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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. § 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…
21 O.S. § 1583 Counterfeiting coin
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Every person who counterfeits any gold or silver coin, whether of the United States or any foreign government or country, with intent to sell, utter, use or circulate the same as genuine, within this state, is guilty of forgery in the second degree, a Class D1 felony offense. R.L…
21 O.S. § 1584 Counterfeiting coin for exportation
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Every person who counterfeits any gold or silver coin, whether of the United States or of any foreign country or government, with intent to export the same, or permit them to be exported to injure or defraud any foreign government, or the subjects thereof, is guilty of forgery in…
21 O.S. § 1585 Forging process of court or title to property, etc
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, falsely marks, alters, forges or counterfeits: 1. Any instrument in writing, being or purporting to be any process issued by any competent court, magistrate, or officer of being or purporting to be any pleading, proceeding, bond or undert…
21 O.S. § 1586 Making false entries in public book
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, makes any false entry or falsely alters any entry made in any book of accounts kept in the office of the State Auditor and Inspector, or in the office of the Treasurer of this state or of any county treasurer, by which any demand or oblig…
21 O.S. § 1587 Forging tickets or passage
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges, counterfeits, or falsely alters any ticket, check or other paper or writing to entitle the holder or proprietor thereof to a passage upon any railroad, or in any vessel or other public conveyance; and every person who, with like i…
21 O.S. § 1588 Postage stamps, forging
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Every person who forges, counterfeits or alters any postage or revenue stamp of the United States, or who sells or offers to keep for sale, as genuine or as forged, any such stamp, knowing it to be forged, counterfeited or falsely altered, is guilty of forgery in the second degre…
21 O.S. § 1589 False entries in corporation books
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, makes any false entry, or falsely alters any entry made in any book of accounts kept by any corporation within this state, or in any book of accounts kept by any such corporation or its officers, and delivered or intended to be delivered …
21 O.S. § 1590 Officer or employee of corporation making false entries
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Every person who being a member or officer or in the employment of any corporation, association or partnership, falsifies, alters, erases, obliterates or destroys any account or book of accounts or records belonging to such corporation, association or partnership, or appertaining…
21 O.S. § 1591 Possession of counterfeit coin
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Every person who has in his possession any counterfeit of any gold or silver coin, whether of the United States or any foreign country or government, knowing the same to be counterfeit, with intent to sell or to use, circulate or export the same, as true or as false, or by causin…
21 O.S. § 1592 Uttering forged instruments or coin
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A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, utters or publishes as true any forged, altered or counterfeited instrument or any counterfeit gold or silver coin, the forging, altering or counterfeiting of which has previously been declared to be punishable, knowing such instrument…
21 O.S. § 1593 Falsely obtaining signature
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Every person who, by any false representation, artifice or deceit, procures from another his signature to any instrument, the false making of which would be forgery, and which the party signing would not have executed had he known the facts and effect of the instrument, is guilty…
21 O.S. § 160 Public foreign ministers exempted
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Ambassadors and other public ministers from foreign governments accredited to the President or the government of the United States, and recognized by it according to the laws of the United States, with their secretaries, messengers, families and servants are not liable to punishm…
21 O.S. § 1621 See the following versions:
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OS 21-1621v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 15) OS 21-1621v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 447)
21 O.S. § 1621v1 First-, second- and third-degree forgery - Penalties
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A. Forgery in the first degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than seven (7) years nor more than twenty (20) years. B. Forgery in the second degree is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the De…
21 O.S. § 1621v2 Forgery a felony
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Forgery is punishable as follows: 1. Forgery in the first degree is a Class B3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment not less than seven (7) years nor more than twenty (20) years; and 2. Forgery in the second degree is a Class D1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as p…
21 O.S. § 1622 Fraudulently uttering one's signature as that of another
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of same name. Every person who, with intent to defraud, makes or subscribes any instrument in his own name, intended to create, increase, discharge, defeat or diminish any pecuniary obligation, right or interest, or to transfer or affect any property whatever, and utters or passe…
21 O.S. § 1623 Fraudulently uttering one's indorsement as another's
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Every person who, with intent to defraud, endorses any negotiable instrument in his own name, and utters or passes such instrument, under the fraudulent pretense that it is endorsed by another person who bears the same name, is guilty of forgery, a Class B3 felony offense, in the…
