Title 21 — Title 21 — Crimes and Punishments
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21 O.S. § 1550.22 Taking credit or debit card - Receiving taken credit
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or debit card. (a) A person who takes a credit card or debit card from the person, possession, custody or control of another without the cardholder's consent, or who, with knowledge that it has been so taken, receives the credit card or debit card with intent to use it or to sell…
21 O.S. § 1550.23 Receiving, holding or concealing lost or mislaid card
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A person who receives, holds or conceals a credit card or a debit card which has been lost or mislaid under circumstances which give him knowledge or cause to inquire as to the true owner and appropriates it to his use or the use of another not entitled thereto is subject to the …
21 O.S. § 1550.24 Selling or buying credit or debit card
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A person other than the issuer who sells a credit card or debit card or a personwho buys a credit card or a debit card from a person other than the issuer is guilty of theft and is subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1550.33(a) of this title. Laws 1970, c. 258, § 4, eme…
21 O.S. § 1550.25 Controlling credit or debit card as security for debt
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A person with intent to defraud (a) the issuer, (b) a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or (c) any other person, who obtains control over a credit card or debit card as security for debt is guilty of theft and is subject to the pen…
21 O.S. § 1550.26 Receiving taken or retained card upon giving
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consideration. A person, other than the issuer, who receives, on giving of any consideration, credit cards or debit cards issued to any other person, whichhe has reason to know were taken or retained under circumstances which constitute card theft, is guilty of card theft and is …
21 O.S. § 1550.27 Falsely manufactured or altered credit and debit cards
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— Penalties. A. A person, with intent to defraud: 1. A purported issuer; 2. A person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value; or 3. Any other person, who falsely makes, clones, or alters a purported credit, debit, or similar card containing a ma…
21 O.S. § 1550.28 Signing of card - Possession of signed or unsigned
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card. A. A person other than the cardholder or a person authorized by him who, with intent to defraud (1) the issuer, (2) a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or (3) any other person, signs a credit card or debit card violates this …
21 O.S. § 1550.29 Forged or revoked card
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A person who, with intent to defraud (a) the issuer, (b) a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or (c) any other person, uses for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value a credit card or debit card ob…
21 O.S. § 1550.3 Actual notice
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The words "actual notice" as used herein shall be construed to include either notice given to the purchaser in person or notice given to him in writing. Such actual notice in writing shall be presumed to have been given when deposited as registered or certified mail, in the Unite…
21 O.S. § 1550.30 Failure to furnish money, goods or services
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represented to have been furnished. A person who is authorized by an issuer to furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card or debit card by the cardholder, or any agent or employee of such person, who, with intent to defraud the iss…
21 O.S. § 1550.31 Possessing incomplete cards
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A. A person other than the cardholder possessing one or more incomplete credit cards or debit cards, with intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer, or a person possessing, with knowledge of its character, machinery, plates or any other contrivance designed to rep…
21 O.S. § 1550.32 Receiving of money, goods or services in violation of
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Section 1550.29. A person who receives money, goods, services or anything else of value obtained in violation of Section 1550.29 of this title with the knowledge or belief that it was so obtained is, upon conviction, guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and is subject to the penal…
21 O.S. § 1550.33 Penalties
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A. A person who is subject to the penalties of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or both fined and imprisone…
21 O.S. § 1550.34 Other criminal law not precluded - Exception
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This act shall not be construed to preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of this state which presently applies or may in the future apply to any transaction which violates this act, unless such provision is inconsistent with the terms of this act. …
21 O.S. § 1550.36 Provisions cumulative
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The provisions of this act shall be cumulative to any existing laws. Added by Laws 1970, c. 258, § 16, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
21 O.S. § 1550.37 Short title
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This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Credit Card Crime Act of 1970." Laws 1970, c. 258, § 17, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
21 O.S. § 1550.38 Emergency
