Oklahoma § 13-176.3 - Prohibited acts - Felonies – Penalties - Venue

§ 13-176.3. Prohibited acts - Felonies – Penalties - Venue

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, any

person is guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction

shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by

both who:

1. Willfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept or procures any

other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept any wire, oral or

electronic communication;

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2. Willfully uses, endeavors to use or procures any other

person to use or endeavor to use any electronic, mechanical or other

device to intercept any oral communication;

3. Willfully discloses or endeavors to disclose to any other

person the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication,

knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained

in violation of the provisions of the Security of Communications

Act;

4. Willfully uses or endeavors to use the contents of any wire,

oral or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know

that the information was obtained in violation of the provisions of

the Security of Communications Act;

5. Willfully and maliciously, without legal authority, removes,

injures or obstructs any telephone or telegraph line, or any part or

appurtenances or apparatus connected thereto, or severs any wires

thereof;

6. Sends through the mail or sends or carries any electronic,

mechanical or other device with the intention of rendering the

device primarily useful for the purpose of the illegal interception

of wire, oral or electronic communications in violation of the

provisions of the Security of Communications Act;

7. Manufactures, assembles, possesses or sells any electronic,

mechanical or other device with the intention of rendering the

device primarily useful for the purpose of the illegal interception

of wire, oral or electronic communications in violation of the

provisions of the Security of Communications Act; or

8. Willfully uses any communication facility in committing or

in causing or facilitating the commission of any act or acts

constituting one or more of the felonies enumerated in Section 176.7

of this title. Each separate use of a communication facility to

cause or facilitate such a felony shall be a separate offense.

Venue for any violation of this section shall lie in the same county

as venue for the underlying felony enumerated in Section 176.7 of

this title.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 343, § 3. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 216, § 2,

eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws

1997, c. 133, § 132, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c.

5, § 59, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 148, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2003; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 345, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 132 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.