{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1578v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1578v1","heading":"Possession of forged evidences of debt","body":"Every person who, with intent to defraud, has in his or her\n\npossession any forged, altered or counterfeit negotiable note, bill,\n\ndraft or other evidence of debt issued or purporting to have been\n\nissued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that\n\npurpose by the laws of this state or of any other state, government\n\nor country, the forgery of which is hereinbefore declared to be\n\npunishable, knowing the same to be forged, altered or counterfeited,\n\nwith intent to utter the same as true or as false, or to cause the\n\nsame to be so uttered, is guilty of forgery in the second degree if\n\nthe value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or\n\nmore and forgery in the third degree if the value of the instrument\n\nis less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).\n\nFor purposes of this section, a series of offenses may be\n\naggregated into one offense when they are the result of the\n\nformulation of a plan or scheme or the setting up of a mechanism\n\nwhich, when put into operation, results in the taking or diversion\n\nof money or property on a recurring basis. When all acts result\n\nfrom a continuing course of conduct, they may be aggregated into one\n\ncrime. Acts forming an integral part of the first taking which\n\nfacilitate subsequent takings, or acts taken in preparation of\n\nseveral takings which facilitate subsequent takings, are relevant to\n\ndetermine the intent of the party to commit a continuing crime.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 2630. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 221, § 12, eff. Nov. 1,\n\n2016.","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":"a6c7d72acf3e43f3510bebc327a8469cb2e3dbee217bd2d3925ffff6014bbff5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1578","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1578v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}