Oklahoma § 21-1533.1 - Identity theft - Penalties - Civil action

§ 21-1533.1. Identity theft - Penalties - Civil action

A. It is unlawful for any person to willfully and with

fraudulent intent obtain the name, address, Social Security number,

date of birth, place of business or employment, debit, credit or

account numbers, driver license number or any other personal

identifying information of another person, living or dead, with

intent to use, sell or allow any other person to use or sell such

personal identifying information to obtain or attempt to obtain

money, credit, goods, property or service in the name of the other

person without the consent of that person.

B. It is unlawful for any person to use with fraudulent intent

the personal identity of another person, living or dead, or any

information relating to the personal identity of another person,

living or dead, to obtain or attempt to obtain credit or anything of

value.

C. It is unlawful for any person with fraudulent intent to

lend, sell, or otherwise offer the use of such person's own name,

address, Social Security number, date of birth or any other personal

identifying information or document to any other person with the

intent to allow such other person to use the personal identifying

information or document to obtain or attempt to obtain any

identifying document in the name of such other person.

D. It is unlawful for any person to willfully create, modify,

alter or change any personal identifying information of another

person with fraudulent intent to obtain any money, credit, goods,

property, service or any benefit or thing of value, or to control,

use, waste, hinder or encumber another person's credit, accounts,

goods, property, title, interests, benefits or entitlements without

the consent of that person.

E. Any person convicted of violating any provision of this

section shall be guilty of identity theft. Any person who violates

the provisions of subsection A, B or D of this section shall, upon

conviction, 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, or a fine not to exceed One Hundred Thousand

Dollars ($100,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any

person who violates the provisions of subsection A, B or D of this

section, and the victim is an individual who is less than eighteen

(18) years of age, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1

felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or a fine not

to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or by both

such fine and imprisonment. Any person who violates the provisions

of subsection C of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of

a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a

term not to exceed one (1) year, or a fine not to exceed One Hundred

Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment. Restitution to the victim may be ordered in addition

to any criminal penalty imposed by the court. The victim of

identity theft may bring a civil action for damages against any

person participating in furthering the crime or attempted crime of

identity theft.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 144, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1999. Amended

by Laws 2000, c. 277, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 5, § 5,

emerg. eff. March 21, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 279, § 1, emerg. eff. May

10, 2004; Laws 2007, c. 167, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2016, c.

221, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2021, c. 275, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2021; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 423, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 2000, c. 174, § 1 repealed by Laws 2001, c. 5, § 6,

emerg. eff. March 21, 2001.