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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1871: Use with intent to avoid payment of service charges

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  2. Title 21

A. Any person who uses a telecommunication device with the

intent to avoid the payment of any lawful charge for

telecommunication service or with the knowledge that it was to avoid

the payment of any lawful charge for telecommunication service and

the value of the telecommunication service is not more than One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or such value cannot be ascertained

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. Any person who uses a telecommunication device with the

intent to avoid the payment of any lawful charge for

telecommunication service or with the knowledge that it was to avoid

the payment of any lawful charge for telecommunication service and

the value of the telecommunication service exceeds One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3

felony offense punishable by incarceration as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title.

C. If the cloned cellular telephone used in violation of this

section was used to facilitate the commission of a felony the

person, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense punishable by incarceration as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of this title.

D. Any person who has been convicted previously of an offense

under this section shall be guilty of a Schedule E felony upon a

second and any subsequent conviction, if the offense occurs on or

after the effective date of Section 20.1 of this title. If the

offense occurs before the effective date of Section 20.1 of this

title the crime shall be punishable by incarceration in the custody

of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed five (5)

years.

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