Oklahoma § 64-1026 - Records - Destroying or forging a felony
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 64-1026 — Records - Destroying or forging a felony, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 64-1026. Records - Destroying or forging a felony
Any employee of the Commissioners of the Land Office who shall
knowingly and without authority and in violation of the records
destruction policy destroy, forge, falsify, steal, mutilate, hide or
intentionally misplace any of the records, files, computer data or
any other property of the Commissioners of the Land Office, or who
knowingly permits or causes the unlawful destruction, forgery,
falsifying, stealing, mutilating, hiding or intentional misplacing
of any of the records of the Commissioners of the Land Office, shall
be deemed guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B
through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by
both fine and imprisonment, and shall be immediately discharged by
the Commissioners of the Land Office upon discovery of the acts.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 186, p. 409, § 5, emerg. eff. July 21, 1933.
Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 542, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999,
1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 393, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2010, c. 41, §
19, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 115 of this title
by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 78, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010; Laws 2025, c.
486, § 554, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 542 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Oklahoma § 64-1026
What does Oklahoma Statutes § 64-1026 cover?
Section 64-1026 ("Records - Destroying or forging a felony") 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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