{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1737","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1737","heading":"Larceny of cable, information, or telecommunications","body":"services.\n\nA. Any person who:\n\n1. Shall knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain cable,\n\ninformation, or telecommunications service of any type or kind\n\nincluding but not limited to cable television, telephony, internet,\n\nand data transmission service from another by means, artifice,\n\ntrick, deception, or device without the payment to the operator of\n\nsaid service of all lawful compensation for each type of service\n\nobtained; or\n\n2. Shall knowingly assist or instruct any other person in\n\nobtaining or attempting to obtain cable, information, or\n\ntelecommunications service of any type or kind including but not\n\nlimited to cable television, telephony, internet, and data\n\ntransmission service without the payment to the operator of all\n\nlawful compensations; or\n\n3. Shall knowingly tamper or otherwise interfere with or\n\nconnect to by any means, whether mechanical, electrical, acoustical,\n\nor other means, any cables, wires, or other devices used for the\n\ndistribution of cable, information, or telecommunications service of\n\nany type or kind including but not limited to cable television,\n\ntelephony, internet, and data transmission service without authority\n\nfrom the operator of said service; or\n\n4. Shall knowingly manufacture, import into this state,\n\ndistribute, sell, offer for sale, rental, or use, possess for sale,\n\nrental, or use, or advertise for sale, rental, or use any device of\n\nany description, or any plan, or kit for a device, designed in whole\n\nor in part to facilitate the doing of any of the acts specified in\n\nparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this subsection;\n\nshall be guilty, upon conviction, of the misdemeanor of larceny of\n\ncable television, cable, information, or telecommunications service\n\nor tampering with cable television, cable, information, or\n\ntelecommunications service, which offenses are punishable by\n\nimprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months or\n\nby a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both\n\nsaid fine and imprisonment.\n\nB. In any prosecution as set forth in subsection A of this\n\nsection, the existence on the property and in the actual possession\n\nof the accused, of (1) any connection, wire, conductor, or any\n\ndevice whatsoever, which is connected in such a manner as would\n\nappear to permit the use of cable, information, or\n\ntelecommunications service of any type or kind including but not\n\nlimited to cable television, telephony, internet, and data\n\ntransmission service without the same being reported for payment to\n\nand specifically authorized by the operator of the cable,\n\ninformation, or telecommunications service of any type or kind\n\nincluding but not limited to cable television, telephony, internet,\n\nand data transmission service or (2) the existence on the property\n\nand in the actual possession of the accused, in quantities or\n\nvolumes suggesting possession for resale, of any device designed in\n\nwhole or in part to facilitate the performance of any of the illegal\n\nacts mentioned in subsection A of this section shall be prima facie\n\nevidence of intent to violate and of the violation of the provisions\n\nof subsection A of this section by the accused.\n\nC. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall\n\nbe liable to the franchised or otherwise duly licensed cable\n\ntelevision system, information service provider, or other\n\ntelecommunications service or equipment provider for the greater of\n\nthe following amounts:\n\n1. Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00); or\n\n2. Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained\n\nby the plaintiff, plus reasonable attorneys fees.\n\nD. Any franchised or otherwise duly licensed cable television\n\nsystem, information service provider, or other telecommunications\n\nservice or equipment provider may bring an action to enjoin and\n\nrestrain any violation of the provisions of this section or an\n\naction of conversion, or both, and may in the same action seek\ndamages, if any, sustained\n\nby the plaintiff, plus reasonable attorneys fees.\n\nD. Any franchised or otherwise duly licensed cable television\n\nsystem, information service provider, or other telecommunications\n\nservice or equipment provider may bring an action to enjoin and\n\nrestrain any violation of the provisions of this section or an\n\naction of conversion, or both, and may in the same action seek\n\ndamages as provided for in subsection C of this section.\n\nE. It is not a necessary prerequisite to an action pursuant to\n\nthis section that the plaintiff has suffered, or be threatened with,\n\nactual damages.\n\nF. The provisions of this section shall not be construed or\n\notherwise interpreted to prohibit an individual from owning or\n\noperating a device commonly known as a \"satellite receiving dish\"\n\nfor the purpose of receiving and utilizing satellite-relayed\n\ntelevision signals for his own use.","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":"5c67239ef2a99f4064ac6f1f1717cfb89e32a5e365a705d9d201be66b27a0da4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1732","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1738"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}