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The Legislature of the State of Oklahoma finds the theft, abuse and misuse of credit cards has damaged the economic security of the people of the state and such activity must be controlled immediately to prevent further harm and that the immediate passage of this act is necessary…
21 O.S. § 1550.39 Use of scanning or skimming device on credit or debit
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cards – Use of reencoder on credit or debit cards – Possession of skimming device. A. Every person who: 1. Uses a scanning device or skimming device to access, read, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the computer chip, magnetic strip or…
21 O.S. § 1550.41 Definitions - Offenses - Penalties
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A. As used in this section and Section 1550.42 of this title, "identification document", "identification card", or "identification certificate" means any printed form which contains: 1. The name and photograph of a person; 2. The name and any physical description of a person; 3. …
21 O.S. § 1550.42 Entities authorized to print identification documents
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cards and certificates - Issuance of certain documents limited to citizens, nationals and legal permanent resident aliens. A. The following entities may create, publish or otherwise manufacture an identification document, identification card, or identification certificate and may…
21 O.S. § 1550.43 False or fraudulent identification cards, etc. –
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Seizure and forfeiture of cards and equipment – Service of notice – Hearing – Claim for equipment – Liability – Expenses – Proceeds - Definitions. A. Any false or fraudulent identification document, card or certification in violation of Section 1550.41 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma…
21 O.S. § 1551 Use of false weights and measures
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If any person with intent to defraud, use a false balance, weight or measure, in the weighting or measuring of anything whatever that is purchased, sold, bartered, shipped or delivered, for sale or barter, or that is pledged, or given in payment, he shall be punished by a fine no…
21 O.S. § 1552 Retaining same knowingly
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Every person who retains in his possession any weight or measure, knowing it to be false, unless it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that it was so retained without intent to use it, or permit it to be used in violation of the last section, shall be punished as therein provided.…
21 O.S. § 1553 False weights and measures may be seized
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Every person who is authorized or enjoined by law to arrest another person for violation of the first two sections of this article, is equally authorized and enjoined to seize any false weights or measures found in the possession of the person so arrested, and to deliver the same…
21 O.S. § 1554 Testing seized weights and measures - Disposition
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The magistrate to whom any weight or measure is delivered, pursuant to the last section, shall, upon the examination of the accused, or if the examination is delayed or prevented, without awaiting such examination, cause the same to be tested by comparison with standards conforma…
21 O.S. § 1555 Destruction of false weights or measures after
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conviction. Upon the conviction of the accused, such district attorney shall cause any weight or measure in respect whereof the accused stands convicted, and which remains in the possession or under the control of such district attorney, to be destroyed. R.L.1910, § 2740.
21 O.S. § 1556 Marking false weight or false tare
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Every person who knowingly marks or stamps false or short weight, or false tare on any cask or package or knowingly sells or offers for sale any cask or package so marked is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2741.
21 O.S. § 156 Duress defense
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A person is entitled to assert duress as a defense if that person committed a prohibited act or omission because of a reasonable belief that there was imminent danger of death or great bodily harm from another upon oneself, ones spouse, or ones child. R.L. 1910, § 2098; Laws 1992…
21 O.S. § 1561 Wills, deeds and certain other instruments, forgery of
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges, counterfeits or falsely alters: 1st. Any will or codicil of real or personal property, or any deed or other instrument being or purporting to be the act of another, by which any right or interest in real property is, or purports t…
21 O.S. § 1562 Forgery of public securities
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges, counterfeits, or falsely alters: 1st. Any certificate or other public security, issued or purporting to have been issued under the authority of this state, by virtue of any law thereof, by which certificate or other public securit…
21 O.S. § 157 Repealed by Laws 1976, c. 35, § 2
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21 O.S. § 157 Repealed by Laws 1976, c. 35, § 2
21 O.S. § 1571 Public and corporate seals, forgery of
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges, or counterfeits the great or privy seal of this state, the seal of any public office authorized by law, the seal of any court of record, including judge of county seals, or the seal of any corporation created by the laws of this s…
21 O.S. § 1572 Records, forgery of
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, falsely alters, destroys, corrupts or falsifies: 1. Any record of any will, codicil, conveyance or other instrument, the record of which is, by law, evidence; or, 2. Any record of any judgment in a court of record, or any enrollment of an…
