Oklahoma § 21-1871 - Use with intent to avoid payment of service charges
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-1871 — Use with intent to avoid payment of service charges, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1871. Use with intent to avoid payment of service charges
A. Any person who uses a telecommunication device with the
intent to avoid the payment of any lawful charge for
telecommunication service or with the knowledge that it was to avoid
the payment of any lawful charge for telecommunication service and
the value of the telecommunication service is not more than One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or such value cannot be ascertained
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. Any person who uses a telecommunication device with the
intent to avoid the payment of any lawful charge for
telecommunication service or with the knowledge that it was to avoid
the payment of any lawful charge for telecommunication service and
the value of the telecommunication service exceeds One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3
felony offense punishable by incarceration as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title.
C. If the cloned cellular telephone used in violation of this
section was used to facilitate the commission of a felony the
person, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony
offense punishable by incarceration as provided for in subsections B
through F of Section 20P of this title.
D. Any person who has been convicted previously of an offense
under this section shall be guilty of a Schedule E felony upon a
second and any subsequent conviction, if the offense occurs on or
after the effective date of Section 20.1 of this title. If the
offense occurs before the effective date of Section 20.1 of this
title the crime shall be punishable by incarceration in the custody
of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed five (5)
years.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 97, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws
1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 9, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998; Laws 2025,
c. 486, § 702, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 21-1871 ("Use with intent to avoid payment of service charges") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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