{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4253","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-4253","heading":"Crimes and penalties - Exceptions - Punishment for second","body":"and subsequent offenses - Restitutions.\n\nA. Any person who knowingly and with intent that a violation of\n\nthis section be committed:\n\n1. Owns, operates, or conducts a chop shop;\n\n2. Transports any vessel or motor or vessel or motor part to or\n\nfrom a location knowing it to be a chop shop; or\n\n3. Sells, transfers, purchases, or receives any vessel or motor\n\nor vessel or motor part either to or from a location knowing it to\n\nbe a chop shop,\n\nupon conviction, is guilty of a Class C1 felony offense, punishable\n\nby imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through E of\n\nSection 20L of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of\n\nnot more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or both\n\nsuch imprisonment and fine.\n\nB. Any person who knowingly alters, counterfeits, defaces,\n\ndestroys, disguises, falsifies, forges, obliterates, or knowingly\n\nremoves a hull identification number, manufacturer's serial number\n\nor other identification number with the intent to misrepresent the\n\nidentity or prevent the identification of a vessel or motor or\n\nvessel or motor part, upon conviction, is guilty of a Class C2\n\nfelony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in\n\nsubsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, or by a fine of not more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars\n\n($100,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine.\n\nC. 1. Any person who buys, disposes, sells, transfers, or\n\npossesses a vessel or motor or vessel or motor part, with knowledge\n\nthat the hull identification number, manufacturer's serial number or\n\nother identification number of the vessel or motor or vessel or\n\nmotor part has been altered, counterfeited, defaced, destroyed,\n\ndisguised, falsified, forged, obliterated, or removed, upon\n\nconviction, is guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, punishable by\n\nimprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section\n\n20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of not more\n\nthan Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or both such imprisonment\n\nand fine.\n\n2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not\n\napply to a vessel or motor scrap processor who, in the normal legal\n\ncourse of business and in good faith, processes a vessel or motor or\n\nvessel or motor part by crushing, compacting, or other similar\n\nmethods, provided that any hull identification number,\n\nmanufacturer's serial number or other identification number is not\n\nremoved from the vessel or motor or vessel or motor part prior to or\n\nduring any such processing.\n\n3. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not\n\napply to any owner or authorized possessor of a vessel or motor or\n\nvessel or motor part which has been recovered by law enforcement\n\nauthorities after having been stolen or where the condition of the\n\nhull identification number, manufacturer's serial number or other\n\nidentification number of the vessel or motor or vessel or motor part\n\nis known to or has been reported to law enforcement authorities. It\n\nshall be presumed that law enforcement authorities have knowledge of\n\nall hull identification numbers, manufacturer's serial numbers or\n\nother identification numbers on a vessel or motor or vessel or motor\n\npart which are altered, counterfeited, defaced, disguised,\n\nfalsified, forged, obliterated, or removed, when law enforcement\n\nauthorities deliver or return the vessel or motor or vessel or motor\n\npart to its owner or authorized possessor after it has been\n\nrecovered by law enforcement authorities after having been reported\n\nstolen.\n\nD. A person commits an attempt when, with intent to commit a\n\nviolation proscribed by subsection A, B or C of this section, the\n\nperson does any act which constitutes a substantial step toward the\n\ncommission of the violation proscribed by subsection A, B or C of\n\nthis section, and upon conviction is guilty of a Class C2 felony\ned by law enforcement authorities after having been reported\n\nstolen.\n\nD. A person commits an attempt when, with intent to commit a\n\nviolation proscribed by subsection A, B or C of this section, the\n\nperson does any act which constitutes a substantial step toward the\n\ncommission of the violation proscribed by subsection A, B or C of\n\nthis section, and upon conviction is guilty of a Class C2 felony\n\noffense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B\n\nthrough F of Section 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by\n\na fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or both\n\nsuch imprisonment and fine.\n\nE. A person commits conspiracy when, with an intent that a\n\nviolation proscribed by subsection A, B or C of this section be\n\ncommitted, the person agrees with another to the commission of the\n\nviolation proscribed by subsection A, B or C of this section, and\n\nupon conviction is guilty of a Class D3 felony offense, punishable\n\nby imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of\n\nSection 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of\n\nnot more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or both\n\nsuch imprisonment and fine. No person may be convicted of\n\nconspiracy under this section unless an act in furtherance of such\n\nagreement is alleged and proved to have been committed by that\n\nperson or a coconspirator.