Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-745: Kidnapping for purpose of extortion - Assisting in

disposing, receiving, possessing or exchanging money or property

received.

A. Every person who, without lawful authority, forcibly seizes

and confines another, or inveigles or kidnaps another, for the

purpose of extorting any money, property or thing of value or

advantage from the person so seized, confined, inveigled or

kidnapped, or from any other person, or in any manner threatens

either by written instrument, word of mouth, message, telegraph,

telephone, by placing an ad in a newspaper, or by messenger, demands

money or other thing of value, shall be guilty of a Class A1 felony

offense, and upon conviction shall suffer death or imprisonment in

the State Penitentiary for not less than ten (10) years.

B. Every person, not a principal in the kidnapping and not a

relative or agent authorized by a relative of a kidnapped person,

but who knowingly aids, assists, or participates in the disposing,

receiving, possession or exchanging of any moneys, property or thing

of value or advantage from the person so seized, confined, inveigled

or kidnapped, shall be guilty of a Class A2 felony offense, and upon

conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State

Penitentiary for not less than five (5) years.

R.L. 1910, § 2378. Amended by Laws 1935, p. 17, § 1; Laws 1937, p.

13, § 1; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 238, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st

Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 142, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 7,

eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 238 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.