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21 O.S. § 799 Robbery in the second degree a felony
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Any person guilty of robbery in the second degree shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years. R.L. 1910, § 2372. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 241, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c.…
21 O.S. § 8 Conviction must precede punishment
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The punishments prescribed by this chapter can be inflicted only upon a legal conviction in a court having jurisdiction. R.L.1910, § 2090.
21 O.S. § 800 Robbery by two or more persons a felony
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Whenever two or more persons conjointly commit a robbery or where the whole number of persons conjointly commits a robbery and persons present and aiding such robbery amount to two or more, each and either of such persons shall be guilty of a Class A2 felony offense punishable by…
21 O.S. § 801 Robbery or attempted robbery with dangerous weapon or
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imitation firearm a felony. Any person or persons who, with the use of any firearms or any other dangerous weapons, whether the firearm is loaded or not, or who uses a blank or imitation firearm capable of raising in the mind of the one threatened with such device a fear that it …
21 O.S. § 81 Testimony - Privilege of witnesses and perjury
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The various sections of this Chapter which declare that evidence obtained upon the examination of a person as a witness shall not be received against him in any criminal proceeding, do not forbid such evidence being proved against such person upon any proceedings founded upon a c…
21 O.S. § 811 Suicide defined
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Suicide is the intentional taking of one's own life. R.L.1910, §§ 2300.
21 O.S. § 813 Aiding suicide
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Every person who willfully, in any manner, advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person in taking his own life, is guilty of aiding suicide, a Class B1 felony offense. R.L.1910, § 2302. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 486, § 44, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
21 O.S. § 814 Furnishing weapon or drug
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Every person who willfully furnishes another person with any deadly weapon or poisonous drug, knowing that such person intends to use such weapon or drug in taking his own life, is guilty of aiding suicide, a Class B1 felony offense, if such person thereafter employs such instrum…
21 O.S. § 815 Aid in attempt to commit suicide
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Every person who willfully aids another in attempting to take his own life, in any manner which by the preceding sections would have amounted to aiding suicide if the person assisted had actually taken his own life, is, upon conviction, guilty of aiding an attempt at suicide, a C…
21 O.S. § 816 Incapacity of person committing or attempting suicide no
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defense. It is no defense to a prosecution for aiding suicide or aiding an attempt at suicide, that the person who committed or attempted to commit the suicide was not a person deemed capable of committing crime. R.L.1910, § 2305.
21 O.S. § 817 Aiding suicide a felony
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Any person guilty of aiding suicide shall be guilty of a Class B1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than seven (7) years. R.L. 1910, § 2306. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 244, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 148…
21 O.S. § 831 Intoxicated physician
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Every physician who being in the state of intoxication administers any poison, drug or medicine, or does any other act as such physician to another person, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2390.
21 O.S. § 832 Willfully poisoning food, drink, medicine, or patent or
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proprietary medicine. A. 1. No person shall willfully mingle any poison, Schedule I through V drug pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2-203 through 2-212 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or sharp object, or any other object or substance which if used in a manner which is…
21 O.S. § 833 Unlawful confinement of intellectually or developmentally
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disabled persons. Every overseer of the poor, constable, keeper of a jail, or other person who confines a person who is impaired by reason of intellectual or developmental disability, as defined by Section 1430.2 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, mentally ill person, insane p…
21 O.S. § 834 Reconfining persons discharged upon writ of deliverance
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Every person who, either solely or as a member of a court, in the execution of a judgment, order or process, knowingly recommits, imprisons or restrains of his liberty, for the same cause, any person who has been discharged from imprisonment upon a writ of deliverance, is guilty …
21 O.S. § 835 Concealing persons to avoid habeas corpus
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Every person having in his custody or power, or under his restraint, a party who by the provisions of law relating to habeas corpus, would be entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, or for whose relief such writ has been issued, who, with intent to elude the service of such writ, to…
21 O.S. § 836 Assisting in concealing person to avoid habeas corpus
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Every person who knowingly assists in the violation of the preceding section is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2394.
