Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.39: Use of scanning or skimming device on credit or debit

cards – Use of reencoder on credit or debit cards – Possession of

skimming device.

A. Every person who:

1. Uses a scanning device or skimming device to access, read,

obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information

encoded on the computer chip, magnetic strip or stripe or other

storage mechanism of a credit card or debit card without the

permission of the authorized user of the credit card or debit card

and with the intent to defraud the authorized user or the issuer of

the credit card or debit card or a person or organization providing

money, goods, services or anything else of value;

2. Uses a reencoder to place information encoded on the

computer chip, magnetic strip or stripe or other storage mechanism

of a credit card or debit card onto the computer chip, magnetic

strip or stripe or other storage mechanism of a different card

without the permission of the authorized user of the credit card or

debit card from which the information is being reencoded and with

the intent to defraud the authorized user or the issuer of the

credit card or debit card or a person or organization providing

money, goods, services or anything else of value; or

3. Possesses with the intent to sell, deliver or use a skimming

device,

is, upon conviction, guilty of an offense and is subject to the

penalties set forth in subsection B of Section 1550.33 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The provisions of paragraph 3 of subsection A of this

section shall not apply to the following individuals while acting

within the scope of their official duties:

1. An employee, officer or agent of:

a. a law enforcement agency or criminal prosecuting

authority for the state or federal government,

b. the state court system or federal court system, or

c. an executive branch agency in this state; or

2. A financial or retail security investigator employed by a

person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything

else of value.