Title 21 — Title 21 — Crimes and Punishments

Any person, firm or corporation soliciting or collecting funds, directly or indirectly for the primary purpose of promoting legislation for any person or group receiving grants or allotments from the state government must give a personal receipt for each amount collected. Each re…

Any records or information submitted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission under the provisions of this act shall be treated as confidential and shall not be released to any other department of state government except they shall be available to the Attorney General's office, to any cour…

Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with the provisions of this act or using receipts not approved by the Oklahoma Tax Commission or who fails to give a receipt to a donor or who fails to send the third (3rd) copy of each receipt to the Oklahoma Tax Commission as re…

or legislation. No person may retain or employ a lobbyist, as defined in Section 4249 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for compensation contingent in whole or in part on the passage or defeat of any official action or the approval or veto of any legislation, issuance of an e…

Every public officer of the state or any county, city, town, or member or officer of the Legislature, and every deputy or clerk of any such officer and every other person receiving any money or other thing of value on behalf of or for account of this state or any department of th…

Every person who uses a postage meter that is owned, operated or has been installed by any state department, board, commission or state educational institution, for his own personal use, or to the use of any person not entitled thereto, without authority of law, is guilty of a mi…

When any person is suspended from office by any court under the provisions of this section, said court shall certify the fact of such suspension to the proper officer or authority provided by law to fill a vacancy in such office. Such office shall be filled during the suspension …

Every officer or other person mentioned in the last section, who willfully disobeys any provisions of law regulating his official conduct, in cases other than those specified in that section, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2583.

— Penalties. A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every public officer, being authorized to sell or lease any property, or make, approve, negotiate, or authorize any contract in his or her official capacity, who voluntarily becomes interested individually in such sale…

Every county clerk, court clerk, judge of the district court, district attorney, county commissioner, or sheriff, who willfully fails or refuses to perform the duties of his or her office according to law, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2585. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 239…

Every person who willfully obstructs or hinders any public officer from collecting any revenue, taxes, or other sums of money in which, or any part of which the people of this state are directly or indirectly interested, and which such officer is by law empowered to collect, is g…

The provisions of the second preceding section shall also apply to county treasurers, justices of the peace, and all other county and precinct officers. R.L.1910, § 2587.

Any State Auditor and Inspector, State Treasurer, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or any other state officer who willfully neglects or refuses to perform the duties of his office, as prescribed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2588; Laws 1979, c. 30, § …

Any person who willfully burns, destroys, or injures any public buildings or improvements in this state shall be guilty of a Class B3 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding twenty-five (25) years. R.L. 1910, § 2589. Amended by Laws 1997…

Any person who enters any fort, magazine, arsenal, armory, arsenal yard or encampment and seizes or takes away any arms, ammunition, military stores or supplies belonging to the people of this state, and every person who enters any such place with intent so to do, shall be guilty…

Every person who, in making any statement, oral or written, which is required or authorized by law to be made as the basis of imposing any tax or assessment, or of an application to reduce any tax or assessment, willfully states any material matter which he knows to be false, is …

It shall be unlawful for any state officer or deputy or employee of said officer to issue, cause to be issued or consent to the issuing, or to pay, cause to be paid or consent to the paying of any state warrant, order, or other evidence of public debt in excess of the appropriati…

A. It shall be unlawful for any public officer or deputy or employee of such officer to either directly or indirectly, buy, barter for, or otherwise engage in any manner in the purchase of any bonds, warrants or any other evidence of indebtedness against this state, any subdivisi…

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the two preceding sections shall be deemed guilty of the unlawful issuing of warrants or the unlawful purchase of warrants as the case may be, and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). …

for consideration - Exceptions. A. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D1 felony offense for any member of any board of county commissioners, city council or other governing body of any city, board of trustees of any town, board of directors of any township, board of educatio…

Any contract or purchase made in violation of the first preceding section shall be void, and no appropriation of public funds shall be made to pay the amount of same; but the members of the body voting for such contract or purchase shall be held personally liable for the amount t…

Any member of any public body, such as is specified in Section 355 of this title, who shall be a party to any such contract or purchase therein declared unlawful, or who shall receive any money, warrant, certificate, or other consideration thereunder, or who shall vote for or ass…

public funds or on employment application. A. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D1 felony offense for any person, firm, corporation, association or agency to make, present, or cause to be presented to any employee or officer of the State of Oklahoma, or to any department or…

A. Any person, firm, corporation, association or agency found guilty of violating subsection A of Section 358 of this title shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by a fine not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in sub…

No public employee or public official, as defined in Section 304 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, advise or direct any state employee to pay, lend or contribute any part of his or her salary or compensation, ti…

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, company or corporation to accept, use, or redeem for personal gain any trading stamps, coupons, tickets, certificates, cards or similar devices, which are redeemable either for money or any products, goods, wares, articles, me…

It shall be unlawful for any vendor selling to the State of Oklahoma to credit, furnish, distribute, transmit or supply to any person or persons, firm, company, or corporation, for personal use, any trading stamps, coupons, tickets, certificates, cards or similar devices, which a…

Any person or persons, companies, partnerships, firms or corporations violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($1…

1989.

