Title 21 — Title 21 — Crimes and Punishments

Sex Offender Registry name search - Sole proprietors notarized statement. A. Any company engaged in the business of ice cream truck vending shall conduct an annual name search against the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry for each ice cream truck operator prior to allowing such pers…

outraging public decency - Injurious acts not expressly forbidden. Every person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which grossly injures the person or property of another, or which grossly disturbs the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public decency, inc…

A. There is hereby re-created, to continue until June 1, 2026, the Oklahoma Organized Retail Crime Task Force. The purpose of the task force shall be to provide the Legislature and the Governor with information on organized retail crime and the advantages and drawbacks of institu…

21 O.S. § 23 Repealed by Laws 1970, c. 199, § 2

An act or omission declared punishable by this chapter, is not less so because it is also punishable under the laws of another State, government or country, unless the contrary is expressly declared in this chapter. R.L.1910, § 2795.

21 O.S. § 25 Repealed by Laws 1986, c. 178, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986

A criminal act is not the less punishable as a crime because it is also declared to be punishable as a contempt. R.L.1910, § 2797.

The last section shall not be construed to affect the validity of acts done by a person exercising the functions of a public office in fact, where other persons than himself are interested in maintaining the validity of such acts. R.L.1910, Sec. 2145.

Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be any state, county or township, city or town officer, or who shall knowingly take upon himself to act as such or to require any person to act as such, or assist him in any matter pertaining to such office, shall be punished by…

motor vehicle. A. Any person who shall without due authority exercise or attempt to exercise the functions of or hold himself or herself out to any one as a deputy sheriff, marshal, police officer, constable or peace officer shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor puni…

Any person who gives or offers any bribe to any executive officer, with intent to influence him in respect to any act, decision, vote, opinion, or other proceedings of such officer, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsect…

Any executive officer or person elected or appointed to executive office who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion or action upon any matter then pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official …

Every person who attempts, by means of any threat or violence, to deter or prevent any executive officer from performing any duty imposed upon such officer by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2150.

Every person who knowingly resists, by the use of force or violence, any executive officer in the performance of his duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2151.

A. Every executive officer who asks or receives any emolument, gratuity or reward, or any promise of any emolument, gratuity or reward, excepting such as may be authorized by law, for doing any official act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. B. It shall be unlawful for any state employ…

Where it is made to appear at the time of passing sentence upon a person convicted, that such person has already paid a fine or suffered an imprisonment for the act which he stands convicted, under an order adjudging it a contempt, the court authorized to pass sentence may mitiga…

Every executive officer who asks or receives any emolument, gratuity or reward, or any promise of any emolument, gratuity or reward, for omitting or deferring the performance of any official duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2153.

Every executive officer who asks or receives any fee or compensation for any official service which has not been actually rendered, except in cases of charges for prospective costs, or of fees demandable in advance in the cases allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910…

Every officer who asks or receives any compensation, fee or reward of any kind for any service rendered or expense incurred in procuring from the Governor a demand upon the executive authority of a State or Territory of the United States, or of a foreign government, for the surre…

Every person who gives or agrees, or offers to give any gratuity or reward in consideration that himself or any other person shall be appointed to any public office, or shall be permitted to, or to exercise, perform or discharge the prerogatives or duties of any office, is punish…

Every person who, directly or indirectly, asks or receives or promises to receive any gratuity or reward, or any promise of a gratuity or reward for appointing another person or procuring for another person an appointment to any public office or any clerkship, deputation or other…

Any public officer who, for any gratuity or reward, appoints another person to a public office, or permits another person to exercise, perform or discharge any of the prerogatives or duties of his office, shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as …

Every grant or deputation made contrary to the provisions of the two preceding sections is void; but official acts done before a conviction for any offense prohibited by those sections shall not be deemed invalid in consequence of the invalidity of such grant or deputation. R.L.1…

Every person who having been an executive officer willfully exercises any of the functions of his office after his term of office has expired and a successor has been duly elected or appointed, and has qualified in his place, and he has notice thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.…

Every person who having been an executive officer of this state, wrongfully refuses to surrender the official seal or any of the books and papers appertaining to his office, to his successor, who has been duly elected or appointed, and has duly qualified, and has demanded the sur…

The various provisions of this article which relate to executive officers apply in relation to administrative officers in the same manner as if administrative and executive officer were both mentioned together. R.L.1910, § 2162.

