{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1741","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1741","heading":"Title of act - Definitions - Violations - Penalties -","body":"Liability - Exclusions - Other laws.\n\nA. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the “Unlawful\n\nUse of a Recording Device Act”.\n\nB. As used in the Unlawful Use of a Recording Device Act:\n\n1. “Audiovisual recording function” means the capability of a\n\ndevice to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by\n\nmeans of any technology now known or later developed; and\n\n2. “Facility” does not include a personal residence.\n\nC. Any person, where a motion picture is being exhibited, who\n\nknowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a device\n\nwithout the consent of the owner or lessee of the facility and of\n\nthe licensor of the motion picture being exhibited shall be guilty\n\nof unlawful use of a recording device and shall be punished by\n\nimprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1)\n\nyear, by a fine not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or\n\nby both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nD. The owner or lessee of a facility where a motion picture is\n\nbeing exhibited, or the authorized agent or employee of said owner\n\nor lessee, or the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited or\n\nthe licensor’s agent or employee, who alerts law enforcement\n\nauthorities of an alleged violation of this section shall not be\n\nliable in any civil action arising out of measures taken in good\n\nfaith by said owner, lessee, licensor, agent or employee to detain,\n\nidentify, or collect evidence from a person believed to have\n\nviolated this section while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement\n\nauthorities, unless the plaintiff can show by clear and convincing\n\nevidence that the measures were manifestly unreasonable or the\n\nperiod of detention was unreasonably long.\n\nE. This act shall not prevent any lawfully authorized\n\ninvestigative, law enforcement protective, or intelligence gathering\n\nemployee or agent, of the state or federal government, from\n\noperating any audiovisual recording device in any facility where a\n\nmotion picture is being exhibited, as part of lawfully authorized\n\ninvestigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence\n\ngathering activities.\n\nF. This act shall not apply to a person who operates an\n\naudiovisual recording function of a device in a retail establishment\n\nsolely to demonstrate the use of that device for sales purposes.\n\nG. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent\n\nprosecution for any act of recording or transmitting under any other\n\nprovision of law providing for greater penalty.","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":"8136b3abd06b089d371d0c952c771f9059d20218e80c013a68c1e15bd71c8a67","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1740.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1742.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}