Okla. Stat. tit. 13, § 13-176.3
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Prohibited acts - Felonies – Penalties - Venue
Official statutory text
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;
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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.
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;
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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.
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