Oklahoma § 21-1265.4 - Attempts - Punishment - Acts constituting

Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-1265.4 — Attempts - Punishment - Acts constituting, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 21-1265.4. Attempts - Punishment - Acts constituting

Whoever attempts to commit any of the crimes defined by Sections

1265.1 through 1265.14 of this title shall be liable to one-half

(1/2) the punishment prescribed for the completed crime. In

addition to the acts which constitute an attempt to commit a crime

under the law of this state, the solicitation or incitement of

another to commit any of the crimes defined by Sections 1265.1

through 1265.14 of this title not followed by the commission of the

crime, the collection or assemblage of any materials with the intent

that the same are to be used then or at a later time in the

commission of such crime, or the entry, with or without permission,

of a building, enclosure or other premises of another with the

intent to commit any such crime therein or thereon shall constitute

an attempt to commit such crime and shall be deemed a Class D1

felony offense.

Added by Laws 1941, p. 85, § 4, emerg. eff. May 31, 1941. Amended

by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 317, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st

Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 215, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 411,

eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 317 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

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