21 O.S. § 837 Intimidating laborers
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Every person who, by use of force, threats or intimidation, prevents or endeavors to prevent any hired foreman, journeyman, apprentice, workman, laborer, servant or other person employed by another, from continuing or performing his work, or from accepting any new work or employm…
21 O.S. § 838 Intimidating employers
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Every person who, by use of force, threats or intimidation, prevents or endeavors to prevent another from employing any person, or to compel another to employ any person, or to force or induce another to alter his or her mode of carrying on business, to interrupt or disrupt the c…
21 O.S. § 839.1 Right of privacy - Use of name or picture for
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advertising without consent - Misdemeanor. Any person, firm or corporation that uses for the purpose of advertising for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise, or for the solicitation of patronage by any business enterprise, the name, portrait or picture of any person, witho…
21 O.S. § 839.1A Use of name or picture of Armed Forces member for
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advertising without consent - Misdemeanor. Any person, firm, or corporation that uses for the purpose of advertising for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or for the solicitation of patronage by any business enterprise, the name, portrait, or picture of any service me…
21 O.S. § 839.2 Right of action - Damages
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Any person whose right of privacy, as created in Section 1 hereof, is violated or the surviving spouse, personal representatives or a majority of the adult heirs of a deceased person whose name, portrait, or picture is used in violation of Section 1 hereof, may maintain an action…
21 O.S. § 839.3 Right of photographer to exhibit specimens of work -
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Other uses excepted. Nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any person, firm or corporation, practicing the profession of photography, from exhibiting in or about his or its establishment specimens of the work of such establishment, unless the same is c…
21 O.S. § 842.1 Performing or offering to perform body piercing or
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tattooing on child under 18 years—Definitions. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to perform or offer to perform body piercing or tattooing on a child under eighteen (18) years of age. No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be allowed to receive a tattoo. No person …
21 O.S. § 842.2 Penalties
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Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Section 842.1 of this title or rules promulgated pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed ninety (90) days, a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,0…
21 O.S. § 842.3 Rules to be promulgated by State Board of Health - City
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or county regulations - Licensing - Fines. A. All body piercing operators, tattoo operators and artists shall be prohibited from performing body piercing or tattooing unless licensed in the appropriate category by the State Department of Health. The State Board of Health shall pr…
21 O.S. § 843.1 Caretakers - Abuse, financial neglect, neglect, sexual
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abuse or exploitation of charge. A. 1. No caretaker or other person shall abuse, commit financial neglect, neglect, commit sexual abuse, or exploit any person entrusted to the care of such caretaker or other person in a nursing facility or other setting, or knowingly cause, secur…
21 O.S. § 843.2 Verbal abuse of charge
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A. No caretaker shall verbally abuse any person entrusted to the care of the caretaker, or knowingly cause, secure, or permit an act of verbal abuse to be done. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The violator, upon c…
21 O.S. § 843.3 Abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, or neglect of
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vulnerable adult. A. Any person who engages in abuse, sexual abuse, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, as defined in Section 10-103 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense. The person, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than T…
21 O.S. § 843.4 Exploitation of elderly or disabled adult
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A. As used in this section, “exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult” means: 1. Knowingly, by deception or intimidation, obtaining or using, or endeavoring to obtain or use, an elderly person’s or disabled adult’s funds, assets, or property with the intent to temporar…
21 O.S. § 843.5 See the following versions:
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OS 21-843.5v1 (HB 3936, Laws 2024, c. 59, 6) OS 21-843.5v2 (SB 599, Laws 2025, c. 281, § 1) OS 21-843.5v3 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 8)
21 O.S. § 843.5v1 Child abuse - Child neglect - Child sexual abuse -
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Child sexual exploitation - Enabling - Penalties. A. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not excee…
21 O.S. § 843.5v2 Child abuse - Child neglect - Child sexual abuse -
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Child sexual exploitation - Enabling – Penalties. A. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not excee…
21 O.S. § 843.5v3 Child abuse - Child neglect - Child sexual abuse -
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Child sexual exploitation - Enabling – Penalties. A. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corr…
21 O.S. § 843.6 Payment of costs by defendant upon conviction
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A. 1. In addition to any other costs which a court is authorized to require a defendant to pay, upon conviction of any offense involving child abuse or neglect, the court may require that the defendant pay court-appointed attorney fees for the child to any local or state agency i…
21 O.S. § 843.7 Appointment of representatives for child
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A. 1. In every criminal case filed pursuant to the Oklahoma Child Abuse Reporting and Prevention Act, the judge of the district court may appoint an attorney-at-law to appear for and represent a child who is the alleged victim of child abuse or neglect. 2. The attorney may be all…
21 O.S. § 844 Ordinary force as means of discipline not prohibited
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Provided, however, that nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit any parent, teacher or other person from using ordinary force as a means of discipline, including but not limited to spanking, switching or paddling. Added by Laws 1963, c. 53, § 2.
