{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-381.80","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-381.80","heading":"Criminal offenses - Penalties","body":"A. Any person responsible for an act or omission or a criminal\n\noffense expressly declared to be unlawful by this act or rules\n\npromulgated under this act shall be guilty:\n\n1. Of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a term not\n\nexceeding one (1) year or a fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand\n\nDollars ($50,000.00), or both; and\n\n2. If the act or omission was intended to defraud, of a felony\n\npunishable by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years or a fine\n\nnot exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or both.\n\nB. An officer, director, employee, agent or attorney of an\n\nassociation shall be responsible for an act or omission of the\n\ninstitution declared to be a criminal offense against this act\n\nwhenever, knowing that such act or omission is unlawful, such person\n\nparticipates in authorizing, executing, ratifying or concealing such\n\nact, or in authorizing or ratifying such omission or, having a duty\n\nto take the required action, omits to do so. A director shall be\n\ndeemed to participate in any action, of which the director has or\n\nshould have had knowledge, taken or omitted to be taken by the board\n\nof which the director is a member unless the director dissents\n\ntherefrom in writing and promptly notifies the Commissioner of such\n\ndissent.\n\nC. It shall be a criminal offense against this act to violate\n\nany lawful order of the Commissioner. The Commissioner may refer\n\nevidence concerning violations of this act or of any rule or order\n\nhereunder to the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma or to the\n\ndistrict attorney for the county where a violation occurred in order\n\nthat an information or indictment for such violations may be filed.\n\nThe Attorney General or district attorney may designate and appoint\n\na lawyer of the Oklahoma State Banking Department as special\n\nassistant, if available, for the purpose of assisting in or\n\nconducting criminal prosecutions arising because of the proceedings\n\nprovided for in this section.\n\nD. Unless otherwise provided in this act, it shall be no\n\ndefense to a criminal prosecution under this act that the defendant\n\ndid not know the facts establishing the criminal character of the\n\nact or omission charged if the defendant could and should have known\n\nsuch facts in the proper performance of such duty.\n\nE. This section shall not apply to specific offenses for which\n\ncriminal sanctions have been imposed in other sections of this act.","path":["OK Code","Title 18"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"56b41b92c06524182c58142c71f5ab962ff5521be35beb6cb7f1b47fb1d41dbd","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-381.7a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-381.81"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}