Whenever an act is declared a misdemeanor, and no punishment for counseling or aiding in the commission of such act is expressly prescribed by law, every person who counsels or aids another in the commission of such act, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable in the same mann…

- Penalties. A. It is unlawful for any person, alone or in concert with others and without authorization, to willfully disturb, interfere or disrupt state business or the business of any political subdivision, which includes publicly posted meetings, or any agency operations or a…

A. Any person who knowingly makes or utters a materially false statement, either verbally or in writing, in the course of an internal state agency investigation shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one …

A. It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons to: 1. Willfully and knowingly enter or remain in any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or grounds where the Governor, any member of the immediate family of the Governor, the Lieutenant Gove…

In the various cases in which the sending of a letter is made criminal by this chapter, the offense is deemed complete from the time when such letter is deposited in any post office or any other place, or delivered to any person with intent that it shall be forwarded. And the par…

A crime or public offense is an act or omission forbidden by law, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, either of the following punishments: 1. Death; 2. Imprisonment; 3. Fine; 4. Removal from office; or 5. Disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or pro…

No person is punishable for an omission to perform an act, where such act has been performed by another person acting in his behalf, and competent by law to perform it. R.L.1910, § 2801.

Any person who willfully and by force or fraud prevents the State Legislature or either of the houses composing it, or any of the members thereof, from meeting or organizing shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B t…

Any person who alone or in concert with others wilfully disturbs, disrupts or interferes with any session, meeting or proceeding of either house of the State Legislature or any committee of either house of the State Legislature, whether within or outside the presence of either ho…

offices - Penalty. Any person who alone or in concert with others, and without proper authorization, refuses to leave any part of the chambers, galleries or offices of either house of the State Legislature or building in which such chambers, galleries or any such office is locate…

Every person who willfully and by force or fraud compels or attempts to compel the State Legislature, or either of the houses composing it, to adjourn or disperse shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of…

official duties - Penalty. Any person who alone or in concert with others wilfully either by force, physical interference, fraud, intimidation, or by means of any independently unlawful act, prevents or attempts to prevent any member, officer or employee of either house of the St…

Any person who willfully compels or attempts to compel either of the houses composing the Legislature to pass, amend or reject any bill or resolution, or to grant or refuse any petition, or to perform or omit to perform any other official act, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony…

Any person who fraudulently alters the draft of any bill or resolution which has been presented to either of the houses composing the Legislature, to be passed or adopted, with intent to procure it to be passed or adopted by either house, or certified by the presiding officer of …

Any person who fraudulently alters the engrossed copy or enrollment of any bill which has been passed by the Legislature, with intent to procure it to be approved by the Governor or certified by the Secretary of State, or printed or published by the printer of the statutes in lan…

Any person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any member of the Legislature, or attempts directly or indirectly, by menace, deceit, suppression of truth or any other corrupt means, to influence a member in giving or withholding his vote, or in not attending the house of which…

Any member of either of the houses composing the Legislature, who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any understanding that his official vote, opinion, judgment or action shall be influenced thereby, or shall be given in any manner or upon any particular side of a…

Every person who, being duly summoned to attend as a witness before either house of the Legislature or any committee thereof authorized to summon witnesses, refuses or neglects without lawful excuse to attend pursuant to such summons, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2172.

committee. Every person who, being present before either house of the Legislature or any committee thereof authorized to summon witnesses, willfully refuses to be sworn or affirmed, or to answer any material and proper question, or to produce upon reasonable notice any material a…

The conviction of a member of the Legislature of any of the crimes defined in this article, involves as a consequence, in addition to the punishment prescribed by this code, a forfeiture of his office, and disqualifies him from ever afterwards holding any office under this state.…

It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D1 felony offense for any person, firm, or member of a firm, corporation, or association to give or offer any money, position or thing of value to any member of the State Legislature to influence him to work or to vote for any proposition, …

Any person or member of any firm, corporation or association violating the provisions of Section 318 of this title shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, and by a fine in the…

with state department or institution. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D1 felony offense for any member of the Legislature of Oklahoma to solicit, receive or accept any money or thing of value either directly or through another person for soliciting or securing employment …

Any member of the Legislature who shall violate the provisions of Section 321 of this title shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and …