21 O.S. § 1624 Erasure and obliterations
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The total or partial erasure or obliteration of any instrument or writing, with intent to defraud, by which any pecuniary obligation, or any right, interest or claim to property is or is intended to be created, increased, discharged, diminished or in any manner affected, is forge…
21 O.S. § 1625 Writing and written defined
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Every instrument partly printed and partly written, or wholly printed with a written signature thereto, and every signature of an individual, firm or corporation, or of any officer of such body, and every writing purporting to be such signature, is a writing or a written instrume…
21 O.S. § 1626 Signing fictitious names as officers of corporations
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The false making or forging of an evidence of debt purporting to have been issued by any corporation and bearing the pretended signature of any person as an agent or officer of such corporation, is forgery, a Class B3 felony offense, in the same degree as if such person was at th…
21 O.S. § 1627 False or bogus order directing payment of money
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Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud, shall obtain or attempt to obtain from any person any labor or personal services, or the postponement of actual payment due for labor or personal services theretofore performed, by means or use of any false or bogus written, prin…
21 O.S. § 1627.1 False or bogus orders as payment for labor - Penalties
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In addition to the criminal penalties imposed pursuant to the provisions of Section 1627 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any person who obtains or attempts to obtain from any person, with the intent to cheat or defraud, any labor or personal services, or the postponement of…
21 O.S. § 1628 Fraudulently altering, forging, reproducing abstracter's
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certificate or signature. Any person who, with intent to defraud, alters, forges, falsely makes, photographs, or by any method reproduces any certificate of authority provided for in Title 1 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or other instrument, document, paper or abstract of title entry…
21 O.S. § 1631 Fraud in subscription for stock
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Any person who signs the name of a fictitious person to any subscription for, or agreement to take stock in any corporation, existing or proposed; and every person who signs, to any subscription or agreement, the name of any person, knowing that such person has not means or does …
21 O.S. § 1632 Fraud in procuring organization of stock company
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Any officer, agent or clerk of any corporation, or of any persons proposing to organize a corporation or to increase the capital stock of any corporation, who knowingly exhibits any false, forged or altered book, paper, voucher, security or other instrument of evidence to any pub…
21 O.S. § 1633 Unauthorized use of names
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Any person who, without being authorized so to do, subscribes the name of another to, or inserts the name of another in any prospectus, circular, or other advertisement or announcement of any corporation or joint stock association existing or intended to be formed, with intent to…
21 O.S. § 1634 Omitting to enter receipt
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Any director, officer or agent of any corporation or joint stock association, who knowingly receives or possesses himself of any property of such corporation or association, otherwise than in payment of a just demand, and who, with intent to defraud, omits to make, or to cause or…
21 O.S. § 1635 Destroying or falsifying books
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Any director, officer, agent or member of any corporation or joint stock association, who, with intent to defraud, destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any of the books, papers, writings or securities belonging to such corporation or association, or makes or concurs in making…
21 O.S. § 1636 False reports of corporation - Refusal to make report
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Any director, officer or agent of any corporation or joint stock association, who knowingly concurs in the making, or publishes any written report, exhibit or statement of its affairs or pecuniary condition, containing any material statement which is false, other than as are ment…
21 O.S. § 1637 Inspection of corporate books, refusing to permit
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Any officer or agent of any corporation having or keeping an office within this state, who has in his custody, or control, any book, paper or document of such corporation, and who refuses to give to a stockholder or member of such corporation, lawfully demanding, during office ho…
21 O.S. § 1638 Insolvencies deemed fraudulent
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Every insolvency of a moneyed corporation is deemed fraudulent unless its affairs appear, upon investigation, to have been administered fairly and legally, and generally with the same care and diligence that agents receiving a compensation for their services are bound by law to o…
21 O.S. § 1639 Fraudulent insolvency - Penalties
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A. In every case of a fraudulent insolvency of a moneyed corporation not licensed to conduct insurance business in the State of Oklahoma, every director thereof who participated in such fraud is guilty of a misdemeanor. B. In every case of a fraudulent insolvency of a moneyed cor…
21 O.S. § 1640 Violation of duty by officer of corporation
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Any director of any moneyed corporation who willfully does any act, as such director, which is expressly forbidden by law, or willfully omits to perform any duty expressly imposed upon him as such director, by law, the punishment for which act or omission is not otherwise prescri…