2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-1541.2v2. Obtaining or attempting to obtain property by trick or deception - False statements or pretenses - Confidence game - Penalty.
A. If the value of the money, property or valuable thing referred to in Section 1541.1 of this title is:
1. 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 a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed two (2) years or in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment;
2. 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 a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed five (5) years or in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine; or
3. Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed eight (8) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
B. Any person convicted pursuant to this section shall also be ordered to pay restitution to the victim as provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 2, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 277, § 2, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 369, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 262, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 437, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 14, adopted at election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
