Oklahoma § 21-1021 - Indecent exposure - Indecent exhibitions - Obscene

§ 21-1021. Indecent exposure - Indecent exhibitions - Obscene

material or child pornography - Solicitation of minors.

A. Every person who willfully and knowingly either:

1. Lewdly exposes his or her person or genitals in any public

place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be

offended or annoyed thereby; provided, however, for purposes of this

section, a person alleged to have committed an act of public

urination shall be prosecuted pursuant to Section 22 of this title

unless such act was accompanied with another act that violates

paragraphs 2 through 4 of this subsection and shall not be subject

to registration under the Sex Offenders Registration Act;

2. Procures, counsels, or assists any person to expose such

person, or to make any other exhibition of such person to public

view or to the view of any number of persons, for the purpose of

sexual stimulation of the viewer;

3. Writes, composes, stereotypes, prints, photographs, designs,

copies, draws, engraves, paints, molds, cuts, or otherwise prepares,

publishes, sells, distributes, keeps for sale, knowingly downloads

on a computer, or exhibits any obscene material or child sexual

abuse material; or

4. Makes, prepares, cuts, sells, gives, loans, distributes,

keeps for sale, or exhibits any disc record, metal, plastic, or wax,

wire or tape recording, or any type of obscene material or child

sexual abuse material,

shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B4 felony offense and

shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Twenty Thousand Dollars

($20,000.00) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days

nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Every person who:

1. Willfully solicits or aids a minor child to perform; or

2. Shows, exhibits, loans, or distributes to a minor child any

obscene material or child sexual abuse material for the purpose of

inducing said minor to participate in, any act specified in

paragraphs 1, 2, 3 or 4 of subsection A of this section,

shall be guilty of a Class A1 felony offense, upon conviction, and

shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department

of Corrections for not less than ten (10) years nor more than thirty

(30) years, except when the minor child is under twelve (12) years

of age at the time the offense is committed, and in such case the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

person shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the

custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than twentyfive (25) years.

C. Persons convicted under this section shall not be eligible

for a deferred sentence.

D. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole,

any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a

violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of postimprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1

of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes

under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The

jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment

supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.

E. For purposes of this section, "downloading on a computer"

means electronically transferring an electronic file from one

computer or electronic media to another computer or electronic

media.

R.L.1910, § 2463. Amended by Laws 1935, p. 18, § 1; Laws 1951, p.

60, § 1; Laws 1961, p. 230, § 1, emerg. eff. July 26, 1961; Laws

1967, c. 111, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1967; Laws 1978, c. 121, §

1; Laws 1984, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1996, c. 37, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 276, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws

1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 179, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c.

208, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 20, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb.

28, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 308, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 2003; Laws

2007, c. 261, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 3, § 12, emerg.

eff. Feb. 28, 2008; Laws 2011, c. 186, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws

2024, c. 59, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 9, eff.

Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 276 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 2007, c. 325, § 2 repealed by Laws 2008, c. 3, § 13,

emerg. eff. Feb. 28, 2008.