21 O.S. § 1573 Making false entries in record
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, forges or alters, any entry in any book of records, or any instrument purporting to be any record or return specified in the last section; and any abstracter, his officer, agent or employee, who, with intent to defraud, fal…
21 O.S. § 1574 Making false certificate of acknowledgment
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If any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment or proof of any conveyance of real property, or of any other instrument which by law may be recorded, knowingly and falsely certifies that any such conveyance or instrument was acknowledged by any party thereto, or was proved b…
21 O.S. § 1575 False bank note plates
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Every person who, makes or engraves, or causes or procures to be made or engraved, any plate in the form or similitude of any promissory note, bill of exchange, draft, check, certificate of deposit or other evidence of debt issued by any banking corporation or association, or ind…
21 O.S. § 1576 Imitation of genuine bank note defined
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Every plate specified in the last section shall be deemed to be in the form and similitude of the genuine instrument imitated, in either of the following cases: 1. When the engraving on such plate resembles and conforms to such parts of the genuine instrument as are engraved; or,…
21 O.S. § 1577 See the following versions:
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OS 21-1577v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 11) OS 21-1577v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 240)
21 O.S. § 1577v1 Notes, checks, bills, drafts - Sale, exchange or
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delivery. Every person who sells, exchanges or delivers for any consideration any forged or counterfeited promissory note, check, bill, draft or other evidence of debt, or engagement for the payment of money absolutely, or upon any contingency, knowing the same to be forged or co…
21 O.S. § 1577v2 Notes, checks, bills, drafts - Sale, exchange or
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delivery. A. Every person who sells, exchanges or delivers for any consideration any forged or counterfeited promissory note, check, bill, draft, or other evidence of debt, or engagement for the payment of money absolutely, or upon any contingency, knowing the same to be forged o…
21 O.S. § 1578 See the following versions:
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OS 21-1578v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 12) OS 21-1578v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 241)
21 O.S. § 1578v1 Possession of forged evidences of debt
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, has in his or her possession any forged, altered or counterfeit negotiable note, bill, draft or other evidence of debt issued or purporting to have been issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that purpose by the laws of …
21 O.S. § 1578v2 Possession of forged evidences of debt
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A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, has in his or her possession any forged, altered or counterfeit negotiable note, bill, draft or other evidence of debt issued or purporting to have been issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that purpose by the laws …
21 O.S. § 1579 See the following versions:
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OS 21-1579v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 13) OS 21-1579v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 242)
21 O.S. § 1579v1 Possession of other forged instruments
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Every person who has in his or her possession any forged or counterfeited instrument, the forgery of which has previously been declared to be punishable, other than such as are enumerated in Section 1578 of this title, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited or falsely alter…
21 O.S. § 1579v2 Possession of other forged instruments
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A. Every person who has in his or her possession any forged or counterfeited instrument, the forgery of which is hereinbefore declared to be punishable, other than such as are enumerated in the last section, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited or falsely altered with int…
21 O.S. § 158 Repealed by Laws 1976, c. 35, § 2
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21 O.S. § 158 Repealed by Laws 1976, c. 35, § 2
21 O.S. § 1580 Issuing spurious certificates of stock
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Any officer or agent of any corporation or joint stock association formed or existing under or by virtue of the laws of this state, or of any other state, government or country, who, within this state, willfully signs or procures to be signed, with intent to issue, sell or pledge…
21 O.S. § 1581 Reissuing canceled certificates of stock
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Any officer or agent of any corporation or joint stock association formed or existing under or by virtue of the laws of this state, or of any other state, government or country, who, within this state, willfully reissues, sells or pledges, or causes to be reissued, sold or pledge…
21 O.S. § 1582 False evidences of debt
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Any officer or agent of any corporation, municipal or otherwise, of any joint stock association formed or existing under or by virtue of the laws of this state, or of any other state, government or country, who, within this state, willfully signs or procures to be signed with int…