{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1171","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1171","heading":"Peeping Tom – Use of photographic, electronic or video","body":"equipment – Offenses and punishment - Definition.\n\nA. Every person who hides, waits or otherwise loiters in the\n\nvicinity of any private dwelling house, apartment building, any\n\nother place of residence, or in the vicinity of any locker room,\n\ndressing room, restroom or any other place where a person has a\n\nright to a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the unlawful and\n\nwillful intent to watch, gaze, or look upon any person in a\n\nclandestine manner, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a\n\nmisdemeanor. The violator shall be punished by imprisonment in the\n\ncounty jail for a term of not more than one (1) year, or by a fine\n\nnot to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such\n\nfine and imprisonment.\n\nB. Every person who uses photographic, electronic or video\n\nequipment in a clandestine manner for any illegal, illegitimate,\n\nprurient, lewd or lascivious purpose with the unlawful and willful\n\nintent to view, watch, gaze or look upon any person without the\n\nknowledge and consent of such person when the person viewed is in a\n\nplace where there is a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy,\n\nor who publishes or distributes any image obtained from such act,\n\nshall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense. The\n\nviolator shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in\n\nsubsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a fine\n\nnot exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such\n\nfine and imprisonment.\n\nC. Every person who uses photographic, electronic or video\n\nequipment in a clandestine manner for any illegal, illegitimate,\n\nprurient, lewd or lascivious purpose with the unlawful and willful\n\nintent to view, watch, gaze or look upon any person and capture an\n\nimage of a private area of a person without the knowledge and\n\nconsent of such person and knowingly does so under circumstances in\n\nwhich a reasonable person would believe that the private area of the\n\nperson would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether the\n\nperson is in a public or private place shall, upon conviction, be\n\nguilty of a misdemeanor. The violator shall be punished by\n\nimprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one (1)\n\nyear, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),\n\nor by both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nD. As used in this section, the phrase “private area of the\n\nperson” means the naked or undergarment-clad genitals, pubic area,\n\nbuttocks, or any portion of the areola of the female breast of that\n\nindividual.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"db27d6323dd318c16fb84bcc695e080f05d4c402aa53b09a12ca7230760e86c3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1169","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1172"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}