Oklahoma § 21-745 Kidnapping for purpose of extortion - Assisting in

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-745 — Kidnapping for purpose of extortion - Assisting in

Oklahoma § 21-745

Title 21Crimes And Punishments

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-745 (2026).

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disposing, receiving, possessing or exchanging money or property received.

A.Every person who, without lawful authority, forcibly seizes and confines another, or inveigles or kidnaps another, for the purpose of extorting any money, property or thing of value or advantage from the person so seized, confined, inveigled or kidnapped, or from any other person, or in any manner threatens either by written instrument, word of mouth, message, telegraph, telephone, by placing an ad in a newspaper, or by messenger, demands money or other thing of value, shall be guilty of a Class A1 felony offense, and upon conviction shall suffer death or imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than ten (10) years.

B.Every person, not a principal in the kidnapping and not a relative or agent authoriz

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disposing, receiving, possessing or exchanging money or property received. A. Every person who, without lawful authority, forcibly seizes and confines another, or inveigles or kidnaps another, for the purpose of extorting any money, property or thing of value or advantage from the person so seized, confined, inveigled or kidnapped, or from any other person, or in any manner threatens either by written instrument, word of mouth, message, telegraph, telephone, by placing an ad in a newspaper, or by messenger, demands money or other thing of value, shall be guilty of a Class A1 felony offense, and upon conviction shall suffer death or imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than ten (10) years. B. Every person, not a principal in the kidnapping and not a relative or agent authorized by a relative of a kidnapped person, but who knowingly aids, assists, or participates in the disposing, receiving, possession or exchanging of any moneys, property or thing of value or advantage from the person so seized, confined, inveigled or kidnapped, shall be guilty of a Class A2 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than five (5) years.

Legislative History

R.L. 1910, § 2378. Amended by Laws 1935, p. 17, § 1; Laws 1937, p. 13, § 1; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 238, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 142, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 238 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.