Oklahoma § 21-1979 - Advertisement, rental, sale, resale, distribution or
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-1979 — Advertisement, rental, sale, resale, distribution or, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1979. Advertisement, rental, sale, resale, distribution or
circulation of article without actual true name and address of
manufacturer - Penalties.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise, or offer
for rental, sale, resale, distribution or circulation, or rent,
sell, resell, distribute or circulate, or cause to be sold, resold,
distributed or circulated, or possess for such purposes any article,
which does not clearly and conspicuously display thereon in clearly
readable print the actual true name and address of the manufacturer
thereof.
B. A violation of this section involving less than seven
articles upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are
recorded or less than one hundred other articles or sound
recordings, shall constitute a misdemeanor, and shall, upon
conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00).
C. A violation of this section involving seven or more articles
upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are recorded
or one hundred or more other articles or sound recordings, shall
constitute a Class D1 felony offense, and shall, upon conviction, be
punishable by a fine not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B
through F of Section 20N of this title, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
D. A second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this
section shall constitute a Class D1 felony offense, and shall, upon
conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or both such
fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 82, § 5, emerg. eff. April 18, 1991. Amended
by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 433, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.
Sess., c. 5, § 317, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2007, c. 4, § 1, eff.
Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 469, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 433 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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