Oklahoma § 21-1040.14 - Action for adjudication of obscene material or child
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-1040.14 — Action for adjudication of obscene material or child, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1040.14. Action for adjudication of obscene material or child
sexual abuse content of mailable matter.
A. Whenever the Attorney General of this state or the district
attorney for any district has reasonable cause to believe that any
person, with knowledge of its contents, is:
1. Engaged in sending or causing to be sent, bringing or
causing to be brought, into this state for sale or commercial
distribution; or
2. In this state preparing, selling, exhibiting or commercially
distributing or giving away, or offering to give away, or has in his
or her possession with intent to sell, or commercially distribute or
to exhibit or give away or offer to give away,
any obscene material or child sexual abuse material, the Attorney
General or the district attorney for the county into which such
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mailable matter is sent or caused to be sent, brought or caused to
be brought, or in which it is prepared, sold, exhibited or
commercially distributed or given away or offered to be given away,
or possessed, may institute an action in the district court for an
adjudication of the obscenity or child sexual abuse content of the
mailable matter.
B. The procedure to be followed shall be that set forth in this
act.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 121, § 4, emerg. eff. April 4, 1968. Amended
by Laws 2000, c. 208, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2024, c. 59, §
22, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Oklahoma § 21-1040.14
What does Oklahoma Statutes § 21-1040.14 cover?
Section 21-1040.14 ("Action for adjudication of obscene material or child") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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