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§21-1. Title of code.

This chapter shall be known as the penal code of the State of Oklahoma. R.L.1910, § 2082.

§21-10. Punishment of misdemeanor.

Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by this chapter or by some existing provisions of law, every offense declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. R.L.1910, § […]

§21-100. Signature.

The term “signature” includes any name, mark or sign, written with the intent to authenticate any instrument or writing. R.L.1910, § 2827.

§21-102. Real property.

The term “real property” includes every estate, interest and right in lands, tenements and hereditaments. R.L.1910, § 2829.

§21-1021.1. Persons to whom act does not apply – Civil or injunctive relief.

A. Sections 1021 through 1024.4 of this title shall not apply to persons who may possess or distribute obscene matter or child pornography or participate in conduct otherwise prescribed by this act, when such possession, distribution, or conduct occurs in the course of law enforcement activities. B. The criminal provisions of this title shall not […]

§21-1021.2. Minors – Procuring for participation in pornography.

A. Any person who shall procure or cause the participation of any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years in any child pornography or who knowingly possesses, procures, or manufactures, or causes to be sold or distributed any child pornography shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment […]

§21-1021.4. Disclosure of obscene materials containing minors.

A. Any commercial film and photographic print processor or commercial computer technician who has knowledge of or observes, within the scope of such person’s professional capacity or employment, any film, photograph, video tape, negative, or slide, or any computer file, recording, CD-Rom, magnetic disk memory, magnetic tape memory, picture, graphic or image that is intentionally […]

§21-1023. Finding by magistrate that material is obscene or child pornography – Issuance of factual and legal basis – Delivery to district attorney.

The magistrate to whom any child pornography, or any obscene material, is delivered pursuant to Section 1022 of this title, shall, upon the examination of the accused, or if the examination is delayed or prevented, without awaiting such examination, determine the character of such child pornography or obscene material, and if the magistrate finds it […]

§21-1024.1. Definitions.

A. As used in Sections 1021, 1021.1 through 1021.4, Sections 1022 through 1024, and Sections 1040.8 through 1040.24 of this title, “child pornography” means and includes any visual depiction or individual image stored or contained in any format on any medium including, but not limited to, film, motion picture, videotape, photograph, negative, undeveloped film, slide, […]

§21-1024.2. Purchase, procurement or possession of child pornography.

It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, procure or possess child pornography in violation of Sections 1024.1 through 1024.4 of this title. Such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for a period of not more than twenty (20) years or a fine up to, but not […]

§21-1024.4. Destruction of obscene material or child pornography upon conviction.

Upon final conviction of the accused and any codefendant, the magistrate or law enforcement agency shall, with the consent of the district attorney, cause any obscene material or child pornography, in respect whereof the accused and any codefendant stands convicted and which remains in the possession or control of such magistrate, law enforcement agency or […]

§21-1024.5. Investigation of child pornography.

A. When any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is attempting or conspiring to engage in any conduct constituting a violation of any of the provisions of Section 1024.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma Attorney General or any district attorney in Oklahoma may conduct an investigation of the activity. […]

§21-1025. Bawdy-house, etc. – Penalty.

Every person who keeps any bawdy house, house of ill fame, of assignation, or of prostitution, or any other house or place for persons to visit for unlawful sexual intercourse, or for any other lewd, obscene or indecent purpose is, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not […]

§21-1026. Disorderly house.

Every person who keeps any disorderly house, or any house of public resort by which the peace, comfort or decency of the immediate neighborhood is habitually disturbed, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2468.

§21-1027. Letting building for unlawful purposes.

Every person who lets any building or portion of any building knowing that it is intended to be used for any purpose declared punishable by this article, or who otherwise permits any building or portion of a building to be so used, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L.1910, § 2469.