{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1739","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1739","heading":"Library theft","body":"A. As used in this section:\n\n1. \"Library facility\" means any:\n\na. public library; or\n\nb. library of an educational, historical or\n\neleemosynary institution, organization, or society; or\n\nc. museum; or\n\nd. repository of public or institutional records.\n\n2. \"Library material\" means any book, plate, picture,\n\nphotograph, engraving, painting, drawing, map, newspaper, magazine,\n\npamphlet, broadside, manuscript, document, letter, record,\n\nmicroform, sound recording, audiovisual materials in any format,\n\nmagnetic or other tapes, catalog cards or catalog records,\n\nelectronic data processing records, computer software, artifacts, or\n\nother documentary, written or printed materials regardless of\n\nphysical form or characteristics, belonging or on loan to, or\n\notherwise in the custody of a library facility.\n\n3. \"Demand\" means either actual notice to the possessor of any\n\nlibrary materials or the mailing of written notice to the possessor\n\nat the last address of record which the library facility has for\n\nsaid person, demanding the return of designated library materials.\n\nIf demand is made by mail it shall be deemed to have been given as\n\nof the date the notice is mailed by the library facility.\n\nB. Any person shall be guilty, upon conviction, of library\n\ntheft who willfully: 1. Removes or attempts to remove any library\n\nmaterial from the premises of a library facility without authority;\n\nor\n\n2. Mutilates, destroys, alters or otherwise damages, in whole\n\nor in part, any library materials; or\n\n3. Fails to return any library materials which have been lent\n\nto said person by the library facility, within seven (7) days after\n\ndemand has been made for the return of the library materials.\n\nC. A person convicted of library theft shall be guilty of a\n\nmisdemeanor and shall be subject to the fine and restitution\n\nprovisions of this subsection but shall not be subject to\n\nimprisonment. The punishment for conviction of library theft shall\n\nbe:\n\n1. If the aggregate value of the library material is Five\n\nHundred Dollars ($500.00) or less, by fine not exceeding One\n\nThousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or the offender shall make restitution\n\nto the library facility, including payment of all related expenses\n\nincurred by the library facility as a result of the actions of the\n\noffender, or both such fine and restitution; or\n\n2. If the aggregate value of the library material is greater\n\nthan Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), by fine not exceeding Ten\n\nThousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or the offender shall make\n\nrestitution to the library facility, including payment of all\n\nexpenses incurred by the library facility as a result of the actions\n\nof the offender, or both such fine and restitution.\n\nD. Copies of the provisions of this section shall be posted on\n\nthe premises of each library facility.","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":"309732c3fb690707b2ee3ed47b968181c3d226f1ded10622531ee876f845f02c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1738","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-174"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}