Title 21 — Title 21 — Crimes and Punishments

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…

OS 21-1541.3v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 6) OS 21-1541.3v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 239)

Any person making, drawing, uttering or delivering two or more false or bogus checks, drafts or orders, as defined by Section 1541.4 of this title, the total sum of which is Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or more, even though each separate instrument is written for less than On…

A. Any person making, drawing, uttering or delivering two or more false or bogus checks, drafts or orders, as defined by Section 1541.4 of this title, the total sum of which is Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or more, even though each separate instrument is written for less than…

evidence of intent to defraud and knowledge of insufficient funds or credit; effect of refusal by drawee of check offered for purchase of goods or livestock. A. The term "false or bogus check or checks" shall include checks or orders, including those converted to electronic fund …

The word "credit," as used in Section 1541.1 through 1541.4 of this title, shall be construed to mean an arrangement or understanding with the bank, depository, or seller of goods or livestock for the payment of such check, draft, or order. Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 5, emerg. …

A. No person shall give a false or fictitious name or address as his own, or give the name or address of any other person without the knowledge and consent of that person, for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain a refund for merchandise from a business establishment.…

Use of retail sales receipt or Universal Price Code Label to cheat or defraud. A. Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud another, designedly, by color or aid of any false token or writing, or other false pretense, obtains the signature of any person to any written inst…

by false pretenses. Any person who designedly, by color or aid of any false token or writing, or other false pretense, obtains the signature of any person to any written instrument, or obtains from any person any money or property for any alleged charitable or benevolent purpose …

If the false token by which any money or property is obtained in violation of the first and second preceding sections of this article, is a promissory note or negotiable evidence of debt purporting to be issued by or under the authority of any banking company or corporation not i…

The use of a matured check or other order for the payment of money, as a means of obtaining any signature, money or property, such as is specified in the last two sections, by a person who knows that a drawer thereof is not entitled to draw for the sum specified therein, upon the…

sale. Any person, firm or corporation who removes, defaces, alters, changes, destroys, covers, obliterates or makes a substitution of any trademark, distinguishing or identification number, serial number or mark, on or from any machine or electrical or mechanical device or appara…

altered, etc. Any person, firm or corporation who acquires, for the purpose of sale or resale and possesses any machine or electrical or mechanical device or apparatus, or any of the parts thereof, from or on which any trademark, distinguishing or identification number, serial nu…

The provisions of this act shall not apply to motor vehicles and other vehicles as defined in Section 1102 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 1953, p. 97, § 3. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 131, § 12, eff. July 1, 2001.

The provisions of this act shall not apply to changes of serial numbers authorized and made by the original manufacturer. Laws 1953, p. 97, § 4.

The involuntary subjection to the power of a superior which exonerates a person charged with a criminal act or omission from punishment therefor, arises from duress. R.L.1910, § 2097; Laws 1976, c. 35, § 1.

firearm with removed, defaced, etc. serial number. A. Any person who, while in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, has in his possession or under his control a firearm, the factory serial number or identification number of which has been removed, defaced, altered,…

1. The term "credit card" means an identification card or device issued to a person, firm or corporation by a business organization which permits such person, firm or corporation to purchase or obtain goods, property or services on the credit of such organization. 2. "Debit card"…

than Five Hundred Dollars. Any person who knowingly uses or attempts to use in person, by telephone or by the Internet, for the purpose of obtaining credit, or for the purchase of goods, property or services, or for the purpose of obtaining cash advances in lieu of these items, o…

As used in this act: 1. "Cardholder" means the person or organization named on the face of a credit card or a debit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card or debit card is issued; 2. "Credit card" means any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit p…