Oklahoma § 21-1953 - Prohibited acts

§ 21-1953. Prohibited acts

A. It shall be unlawful to:

1. Willfully, and without authorization, gain or attempt to

gain access to and damage, modify, alter, delete, destroy, copy,

make use of, use malicious computer programs on, disclose or take

possession of a computer, computer system, computer network, data or

any other property;

2. Use a computer, computer system, computer network or any

other property as hereinbefore defined for the purpose of devising

or executing a scheme or artifice with the intent to defraud,

deceive, extort or for the purpose of controlling or obtaining

money, property, data, services or other thing of value by means of

a false or fraudulent pretense or representation;

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3. Willfully exceed the limits of authorization and damage,

modify, alter, destroy, copy, delete, disclose or take possession of

a computer, computer system, computer network, data or any other

property;

4. Willfully and without authorization, gain or attempt to gain

access to a computer, computer system, computer network, data or any

other property;

5. Willfully and without authorization use or cause to be used

computer services;

6. Willfully and without authorization disrupt or cause the

disruption of computer services or deny or cause the denial of

access or other computer services to an authorized user of a

computer, computer system or computer network, other than an

authorized entity acting for a legitimate business purpose with the

effective consent of the owner;

7. Willfully and without authorization provide or assist in

providing a means of accessing a computer, computer system, data or

computer network in violation of this section;

8. Willfully use a computer, computer system, or computer

network to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person;

9. Willfully use a computer, computer system, or computer

network to put another person in fear of physical harm or death; and

10. Willfully solicit another, regardless of any financial

consideration or exchange of property, of any acts described in

paragraphs 1 through 9 of this subsection.

B. Any person convicted of violating paragraph 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9

or 10 of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a Class C2

felony offense punishable as provided in Section 1955 of this title.

C. Any person convicted of violating paragraph 4, 5 or 8 of

subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

D. Nothing in the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act shall be

construed to prohibit the monitoring of computer usage of, or the

denial of computer or Internet access to, a child by a parent, legal

guardian, legal custodian, or foster parent. As used in this

subsection, "child" shall mean any person less than eighteen (18)

years of age.

E. Nothing in the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act shall be

construed to prohibit testing by an authorized entity, the purpose

of which is to provide to the owner or operator of the computer,

computer system or computer network an evaluation of the security of

the computer, computer system or computer network against real or

imagined threats or harms.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 70, § 3, emerg. eff. March 29, 1984. Amended

by Laws 1989, c. 151, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1997, c. 133, §

427, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 105, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000;

Laws 2002, c. 97, § 2, emerg. eff. April 17, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 66,

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§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2021, c. 545, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021;

Laws 2025, c. 486, § 260, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 427 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.