Oklahoma § 21-1542 - Obtaining property or signature under false pretenses Use of retail sales receipt or Universal Price Code Label to cheat

§ 21-1542. Obtaining property or signature under false pretenses Use of retail sales receipt or Universal Price Code Label to cheat

or defraud.

A. Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud another,

designedly, by color or aid of any false token or writing, or other

false pretense, obtains the signature of any person to any written

instrument, or obtains from any person any money or property is,

upon conviction, guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20P of this title if the value is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)

or more, or by a fine not exceeding three times the value of the

money or property so obtained, or by both such fine and

imprisonment. If the value is less than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), the person is, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor

punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not

exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding three times the

value of the money or property so obtained, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

B. Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud another,

possesses, uses, utters, transfers, makes, manufactures,

counterfeits, or reproduces a retail sales receipt or a Universal

Price Code Label is, upon conviction, guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of this title if the value is One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, or by a fine not exceeding three times

the value represented on the retail sales receipt or the Universal

Price Code Label, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the

value is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person is,

upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment

in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or by a

fine not exceeding three times the value represented on the retail

sales receipt or the Universal Price Code Label, or by both such

fine and imprisonment. For purposes of this subsection, a series of

offenses may be aggregated into one offense when they are the result

of the formulation of a plan or scheme or the setting up of a

mechanism which, when put into operation, results in the taking or

diversion of money or property on a recurring basis. When all acts

result from a continuing course of conduct, they may be aggregated

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into one crime. Acts forming an integral part of the first taking

which facilitate subsequent takings, or acts taken in preparation of

several takings which facilitate subsequent takings, are relevant to

determine the intent of the party to commit a continuing crime.

R.L. 1910, § 2694. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 139, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,

1997; Laws 2016, c. 221, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2025, c. 486,

§ 687, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1997, c. 133, § 371 repealed by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.

Sess., c. 5, § 452, eff. July 1, 1999.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 371 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.