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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.8: Publication, distribution, or participation in

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preparation of obscene material or child sexual abuse material -

Unsolicited mailings.

A. No person shall knowingly photograph, act in, pose for,

model for, print, sell, offer for sale, give away, exhibit, publish,

offer to publish, or otherwise distribute, display, or exhibit any

book, magazine, story, pamphlet, paper, writing, card,

advertisement, circular, print, picture, photograph, motion picture

film, electronic video game or recording, image, cast, slide,

figure, instrument, statue, drawing, presentation, or other article

which is obscene material or child sexual abuse material, as defined

in Section 1024.1 of this title. In the case of any unsolicited

mailing of any of the material listed in this section, the offense

is deemed complete from the time such material is deposited in any

post office or delivered to any person with intent that it shall be

forwarded. Also, unless preempted by federal law, no unsolicited

mail which is harmful to minors pursuant to Section 1040.75 of this

title shall be mailed to any person. The party mailing the

materials specified in this section may be indicted and tried in any

county wherein such material is deposited or delivered, or in which

it is received by the person to whom it is addressed.

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section

involving obscene materials, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail

for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Two

Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. Any person who violates any provision of this section

involving child sexual abuse material, upon conviction, shall be

guilty of a Class B2 felony offense and shall be punished by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not

less than three (3) years and not more than twenty (20) years, or by

a fine of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by

both such fine and imprisonment. Any person convicted of a second

or subsequent violation shall, upon conviction, be punished by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not

less than ten (10) years and not more than thirty (30) years, or by

a fine of not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or by

both such fine and imprisonment. The violator, upon conviction,

shall be required to register as a sex offender under the Sex

Offenders Registration Act.

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