Oklahoma § 21-1577 - See the following versions:

§ 21-1577. See the following versions:

OS 21-1577v1 (HB 2751, Laws 2016, c. 221, § 11)

OS 21-1577v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 240)

§21-1577v1. Notes, checks, bills, drafts - Sale, exchange or

delivery.

Every person who sells, exchanges or delivers for any

consideration any forged or counterfeited promissory note, check,

bill, draft or other evidence of debt, or engagement for the payment

of money absolutely, or upon any contingency, knowing the same to be

forged or counterfeited, with intent to have the same uttered or

passed, or who offers any such note or other instrument for sale,

exchange or delivery for any consideration, with the like knowledge

and intent, or who receives any such note or other instrument upon a

sale, exchange or delivery for any consideration with the like

knowledge and intent, is guilty of forgery in the second degree if

the value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or

more and forgery in the third degree if the value of the instrument

is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

For purposes of this section, 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 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, § 2629. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 221, § 11, eff. Nov. 1,

2016.

§21-1577v2. Notes, checks, bills, drafts - Sale, exchange or

delivery.

A. Every person who sells, exchanges or delivers for any

consideration any forged or counterfeited promissory note, check,

bill, draft, or other evidence of debt, or engagement for the

payment of money absolutely, or upon any contingency, knowing the

same to be forged or counterfeited, with intent to have the same

uttered or passed, or who offers any such note or other instrument

for sale, exchange or delivery for any consideration, with the like

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

knowledge and intent, or who receives any such note or other

instrument upon a sale, exchange or delivery for any consideration

with the like knowledge and intent, is punishable as follows:

1. If the value of the instrument is less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of misdemeanor

forgery punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not

to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;

2. If the value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

($2,500.00), the person shall be guilty of felony forgery, a Class

D3 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine

not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine;

3. If the value of the instrument is Two Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars ($2,500.00) or more but less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00), the person shall be guilty of felony forgery, a Class

D1 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a fine

not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine; or

4. If the value of the instrument is Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of felony forgery,

a Class C2 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided

for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by a

fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine.

B. For purposes of this section, 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 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, § 2629. Amended by State Question No. 780, Initiative

Petition No. 404, § 17, adopted at election held on November 8,

2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2018;

Laws 2025, c. 486, § 240, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.