Oklahoma § 21-1543 Obtaining signature or property for charitable purposes

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-1543 — Obtaining signature or property for charitable purposes

Oklahoma·Title 21 Crimes And Punishments

by false pretenses. Any person who designedly, by color or aid of any false token or writing, or other false pretense, obtains the signature of any person to any written instrument, or obtains from any person any money or property for any alleged charitable or benevolent purpose whatever shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine not exceeding the value of the money or property so obtained, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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by false pretenses. Any person who designedly, by color or aid of any false token or writing, or other false pretense, obtains the signature of any person to any written instrument, or obtains from any person any money or property for any alleged charitable or benevolent purpose whatever shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine not exceeding the value of the money or property so obtained, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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Legislative History

R.L. 1910, § 2695. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 372, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 264, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 688, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 372 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.