Title 21, Title 21 — Crimes and Punishments

Contributions - Restrictions on expenditure of monies. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund to be administered by the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Board to be designated the "Murrah Crime Victims Compensation Fund". The fund shall be a continui…

Victims Compensation Board. The Administrator of the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Board is authorized to process any claim against the Murrah Crime Victims Compensation Fund submitted by victims or the families of any victims upon proof that the claimant is a victim or the…

A. To the extent that funds from the Murrah Crime Victims Compensation Fund are available, the claimants shall be compensated for all losses which would otherwise be compensable under the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Act and in addition shall be compensated for the costs o…

denying rights under Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Act - Presumption. If any victim is denied compensation or does not receive full compensation under the Murrah Crime Victims Compensation Act, the Murrah Crime Victims Compensation Act shall not be construed to deny such vi…

The Administrator of the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Board is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of the Murrah Crime Victims Compensation Act. Due to the gravity of the need for total implementation of the Murrah Crime Victims Compens…

Qualifications - Term - Vacancies - Officers - Expenses. A. There is hereby created a Crime Victims Compensation Board, consisting of three (3) members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate to serve four-year terms and until the successor is appointe…

Office and staff support. A. The Crime Victims Compensation Board shall award compensation for economic loss arising from criminally injurious conduct if satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the requirements for compensation have been met. The Administrator of the Cr…

In addition to any other powers and duties specified elsewhere in Section 142.1 et seq. of this title, the Crime Victims Compensation Board may: 1. Regulate its own procedures except as otherwise provided in Section 142.1 et seq. of this title; 2. Adopt rules and regulations to i…

The Board may require any claimant to seek or accept any collateral source contribution. Added by Laws 1981, c. 93, § 7. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 177, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999.

Settlement of claim. A. Every party to the claim shall be afforded an opportunity to appear and be heard and to offer evidence and argument on any issue relevant to the claim, and to examine witnesses and offer evidence in reply to any matter of an evidentiary nature in the recor…

physical examination – Reports - Advisory panel - Limiting compensation for treatment - Debt collection. A. Any person filing a claim under the provisions of Section 142.1 et seq. of this title shall be deemed to have waived any physician-patient privilege as to communications or…

Sections 142A, 142A-1 and 142B of this title and Sections 4 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Victim's Rights Act". Added by Laws 1993, c. 325, § 3, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 357, § 1, emerg. eff. June 9, 1997; Laws 2…

For purposes of the Oklahoma Victim's Rights Act: 1. "Crime victim" or "victim" means any person against whom a crime or delinquent act was committed or a person directly and proximately harmed by the commission of a crime or delinquent act, except homicide, in which case the vic…

immediate family. A. A court shall permit members of the immediate family of a murder victim to wear buttons containing a picture of the victim as a symbol of grief in a trial. The button shall not exceed four (4) inches in diameter. B. As used in subsection A of this section, “m…

If the owner of an exhibit that has been introduced, filed, or held in custody of the state in any criminal action or proceeding is the victim of the offense for which such exhibit is held, the victim may make application to the court at any time prior to the final disposition of…

A. Any victim or representative of a victim of a violent crime as provided in paragraph 2 of Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes may contest the granting of parole as provided in Section 332.7 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes. B. The Pardon and Parole Board shall…

victims. A. Upon the granting of a parole by the Governor, and release of the inmate to the community, the Pardon and Parole Board shall provide written notification to any victim of the crime for which the parolee was convicted by mailing the notification to the last- known addr…

A. A judgment of death must be executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma, said prison to be designated by the court by which judgment is to be rendered. A place shall be provided at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester so that individuals who are …

A. The office of the district attorney shall inform the victims and witnesses of crimes of their rights under the Oklahoma Victim's Rights Act, which shall include the following rights: 1. Upon request, to be notified and to be present at all proceedings involving the criminal or…

A. Upon the preliminary investigation of a violent crime, it shall be the duty of the peace officer who interviews the victim of such crime to inform the victim, or a responsible adult if the victim is a minor child or an incompetent person, or the family member who receives deat…

A victim of domestic abuse, a victim of stalking, a victim of harassment, a victim of rape, any adult or emancipated minor household member on behalf of any other family or household member who is a minor or incompetent, or any minor age sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years may s…

The district attorney's office shall provide all victims, regardless of whether the crime victim makes a specific request, with an official request for restitution form to be completed and signed by the crime victim, and to include all invoices, bills, receipts, and other evidenc…

The victims and the legal representative of a victim of a crime shall have a priority interest in any proceeds or profits received by a district court from an offender or any other person with the cooperation of the offender, who is required to forfeit any proceeds or profits fro…

