{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-2001","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-2001","heading":"Unlawful proceeds - Transactions with counsel - Bank","body":"transactions - Criminal and civil penalties.\n\nA. It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to\n\nreceive or acquire proceeds and to conceal such proceeds, or engage\n\nin transactions involving such proceeds, known to be derived from a\n\nspecified unlawful activity, as defined in subsection F of this\n\nsection. This subsection does not apply to any transaction between\n\nan individual and the counsel of the individual necessary to\n\npreserve the right to representation of the individual, as\n\nguaranteed by the Oklahoma Constitution and by the Sixth Amendment\n\nof the United States Constitution. However, this exception does not\n\ncreate any presumption against or prohibition of the right of the\n\nstate to seek and obtain forfeiture of any proceeds derived from a\n\nviolation of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nB. It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to\n\ngive, sell, transfer, trade, invest, conceal, transport, or maintain\n\nan interest in or otherwise make available anything of value which\n\nthat person knows is intended to be used for the purpose of\n\ncommitting or furthering the commission of a specified unlawful\n\nactivity, as defined in subsection F of this section.\n\nC. It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to\n\ndirect, plan, organize, initiate, finance, manage, supervise, or\n\nfacilitate the transportation or transfer of proceeds known to be\n\nderived from a specified unlawful activity, as defined in subsection\n\nF of this section.\n\nD. It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to\n\nconduct a financial transaction involving proceeds derived from a\n\nspecified unlawful activity, as defined in subsection F of this\n\nsection, when the transaction is designed in whole or in part to\n\nconceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or\n\ncontrol of the proceeds known to be derived from a violation of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or to avoid a transaction reporting requirement\n\nunder state or federal law.\n\nE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, it\n\nshall be lawful for an organization engaged in the business of\n\nbanking to receive deposits and payments, to pay checks and other\n\nwithdrawals, and to process any other financial transaction for its\n\ncustomers in the ordinary course of business if it has no actual\n\nknowledge of any violation of the Oklahoma Statutes by that\n\ncustomer. If an organization engaged in the business of banking,\n\nacting in good faith and without actual knowledge of any violation\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes by its customer, acquires a security\n\ninterest or statutory lien with respect to a customer's funds, that\n\ncustomer's funds which are subject to the security interest or lien\n\nshall not be subject to forfeiture action, to the extent of the\n\namount of that customer's indebtedness to the banking organization.\n\nF. For purposes of this section, \"specified unlawful activity\"\n\nmeans an act or omission, including any initiatory, preparatory, or\n\ncompleted offense or omission that is punishable as a misdemeanor or\n\nfelony under the laws of Oklahoma, or if the act occurred outside\n\nOklahoma would be punishable as a misdemeanor or felony under the\n\nlaws of the state in which it occurred and under the laws of\n\nOklahoma.\n\nG. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of\n\nthis section is guilty of:\n\n1. A misdemeanor, if the violation involves Two Thousand Five\n\nHundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or less;\n\n2. A Class D3 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as\n\nprovided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title\n\nif the violation involves more than Two Thousand Five Hundred\n\nDollars ($2,500.00), but not more than Ten Thousand Dollars\n\n($10,000.00);\n\n3. A Class C1 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as\n\nprovided for in subsections B through E of Section 20L of this title\nrovided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title\n\nif the violation involves more than Two Thousand Five Hundred\n\nDollars ($2,500.00), but not more than Ten Thousand Dollars\n\n($10,000.00);\n\n3. A Class C1 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as\n\nprovided for in subsections B through E of Section 20L of this title\n\nif the violation involves more than Ten Thousand Dollars\n\n($10,000.00), but not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);\n\nor\n\n4. A Class B1 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment for\n\nnot less than five (5) years and not more than twenty (20) years if\n\nthe violation involves more than Fifty Thousand Dollars\n\n($50,000.00).\n\nH. In addition to any criminal penalty, a person who violates\n\nany provision of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of\n\nthree (3) times the value of the property involved in the\n\ntransaction. The civil penalty provided in this subsection shall be\n\nsplit evenly between the prosecuting agency and the investigating\n\nlaw enforcement agency.","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":"075efcc0e28cd12955ac891899f710e3961e41af5d69c86cde41c523f1ce78e8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-2002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}