{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1441","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1441","heading":"Libel defined","body":"Libel is a false or malicious unprivileged publication by\n\nwriting, printing, picture, or effigy or other fixed representation\n\nto the eye, which exposes any person to public hatred, contempt,\n\nridicule or obloquy, or which tends to deprive him of public\n\nconfidence, or to injure him in his occupation, or any malicious\n\npublication as aforesaid, designed to blacken or vilify the memory\n\nof one who is dead, and tending to scandalize his surviving\n\nrelatives or friends.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"6e543e3e3b25bccf00997c2ce9c2fd13f68df50efa6e6438a795c61f565ab2a3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1440","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1442"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}