An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person, as defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may apply to the Attorney General to have an address designated by the Attorney General …

sentencing and parole proceedings. A. Each victim, or members of the immediate family of each victim or person designated by the victim or by family members of the victim, may present a written victim impact statement, which may include religious invocations or references, or may…

may be prohibited. The court, upon the request of a victim, witness, or the district attorney, may order that the residential address, telephone number, place of employment, or other personal information of the victim or witness shall not be disclosed in any law enforcement recor…

Attorney's fees and costs - Reduction of hardship exemption from garnishment. In any civil action against an offender for property damages resulting from a felony crime committed by the offender, the court may award a victim who prevails in the civil action reasonable attorney's …

For the purposes of this act: 1. "Law enforcement officer" means any sheriff, police officer, peace officer, tribal law enforcement officer, federal law enforcement officer, campus police officer or any other law enforcement officer who has been certified by the Council on Law En…

receiving a forensic medical examination. In addition to rights enumerated in the Oklahoma Victim's Rights Act, a sexual assault victim retains all the rights of this act regardless of whether the victim agrees to participate in the criminal justice system at any time and regardl…

medical examination. A sexual assault victim has the right to speak with, either in person, virtually, via audio and visual communication or telephonically, a sexual assault victims' advocate before the commencement of any forensic medical examination. When a sexual assault victi…

victim interview – Prohibition on discouraging victim from reporting sexual assault or receiving a forensic medical examination. A. A law enforcement officer or district attorney shall allow a sexual assault victims' advocate to be present during any interview with the sexual ass…

No sexual assault forensic evidence shall be used: 1. To prosecute a sexual assault victim for any misdemeanor crimes; or 2. As a basis to search for further evidence of any unrelated misdemeanor crimes that may have been committed by the sexual assault victim. Added by Laws 2021…

142A-3. Upon initial interaction with a sexual assault victim, a law enforcement officer or medical provider shall provide the victim with victims' rights information pursuant to subsection C of Section 142A-3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 2021, c. 552, § 7,…

A. Upon the request of a sexual assault victim, the investigating law enforcement agency shall inform the victim of the status of the sexual assault forensic evidence from the criminal case of the victim. The law enforcement agency may, at its discretion, require that the request…

duties. A. There is hereby created the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence (SAFE) Board within the Office of the Attorney General. The Board shall have the power and duty to: 1. Examine the process for gathering and analyzing sexual assault forensic evidence kits in this state and w…

A. The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence (SAFE) Board shall consist of seventeen (17) members as follows: 1. Four nonvoting members as follows: a. the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint two members of the Senate who shall not be members of the same political party, …

Every person who breaks into and enters the dwelling house of another, in which there is at the time some human being, with intent to commit some crime therein, either: 1. By forcibly bursting or breaking the wall, or an outer door, window, or shutter of a window of such house or…

A. Every person who breaks and enters the dwelling house of another, in which there is at the time no human being present, or any commercial building or any part of any building, room, booth, tent, railroad car or other structure or erection in which any property is kept or break…

Burglary is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections as follows: 1. Burglary in the first degree for any term not less than seven (7) years nor more than twenty (20) years; 2. Burglary in the second degree not exceeding seven (7) years; …

Every person who, under circumstances not amounting to a felony has in his possession any dangerous offensive weapon or instrument whatever, or any pick-lock, crow, key, bit, jack, jimmy, nippers, pick, betty or other implement of burglary, with intent to break and enter any buil…

commit felony, larceny or malicious mischief - Breaking and entering dwelling without permission. A. Every person who, under circumstances not amounting to any burglary, enters any building or part of any building, booth, tent, warehouse, railroad car, vessel, or other structure …

A. The term "dwelling house" as used in Section 1431 et seq. of this title, includes every house or edifice, any part of which has usually been occupied by any person lodging therein at night, and any structure joined to and immediately connected with such a house or edifice. B. …

The words "night time" in this article include the period between sunset and sunrise. R.L.1910, § 2620.

Any person who enters any building, railway car, vehicle, or structure and there opens or attempts to open any vault, safe, or receptacle used or kept for the secure keeping of money, securities, books of accounts, or other valuable property, papers or documents, without the cons…

convicted of burglary. Any person who has been previously convicted of the crime of burglary who has in his possession, custody or concealed about his person, or transports or causes to be transported, any combination of three (3) or more of the following tools: Sledge hammer, pr…

OS 21-1451v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 1) OS 21-1451v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 233)

A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property with the fraudulent intent to appropriate it to such use or purpose, under …

A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property with the fraudulent intent to appropriate it to such use or purpose, under …

Any evidence of debt, negotiable by delivery only, and actually executed, is equally the subject of embezzlement whether it has been delivered or issued as a valid instrument or not. R.L.1910, § 2677.

Upon any prosecution for embezzlement it is a sufficient defense that the property was appropriated openly and avowedly, and under a claim of title preferred in good faith even though such claim is untenable. But this provision shall not excuse the retention of the property of an…