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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1731.2: Organized retail crime — Penalties

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A. Actions relating to theft, retail theft, or larceny shall be

sufficient to constitute organized retail crime when two or more of

the following circumstances occur:

1. The property taken is intended for resale;

2. Such property is taken by two or more persons acting

jointly;

3. The persons taking the property do so while possessing tools

of theft including, but not limited to, tag cutters, foil-lined

bags, weapons, or other means of evading detection;

4. The persons taking the property attempt to exit through fire

escapes, employee exits, or other non-public means of entry or exit;

5. The persons taking such property remove, destroy,

deactivate, or knowingly evade any component of an anti-shoplifting

or inventory control device to prevent the activation of that device

or to facilitate another person in committing retail crime;

6. A person receives, purchases, or possesses retail

merchandise for sale or resale knowing or believing the retail

merchandise was stolen from a retail merchant;

7. The persons use a getaway driver or the motor vehicle of

another person or a rented or stolen motor vehicle when committing

retail crime; or

8. The persons use a paper, fraudulent, altered, or obstructed

license plate, use a license plate meant for a different vehicle, or

do not have any license plate.

B. Any person found to be in violation of this section shall be

punished as follows:

1. In the event the value of the property is less than Fifteen

Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), the person shall be punished by

imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a

term not to exceed five (5) years or 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; or

2. If the value of the property is Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be punished by imprisonment

in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to

exceed eight (8) years, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand

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

C. The person shall also be ordered to pay restitution to the

victim as provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

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