{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1578v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1578v2","heading":"Possession of forged evidences of debt","body":"A. 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 punishable as follows:\n\n1. If the value of the instrument is less than One Thousand\n\nDollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of misdemeanor\n\nforgery punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not\n\nto exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand\n\nDollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;\n\n2. If the value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars\n\n($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($2,500.00), the person shall be guilty of felony forgery, a Class\n\nD3 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in\n\nsubsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine\n\nnot to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such\n\nimprisonment and fine;\n\n3. If the value of the instrument is Two Thousand Five Hundred\n\nDollars ($2,500.00) or more but less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars\n\n($15,000.00), the person shall be guilty of felony forgery, a Class\n\nD1 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in\n\nsubsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a fine\n\nnot to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such\n\nimprisonment and fine; or\n\n4. If the value of the instrument is Fifteen Thousand Dollars\n\n($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of felony forgery,\n\na Class C2 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided\n\nfor in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by a\n\nfine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such\n\nimprisonment and fine.\n\nB. For 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 State Question No. 780, Initiative\n\nPetition No. 404, § 18, adopted at election held on November 8,\n\n2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2018;","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":"b1898e2269b720ae62ea1a6ed20e496d434327070bdeace9e857962036c5228a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1578v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1579"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}