{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-589","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-589","heading":"False reporting of crime - False reporting of missing","body":"child.\n\nA. It shall be unlawful to willfully, knowingly and without\n\nprobable cause make a false report to any person of any crime or\n\ncircumstances indicating the possibility of crime having been\n\ncommitted, including the unlawful taking of personal property, which\n\nreport causes or encourages the exercise of police action or\n\ninvestigation. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of\n\nthis subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by\n\nimprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety (90) days\n\nor by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by\n\nboth such fine and imprisonment.\n\nB. It shall be unlawful to willfully, knowingly, and without\n\nprobable cause communicate false information concerning a missing\n\nchild to a law enforcement agency that causes or encourages the\n\nactivation of an AMBER alert warning system. Any person convicted\n\nof violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a\n\nClass D3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for\n\nin subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a\n\nfine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both\n\nsuch fine and imprisonment.","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":"3ebe430c7e7a76fc8f03cc85ed2e69e8ad17077944f1f56fced29998fc7e9df1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-588","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-590"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}