§ 13-176.3 — Prohibited acts - Felonies – Penalties - Venue.

Oklahoma § 13-176.3

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 13: Common Carriers

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Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, any person is guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both who: 1. Willfully intercepts, endeavors to intercept or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept any wire, oral or electronic communication; 2. Willfully uses, endeavors to use or procures any other person to use or endeavor to use any electronic, mechanical or other device to intercept any oral communication; 3. Willfully discloses or endeavors to disclose to any other person the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained in violation of the provisions of the Security of Communications Act; 4. Willfully uses or endeavors to use the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained in violation of the provisions of the Security of Communications Act; 5. Willfully and maliciously, without legal authority, removes, injures or obstructs any telephone or telegraph line, or any part or appurtenances or apparatus connected thereto, or severs any wires thereof; 6. Sends through the mail or sends or carries any electronic, mechanical or other device with the intention of rendering the device primarily useful for the purpose of the illegal interception of wire, oral or electronic communications in violation of the provisions of the Security of Communications Act; 7. Manufactures, assembles, possesses or sells any electronic, mechanical or other device with the intention of rendering the device primarily useful for the purpose of the illegal interception of wire, oral or electronic communications in violation of the provisions of the Security of Communications Act; or 8. Willfully uses any communication facility in committing or in causing or facilitating the commission of any act or acts constituting one or more of the felonies enumerated in Section 176.7 of this title. Each separate use of a communication facility to cause or facilitate such a felony shall be a separate offense. Venue for any violation of this section shall lie in the same county as venue for the underlying felony enumerated in Section 176.7 of this title.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1982, c. 343, § 3. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 216, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 132, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 59, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 148, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 345, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 132 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.