Title 21, Title 21 — Crimes and Punishments

The fact that the accused intended to restore the property embezzled is no ground of defense, or of mitigation of punishment, if it has not been restored before an information has been laid before a magistrate, charging the commission of the offense. R.L.1910, § 2679.

Whenever it is made to appear that prior to any information laid before a magistrate charging the commission of embezzlement, the person accused voluntarily and actually restored or tendered restoration of the property alleged to have been embezzled, or any part thereof, such is …

person for purpose of interstate transportation – Abandonment without notice to owner. A. No carrier or other person having property or goods under its control for the purpose of interstate transportation for hire shall abandon the property or goods contained therein without noti…

Extortion is the obtaining of property from another with his consent, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right. R.L.1910, § 2682.

Fear such as will constitute extortion, may be induced by a threat, either: 1st. To do an unlawful injury to the person or property of the individual threatened, or to any relative of his or member of his family; or, 2nd. To accuse him, or any relative of his or member of his fam…

Every person who extorts or attempts to extort any money or other property from another, under circumstances not amounting to robbery, by means of force or any threat such as is mentioned in Section 1482 of this title, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense…

Every person who commits any extortion under color of official right, in cases for which a different punishment is not prescribed by this code, or by some of the statutes, which it specifies as continuing in force, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2685.

Every person, who by any extortionate means, obtains from another his signature to any paper or instrument, whereby, if such signature were freely given, any property would be transferred, or any debt, demand, charge or right of action created, is, upon conviction, guilty of a Cl…

Every person who, with intent to extort any money or other property from another, sends to any person any letter or other writing, whether subscribed or not, expressing or implying, or adapted to imply, any threat, such as is specified in the second section of this article, is, u…

Blackmail is verbally or by written or printed communication and with intent to extort or gain any thing of value from another or to compel another to do an act against his or her will: 1. Accusing or threatening to accuse any person of a crime or conduct which would tend to degr…

Penalty. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully, knowingly, or fraudulently to make, issue, deliver, use or submit, or to participate in making, issuing, delivering, using or submitting any fictitious, false or fraudulent offer, agreement, contract or other instrument …

Any person who shall: 1. Knowingly make or cause to be made, either directly or indirectly, or through any agency whatsoever, any false statement in writing, with intent that it shall be relied upon, respecting the financial condition, or means or ability to pay of such person, o…

Any person, firm, corporation or association who, with intent to sell or in anywise dispose of merchandise, securities, service or anything offered by such person, firm, corporation or association, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to …

Any person who shall obtain food, lodging, services or other accommodations at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, rooming house, motel or auto camp, with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof, if the value of such food, lodging, services or other accommodations i…

Every person who puts or conceals in any bag, bale, box, barrel or other package of goods usually sold by weight any other thing whatever for the purpose of increasing the weight of such package shall be punished by a fine of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each offense. R.L.191…

Any person who obtains any money or property from another, or obtains the signature of another to any written instrument, the false making of which would be forgery, by means of any false or fraudulent sale of property or pretended property by auction, or by any of the practices …

Every person carrying on, or employed about the business of selling property or goods by auction, who sells any goods or property in a damaged condition which he offers as sound or in a good condition, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2699.

Every person transacting business in the name of a person as a partner who is not interested in his firm, or transacting business under a firm name in which the designation "and company" or "& Co." is used without representing an actual partner except in the cases in which the co…

Every person who by any false pretense shall obtain from any club, association, society or company, for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or other domestic animals, the registration of any animal in the herd register of any such club, association, society, or c…

The following persons are liable to punishment under the laws of this State: 1. All persons who commit, in whole or in part, any crime within the State. 2. All who commit theft out of this state, and bring, or are found with the property stolen, in this state. 3. All who, being o…

Every person who defaces or obliterates the marks upon wrecked property, or in any manner disguises the appearance thereof with intent to prevent the owner from discovering its identity, or who destroys or suppresses any invoice, bill of lading or other document tending to show t…

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, acting either as principal or agent to sell to any person, firm or corporation any fruit tree or fruit trees, plants or shrubs representing same to be thrifty or of a certain kind, variety or description and thereafter to …

Any person, firm, or corporation, acting either as principal or agent, violating any provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($…

- Name of society, order or organization calculated to deceive, using - Punishment. Any person who shall wear the badge, pin, or insignia, or shall use the name of any society, order or organization of ten (10) years' standing or existence in this State, either in the identical f…

