesses, procures, or manufactures, or causes to be sold or distributed any child pornography shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years or by the imposition of a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or by both said fine and imprisonment. Persons convicted under this section shall not be eligible for a deferred sentence. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violation of this subsection shall be required to serve a term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.
B. The consent of the minor, or of the mother, father, legal guardian, or custodian of the minor to the activity prohibited by this section shall not constitute a defense.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 24, § 1, emerg. eff. March 13, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 91, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1986, c. 87, § 2, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1996, c. 37, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 277, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 180, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 208, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2007, c. 261, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 277 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1021.3. Guardians - Parents - Custodians - Consent to participation of minors in child pornography.

A. Any parent, guardian or individual having custody of a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years who knowingly permits or consents to the participation of a minor in any child pornography shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of not more than twenty (20) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment. Persons convicted under this section shall not be eligible for a deferred sentence. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violation of this subsection shall be required to serve a term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.
B. The consent of the minor to the activity prohibited by this section shall not constitute a defense.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 24, § 2, emerg. eff. March 13, 1978. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 87, § 3, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1996, c. 37, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 278, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 181, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 208, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2007, c. 261, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 278 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1021.4. Disclosure of obscene materials containing minors.

A. Any commercial film and photographic print processor or commercial computer technician who has knowledge of or observes, within the scope of such person’s professional capacity or employment, any film, photograph, video tape, negative, or slide, or any computer file, recording, CD-Rom, magnetic disk memory, magnetic tape memory, picture, graphic or image that is intentionally saved, transmitted or organized on hardware or any other media including, but not limited to, CDs, DVDs and thumbdrives, whether digital, analog or other means and whether directly viewable, compressed or encoded depicting a child under the age of eighteen (18) years engaged in an act of sexual conduct as defined in Section 1024.1 of this title shall immediately or as soon as possible report by telephone such instance of suspected child abuse or child pornography to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the case and shall prepare and send a written report of the incident with an attached copy of such material, within thirty-six (36) hours after receiving the information concerning the incident.
For the purposes of this section:
1. “Commercial film and photographic print processor” means any person who develops exposed photographic film into negatives, slides, or prints, or who makes prints from negatives or slides, for compensation. The term shall also include any employee of such a person but shall not include a person who develops film or makes prints for a public agency; and
2. “Commercial computer technician” means any person who repairs, installs, or otherwise services any computer including, but not limited to, any component part, device, memory storage or recording mechanism, auxiliary storage, recording or memory capacity, or any other materials relating to operation and maintenance of a computer or computer network or system, for compensation. The term shall also include any employee of such person.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by the imposition of a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or authorize any person to act outside the scope of such person’s professional capacity or employment by searching for prohibited materials or media.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 91, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 19, § 1, emerg. eff. April 5, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1022. Seizure of obscene material or child pornography – Delivery to magistrate.

Every person who is authorized or enjoined to arrest any person for a violation of paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 1021 of this title is equally authorized and enjoined to seize one copy of the obscene material, or all copies of explicit child pornography, found in possession of or under the control of the person so arrested, and to deliver the same to the magistrate before whom the person so arrested is required to be taken.
R.L. 1910, § 2464. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 37, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2000, c. 208, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1023. Finding by magistrate that material is obscene or child pornography – Issuance of factual and legal basis – Delivery to district attorney.

The magistrate to whom any child pornography, or any obscene material, is delivered pursuant to Section 1022 of this title, shall, upon the examination of the accused, or if the examination is delayed or prevented, without awaiting such examination, determine the character of such child pornography or obscene material, and if the magistrate finds it to be obscene material or child pornography, the magistrate shall cause the same to be delivered to the district attorney of the county in which the accused is liable to indictment or trial. The magistrate shall issue in writing the factual and legal basis for the determination by the magistrate of the character of the child pornography or obscene material.
R.L. 1910, § 2465. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 37, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2000, c. 208, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1024.2. Purchase, procurement or possession of child pornography.

It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, procure or possess child pornography in violation of Sections 1024.1 through 1024.4 of this title. Such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for a period of not more than twenty (20) years or a fine up to, but not exceeding, Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 146, § 2. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 279, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 182, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 208, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2015, c. 290, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 279 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1024.3. Seizure of evidentiary copy of obscene material or all copies of explicit child pornography.

Every person who is authorized or enjoined to arrest any person for a violation of this act is equally authorized or enjoined to seize an evidentiary copy of any obscene material or child pornography or all copies of explicit child pornography found in the possession of or under the control of the person so arrested and to deliver the obscene material or child pornography to the magistrate before whom the person so arrested is required to be taken.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 146, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 208, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1024.4. Destruction of obscene material or child pornography upon conviction.

Upon final conviction of the accused and any codefendant, the magistrate or law enforcement agency shall, with the consent of the district attorney, cause any obscene material or child pornography, in respect whereof the accused and any codefendant stands convicted and which remains in the possession or control of such magistrate, law enforcement agency or district attorney, to be destroyed including, but not limited to, the destruction of any computer, hard drive or other electronic storage media of the accused or codefendant on which such obscene material or child pornography was located. For purposes of this section, "final conviction" includes the exhaustion of or failure to timely pursue post-conviction and state and federal habeas corpus review.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 146, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 208, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2016, c. 32, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2017, c. 28, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1024.5. Investigation of child pornography.