A. Any current or former officer, employee, or contractor of a state agency who obtains or obtained nonpublic information because of his or her government employment, government office, or contract with a state agency, and who corruptly, as defined by Section 94 of Title 21 of th…

Any person or persons, corporation or company, who shall use the flag or the coat of arms of the United States, or any pattern, imitation or representation thereof, either by printing thereon, or attaching thereto, any advertisement or device for the purpose of gain or profit, or…

Definitions. A. Any person who shall contemptuously or maliciously tear down, burn, trample upon, mutilate, deface, defile, defy, treat with indignity, wantonly destroy, or cast contempt, either by word or act, upon any flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States of Ame…

Any person, corporation or company violating any provision of Section 372 of this title, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or both, in the discretion of the …

Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner, indicating disloyalty to the Government of the United States or a belief in anarchy or other political doctrines or beliefs, whose objects are either the …

prohibited - Penalty. A. It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person to place, hoist, raise or display any flag, standard, colors or ensign upon or over any publicly owned tax-supported property or premises except roads, streets, highways, stadiums or arenas …

A. Any fiduciary who, with a corrupt intent and without the consent of his beneficiary, intentionally or knowingly solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any bribe from another person with the agreement or understanding that the bribe as defined by law will influence the conduct …

institution. A person commits the offense of commercial bribery involving an insured depository institution or credit union when the person gives, offers, promises, confers or agrees to confer any benefit to any employee, agent or fiduciary without the consent of the employer or …

Whoever corruptly gives, offers, or promises to any executive, legislative, county, municipal, judicial, or other public officer, or any employee of the State of Oklahoma or any political subdivision thereof, including peace officers and any other law enforcement officer, or any …

Every executive, legislative, county, municipal, judicial, or other public officer, or any employee of the State of Oklahoma or any political subdivision thereof, including peace officers and any other law enforcement officer, or any person assuming to act as such officer, who co…

Any person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, umpire or assessor, or to any person who may be authorized by law or agreement of parties interested to hear or determine any question or controversy, with intent to influence his …

Any juror, referee, arbitrator, umpire or assessor, and every person authorized by law to hear or determine any question or controversy, who asks, receives, or agrees to receive, any bribe upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion or decision upon any matter or q…

Every juror or person drawn or summoned as a juror, or chosen arbitrator, or umpire, or appointed referee, who either: 1. Makes any promise or agreement to give a verdict for or against any party; or, 2. Willfully permits any communication to be made to him, or receives any book,…

Every judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator or umpire, who accepts any gift from any person, knowing him to be a party in interest or the attorney or counsel of any party in interest to any action or proceeding then pending or about to be brought before him, is guilty of a…

The word "gift" in the foregoing section shall not be taken to include property received by inheritance, by will or by gift in view of death. R.L.1910, § 2189.

Every person who attempts to influence a juror, or any person summoned or drawn as a juror, or chosen as arbitrator or appointed a referee, in respect to his or her verdict, or decision of any cause or matter pending, or about to be brought before him or her, either: 1. By means …

Every person authorized by law to assist at the drawing of any jurors to attend any court, who willfully puts or consents to the putting upon any list of jurors as having been drawn any name which shall not have been drawn for that purpose in the manner prescribed by law; or, who…

Every officer to whose charge any juror or jury is committed by any court or magistrate, who negligently or willfully permits them, or any one of them, either: 1. To receive any communication from any person; 2. To make any communication to any person; 3. To obtain or receive any…

etc. Whoever corruptly gives, offers or promises any gift, gratuity or thing of value to any player, participant, coach, referee, umpire, official or any other person having authority in connection with the conducting of any amateur or professional athletic contest with the inten…

Crimes are divided into: 1. Felonies; 2. Misdemeanors. R.L.1910, § 2085.

Every player, participant, coach, umpire, referee or other person having or exercising authority in connection with the conducting of any amateur or professional athletic contest, who corruptly accepts or requests a gift or gratuity or a promise of any such gift or gratuity, or a…