Penalty. Any individual, corporation, or other person, who, with intent to defraud or to aid and abet another to defraud any individual, corporation, or other person, of the lawful charge, in whole or in part, for any telecommunications service, shall avoid or attempt to avoid or…

possessing, etc., prohibited - Penalty. Any individual, corporation or other person who: (a) makes or possesses any instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device designed, adapted or which can be used (1) to fraudulently avoid the lawful charge for any telecommunication service in …

Nothing herein shall apply to public service and emergency communications performed by holders of valid Federal Communications Commission radio amateur licenses without charge on the part of such licensees; provided that nothing herein shall excuse any person from compliance with…

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

Any person violating the provisions of Section 1 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or shall be confined to the county jail for a period of not to exceed thirty (…

Children – Intellectual disability - Ignorance - Commission without consciousness - Involuntary subjection. All persons are capable of committing crimes, except those belonging to the following classes: 1. Children under the age of seven (7) years; 2. Children over the age of sev…

The provisions of this act shall be cumulative to existing laws. Laws 1965, c. 481, § 3, emerg. eff. July 14, 1965.

OS 21-1521v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 2) OS 21-1521v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 422)

bogus check. Every person who shall lease or rent, for any period of time whatsoever, any motor vehicle and, with intent to cheat and defraud, who pays the fees for such lease or rental by means of a false, bogus or worthless check written for the sum of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) o…

or worthless check. Every person who shall lease or rent, for any period of time whatsoever, any motor vehicle and, with intent to cheat and defraud, who pays the fees for such lease or rental by means of a false, bogus or worthless check written for the sum of less than One Thou…

fraudulent purposes. Any person who publishes or causes to be published the number or code of an existing, cancelled, revoked, expired or nonexistent telephone credit card, or the numbering or coding system which is employed in the issuance of telephone credit cards, with the int…

Any person convicted of violating a prohibition contained in this act shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one (1) year or fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Such person also shall be liable for the amount of the damages, loss and expense, incl…

- Penalty. A. No person in this state shall hold himself out as a notary public, attach his signature as a notary public, use a notary public seal, or perform any notarial act unless he is authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 114 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes t…

No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication shall be deemed less criminal by reason of his having been in such condition. R.L. 1910 Sec. 2095.

Execution of instrument - Creating liability or benefit. Any person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character: 1. Marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another, with or without the connivance of such other person; or 2. Becom…

personated. Any person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character receives any money or property, that knowing it is intended to be delivered to the individual so personated, with intent to convert the same to his own use, or to that of another person who is no…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, every person who falsely personates any public officer, civil or military, any firefighter, any law enforcement officer, any emergency medical technician or other emergency medical care provider, or any private individual hav…

A. It is unlawful for any person to willfully and with fraudulent intent obtain the name, address, Social Security number, date of birth, place of business or employment, debit, credit or account numbers, driver license number or any other personal identifying information of anot…

financial institution - Presenting false or fraudulent information to officer, employee, agent or another customer of financial institution. A. It is unlawful for any person to willfully and knowingly obtain, or attempt to obtain, another person’s personal, financial or other inf…

by local law enforcement - Reports not considered open cases. A. Notwithstanding that jurisdiction may lie elsewhere for investigation and prosecution of a crime of identity theft, victims of identity theft have the right to contact the local law enforcement agency where the vict…

A. A person commits title theft when he or she: 1. Intentionally alters, falsifies, forges, or misrepresents a document pertaining to real property, with the intent to deceive, defraud, or unlawfully transfer or encumber the ownership rights of the owner of the real property; 2. …

A morbid propensity to commit prohibited acts existing in the mind of a person who is not shown to have been incapable of knowing the wrongfulness of such acts, forms no defense to a prosecution therefor. R.L.1910, § 2096.

deception - False statements or pretenses - Confidence game - Penalty. Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud, shall obtain or attempt to obtain from any person, firm or corporation any money, property or valuable thing, of a value less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,0…

OS 21-1541.2v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 5) OS 21-1541.2v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 238)

If the value of the money, property or valuable thing referred to in Section 1541.1 of this title is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Dep…

or deception - False statements or pretenses - Confidence game - Penalty. A. If the value of the money, property or valuable thing referred to in Section 1541.1 of this title is: 1. One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.0…