\n\nF. A person commits solicitation when, with intent that a\n\nviolation proscribed by subsection A, B or C of this section be\n\ncommitted, the person commands, encourages, or requests another to\n\ncommit the violation proscribed by subsection A, B or C of this\n\nsection, and upon conviction is guilty of a Class D3 felony offense,\n\npunishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through\n\nF of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine\n\nof not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both such\n\nimprisonment and fine.\n\nG. A person commits aiding and abetting when, either before or\n\nduring the commission of a violation proscribed by subsection A, B\n\nor C of this section, with the intent to promote or facilitate such\n\ncommission, the person aids, abets, agrees or attempts to aid\n\nanother in the planning or commission of the violation proscribed by\n\nsubsection A, B or C of this section, and upon conviction is guilty\n\nof a Class D3 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided\n\nfor in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of not more than Five Thousand\n\nDollars ($5,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine.\n\nH. A person is an accessory after the fact who maintains,\n\nassists, or gives any other aid to an offender while knowing or\n\nhaving reasonable grounds to believe the offender to have committed\n\na violation under subsection A, B, C, D, E, F or G of this section,\n\nand upon conviction is guilty of a Class D3 felony offense,\n\npunishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through\n\nF of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine\n\nof not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such\n\nimprisonment and fine.\n\nI. No prosecution shall be brought and no person shall be\n\nconvicted of any violation under this section, where acts of the\n\nperson, otherwise constituting a violation, were done in good faith\n\nin order to comply with the laws or regulations of any state or\n\nterritory of the United States, or of the federal government of the\n\nUnited States.\n\nJ. The sentence imposed upon a person convicted of any\n\nviolation of this section shall not be reduced to less than one (1)\n\nyear imprisonment for a second conviction of any violation, or less\n\nthan five (5) years for a third or subsequent conviction of any\n\nviolation of this section, and no sentence imposed upon a person for\n\na second or subsequent conviction of any violation of this section\nes.\n\nJ. The sentence imposed upon a person convicted of any\n\nviolation of this section shall not be reduced to less than one (1)\n\nyear imprisonment for a second conviction of any violation, or less\n\nthan five (5) years for a third or subsequent conviction of any\n\nviolation of this section, and no sentence imposed upon a person for\n\na second or subsequent conviction of any violation of this section\n\nshall be suspended or reduced, until such person shall have served\n\nthe minimum period of imprisonment provided for herein. A person\n\nconvicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section shall\n\nnot be eligible for probation, parole, furlough or work release. A\n\nsecond conviction or any third or subsequent conviction of a\n\nviolation of this section shall be deemed a Class B3 felony offense.\n\nK. 1. In addition to any other punishment, a person who\n\nviolates this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the\n\nlawful owner or owners of the stolen vessel or motor or the stolen\n\nvessel or motor part or parts, or to the owner's insurer to the\n\nextent that the owner has been compensated by the insurer, and to\n\nany other person for any financial loss sustained as a result of a\n\nviolation of this section.\n\nFinancial loss shall include, but not be limited to, loss of\n\nearnings, out-of-pocket and other expenses, repair and replacement\n\ncosts and claims payments. \"Lawful owner\" shall include an innocent\n\nbona fide purchaser for value of a stolen vessel or motor or stolen\n\nvessel or motor part who does not know that the vessel or motor or\n\npart is stolen; or an insurer to the extent that such insurer has\n\ncompensated a bona fide purchaser for value.\n\n2. The court shall determine the extent and method of\n\nrestitution. In an extraordinary case, the court may determine that\n\nthe best interests of the victim and justice would not be served by\n\nordering restitution. In any such case, the court shall make and\n\nenter specific written findings on the record concerning the\n\nextraordinary circumstances presented which militated against\n\nrestitution.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"73ac6cf35ae2b70498270f16eec630bec778d56aa5b9ab5f42441f5a7a807617","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4252","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}