Oklahoma § 21-1592 - Uttering forged instruments or coin

§ 21-1592. Uttering forged instruments or coin

A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, utters or

publishes as true any forged, altered or counterfeited instrument or

any counterfeit gold or silver coin, the forging, altering or

counterfeiting of which has previously been declared to be

punishable, knowing such instrument or coin to be forged, altered or

counterfeited, 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 forgery as a

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to

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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 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 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; and

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

($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of 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, § 2645. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 221, § 14, eff. Nov. 1,

2016; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2025, c. 486,

§ 243, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.