A. When any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is attempting or conspiring to engage in any conduct constituting a violation of any of the provisions of Section 1024.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma Attorney General or any district attorney in Oklahoma may conduct an investigation of the activity. On approval of the district judge, the Attorney General or district attorney, in accordance with the provisions of Section 258 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, is authorized before the commencement of any civil or criminal proceeding to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, examine them under oath, or require the production of any business papers or records by subpoena duces tecum. Evidence collected pursuant to this section shall not be admissible in any civil proceeding.
B. Any business papers and records subpoenaed by the Attorney General or district attorney shall be available for examination by the person who produced the material or by any duly authorized representative of the person. Transcripts of oral testimony shall be available for examination by the person who produced such testimony and their counsel.
Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no business papers, records, or transcripts or oral testimony, or copies of it, subpoenaed by the Attorney General or district attorney shall be available for examination by an individual other than another law enforcement official without the consent of the person who produced the business papers, records or transcript.
C. All persons served with a subpoena by the Attorney General or district attorney shall be paid the same fees and mileage as paid witnesses in the courts of this state.
D. No person shall, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct compliance in whole or in part by any person with any duly served subpoena of the Attorney General or district attorney pursuant to the provisions of this section, knowingly remove from any place, conceal, withhold, destroy, mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any business papers or records that are the subject of the subpoena duces tecum.
E. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 210, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1025. Bawdy-house, etc. - Penalty.

Every person who keeps any bawdy house, house of ill fame, of assignation, or of prostitution, or any other house or place for persons to visit for unlawful sexual intercourse, or for any other lewd, obscene or indecent purpose is, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense.
R.L. 1910, § 2467. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 337, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1027. Letting building for unlawful purposes.

Every person who lets any building or portion of any building knowing that it is intended to be used for any purpose declared punishable by this article, or who otherwise permits any building or portion of a building to be so used, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2469.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1028. Setting up or operating place of prostitution - Ownership - Renting - Procuring - Receiving person for forbidden purpose - Transportation - Receiving proceeds.

It shall be unlawful in the State of Oklahoma:
(a) To keep, set up, maintain, or operate any house, place, building, other structure, or part thereof, or vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
(b) To knowingly own any house, place, building, other structure, or part thereof, or vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance used with the intent of committing an act of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, or to let, lease, or rent, or contract to let, lease, or rent any such place, premises, or conveyance, or part thereof, to another with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that the intention of the lessee or rentee is to use such place, premises, or conveyance for prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
(c) To offer, or to offer to secure, another with the intent of having such person commit an act of prostitution, or with the intent of having such person commit any other lewd or indecent act;
(d) To receive or to offer or agree to receive any person into any house, place, building, other structure, vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, or to permit any person to remain there with such intent;
(e) To direct, take, or transport, or to offer or agree to take or transport, or aid or assist in transporting, any person to any house, place, building, other structure, vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance, or to any other person with knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the intent of such directing, taking or transporting is prostitution, lewdness or assignation;
(f) To knowingly accept, receive, levy, or appropriate any money or other thing of value without consideration from a prostitute or from the proceeds of any woman engaged in prostitution;
(g) To knowingly abet the crime of prostitution by allowing a house, place, building, or parking lot to be used or occupied by a person who is soliciting, inducing, enticing, or procuring another to commit an act of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution or who is engaging in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation on the premises of the house, place, building, or parking lot.
Added by Laws 1943, p. 83, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1943. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 143, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2002, c. 120, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1029. Engaging in prostitution, etc. - Soliciting or procuring - Residing or being in place for prohibited purpose - Aiding, abetting or participating - Child prostitution – Presumption of coercion.

A. It shall further be unlawful:
1. To engage in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
2. To solicit, induce, or entice another person to pay or provide money or any other item or service of value to engage in an act of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, with himself or herself;
3. To reside in, enter, or remain in any house, place, building, or other structure, or to enter or remain in any vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance with the intent of committing an act of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
4. To knowingly offer money or any other item or service of value, or agree to provide or pay money or any other item or service of value to, or on behalf of, another person, for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct, as defined in subsection B of Section 1024.1 of this title, with that person or another; or
5. To aid, abet, or participate in the doing of any of the acts prohibited in paragraph 1, 2, 3, or 4 of this subsection.
B. Any prohibited act described in paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 of subsection A of this section committed with a person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be deemed child prostitution, as defined in Section 1030 of this title, and shall be punishable as provided in Section 1031 of this title.
C. No child who is a victim of human trafficking shall be subject to juvenile delinquency or criminal proceedings for the offenses described in subsection A of this section which occurred as a result of the child being a victim of human trafficking.
Added by Laws 1943, p. 83, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1943. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 143, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 296, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2013, c. 59, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2016, c. 184, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2022, c. 20, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2022; Laws 2023, c. 265, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.