Oklahoma § 21-1040.8 Publication, distribution, or participation in

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-1040.8 — Publication, distribution, or participation in

Oklahoma § 21-1040.8

Title 21Crimes And Punishments

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.8 (2026).

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preparation of obscene material or child sexual abuse material - Unsolicited mailings.

A.No person shall knowingly photograph, act in, pose for, model for, print, sell, offer for sale, give away, exhibit, publish, offer to publish, or otherwise distribute, display, or exhibit any book, magazine, story, pamphlet, paper, writing, card, advertisement, circular, print, picture, photograph, motion picture film, electronic video game or recording, image, cast, slide, figure, instrument, statue, drawing, presentation, or other article which is obscene material or child sexual abuse material, as defined in Section 1024.1 of this title. In the case of any unsolicited mailing of any of the material listed in this section, the offense is deemed complete from the time such material is deposited in an

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preparation of obscene material or child sexual abuse material - Unsolicited mailings. A. No person shall knowingly photograph, act in, pose for, model for, print, sell, offer for sale, give away, exhibit, publish, offer to publish, or otherwise distribute, display, or exhibit any book, magazine, story, pamphlet, paper, writing, card, advertisement, circular, print, picture, photograph, motion picture film, electronic video game or recording, image, cast, slide, figure, instrument, statue, drawing, presentation, or other article which is obscene material or child sexual abuse material, as defined in Section 1024.1 of this title. In the case of any unsolicited mailing of any of the material listed in this section, the offense is deemed complete from the time such material is deposited in any post office or delivered to any person with intent that it shall be forwarded. Also, unless preempted by federal law, no unsolicited mail which is harmful to minors pursuant to Section 1040.75 of this title shall be mailed to any person. The party mailing the materials specified in this section may be indicted and tried in any county wherein such material is deposited or delivered, or in which it is received by the person to whom it is addressed. B. Any person who violates any provision of this section involving obscene materials, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. C. Any person who violates any provision of this section involving child sexual abuse material, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class B2 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than three (3) years and not more than twenty (20) years, or by a fine of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than ten (10) years and not more than thirty (30) years, or by a fine of not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. The violator, upon conviction, shall be required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offenders Registration Act.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1961, p. 230, § 1, emerg. eff. July 26, 1961. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 91, § 1, emerg. eff. March 27, 1970; Laws 1983, c. 5, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 23, 1983; Laws 2000, c. 208, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 107, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2009, c. 457, § 3, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2014, c. 337, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2024, c. 59, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 72, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.