21 O.S. § 849 Wiring or equipping of vehicles or structures with
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explosives a felony. Every person who shall attach to, or place in or upon any motor vehicle or any vehicle designed or customarily used to transport a person or persons or any structure designed or customarily used for the occupancy of a person or persons, any explosive material…
21 O.S. § 850 Malicious intimidation or harassment because of race
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color, religion, ancestry, national origin or disability - Standardized reporting system. A. No person shall maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin or disability: 1.…
21 O.S. § 851 Desertion of children under age of ten a felony
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A. Any parent of any child or children under the age of ten (10) years, and every person to whom such child or children have been confided for nurture or education, who deserts such child or children within this state, or takes such child or children without this state, with the …
21 O.S. § 852 Omission to provide for a child - Penalties
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A. Unless otherwise provided for by law, any parent, guardian, or person having custody or control of a child as defined in Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes who willfully omits, without lawful excuse, to furnish necessary food, clothing, shelter, monetary chi…
21 O.S. § 852.1 See the following versions:
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OS 21-852.1v1 (HB 1731, Laws 2025, c. 113, 1) OS 21-852.1v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 187)
21 O.S. § 852.1v1 Child endangerment - Knowingly permitting physical or
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sexual abuse – Good-faith reliance on spiritual healing - Penalties. A. A person who is the parent, guardian, or person having custody or control over a child as defined in Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, commits child endangerment when the person: 1. Knowi…
21 O.S. § 852.1v2 Child endangerment - Knowingly permitting physical or
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sexual abuse – Good-faith reliance on spiritual healing - Penalties. A. A person who is the parent, guardian, or person having custody or control over a child as defined in Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, commits child endangerment when the person: 1. Knowi…
21 O.S. § 853 Desertion of wife or child under 15 a felony
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Every person who shall without good cause abandon his wife in destitute or necessitous circumstances and neglect and refuse to maintain or provide for her, or who shall abandon his or her minor child or children under the age of fifteen (15) years and willfully neglect or refuse …
21 O.S. § 854 Proof of marriage - Wife as competent witness - Duty of
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County Attorney to prosecute. No other evidence shall be required to prove marriage of such husband and wife, or that such person is the lawful father or mother of such child or children than is or shall be required to prove such fact in a civil action, and such wife shall be a c…
21 O.S. § 855 Employment of prisoners - Disposition of wages - Parole on
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bond - Revocation of parole - Suspension of sentence - Who may inform against violator. Every person convicted under the provisions of this act, upon the confinement of such person at the State Penitentiary, the warden thereof shall put the said convicted person to work at some s…
21 O.S. § 856 Causing, aiding, abetting or encouraging minor to be
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delinquent or runaway child, to commit felony or to become involved with criminal street gang. A. 1. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, every person who shall knowingly or willfully cause, aid, abet or encourage a minor to be, to remain, or to become a delinquent c…
21 O.S. § 856.1 Causing, aiding, abetting or encouraging minor to
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participate in certain drug-related crimes. Every person who shall knowingly, intentionally or willfully cause, aid, abet or encourage a minor child to: 1. Distribute, dispense, possess or manufacture a controlled dangerous substance, as provided in the Uniform Controlled Dangero…
21 O.S. § 856.2 Harboring endangered runaway child
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It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully harbour an endangered runaway child. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by im…