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Oklahoma · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1488: Blackmail

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Blackmail is verbally or by written or printed communication and

with intent to extort or gain any thing of value from another or to

compel another to do an act against his or her will:

1. Accusing or threatening to accuse any person of a crime or

conduct which would tend to degrade and disgrace the person accused;

2. Exposing or threatening to expose any fact, report or

information concerning any person which would in any way subject

such person to the ridicule or contempt of society; or

3. Threatening to report a person as being illegally present in

the United States, and is coupled with the threat that such

accusation or exposure will be communicated to a third person or

persons unless the person threatened or some other person pays or

delivers to the accuser or some other person some thing of value or

does some act against his or her will. Blackmail is a Class D1

felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or a fine not

to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine.

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