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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1578v2: Possession of forged evidences of debt

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A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, has in his or her

possession any forged, altered or counterfeit negotiable note, bill,

draft or other evidence of debt issued or purporting to have been

issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that

purpose by the laws of this state or of any other state, government

or country, the forgery of which is hereinbefore declared to be

punishable, knowing the same to be forged, altered or counterfeited,

with intent to utter the same as true or as false, or to cause the

same to be so uttered, is punishable as follows:

1. If the value of the instrument is less than One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of misdemeanor

forgery punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not

to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;

2. If the value of the instrument is 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 felony forgery, a Class

D3 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine

not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine;

3. If the value of the instrument is 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 felony forgery, a Class

D1 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a fine

not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine; or

4. If the value of the instrument is Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of felony forgery,

a Class C2 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided

for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by a

fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine.

B. For purposes of this section, a series of offenses may be

aggregated into one offense when they are the result of the

formulation of a plan or scheme or the setting up of a mechanism

which, when put into operation, results in the taking or diversion

of money or property on a recurring basis. When all acts result

from a continuing course of conduct, they may be aggregated into one

crime. Acts forming an integral part of the first taking which

facilitate subsequent takings, or acts taken in preparation of

several takings which facilitate subsequent takings, are relevant to

determine the intent of the party to commit a continuing crime.

R.L. 1910, § 2630. Amended by State Question No. 780, Initiative

Petition No. 404, § 18, adopted at election held on November 8,

2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2018;

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