Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1171
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Peeping Tom – Use of photographic, electronic or video
Official statutory text
equipment – Offenses and punishment - Definition.
A. Every person who hides, waits or otherwise loiters in the
vicinity of any private dwelling house, apartment building, any
other place of residence, or in the vicinity of any locker room,
dressing room, restroom or any other place where a person has a
right to a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the unlawful and
willful intent to watch, gaze, or look upon any person in a
clandestine manner, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor. The violator shall be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for a term of not more than one (1) year, or by a fine
not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
B. Every person who uses photographic, electronic or video
equipment in a clandestine manner for any illegal, illegitimate,
prurient, lewd or lascivious purpose with the unlawful and willful
intent to view, watch, gaze or look upon any person without the
knowledge and consent of such person when the person viewed is in a
place where there is a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy,
or who publishes or distributes any image obtained from such act,
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense. The
violator shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a fine
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not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
C. Every person who uses photographic, electronic or video
equipment in a clandestine manner for any illegal, illegitimate,
prurient, lewd or lascivious purpose with the unlawful and willful
intent to view, watch, gaze or look upon any person and capture an
image of a private area of a person without the knowledge and
consent of such person and knowingly does so under circumstances in
which a reasonable person would believe that the private area of the
person would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether the
person is in a public or private place shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a misdemeanor. The violator shall be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one (1)
year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. As used in this section, the phrase “private area of the
person” means the naked or undergarment-clad genitals, pubic area,
buttocks, or any portion of the areola of the female breast of that
individual.
A. Every person who hides, waits or otherwise loiters in the
vicinity of any private dwelling house, apartment building, any
other place of residence, or in the vicinity of any locker room,
dressing room, restroom or any other place where a person has a
right to a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the unlawful and
willful intent to watch, gaze, or look upon any person in a
clandestine manner, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor. The violator shall be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for a term of not more than one (1) year, or by a fine
not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
B. Every person who uses photographic, electronic or video
equipment in a clandestine manner for any illegal, illegitimate,
prurient, lewd or lascivious purpose with the unlawful and willful
intent to view, watch, gaze or look upon any person without the
knowledge and consent of such person when the person viewed is in a
place where there is a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy,
or who publishes or distributes any image obtained from such act,
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense. The
violator shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a fine
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 517
not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
C. Every person who uses photographic, electronic or video
equipment in a clandestine manner for any illegal, illegitimate,
prurient, lewd or lascivious purpose with the unlawful and willful
intent to view, watch, gaze or look upon any person and capture an
image of a private area of a person without the knowledge and
consent of such person and knowingly does so under circumstances in
which a reasonable person would believe that the private area of the
person would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether the
person is in a public or private place shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a misdemeanor. The violator shall be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one (1)
year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. As used in this section, the phrase “private area of the
person” means the naked or undergarment-clad genitals, pubic area,
buttocks, or any portion of the areola of the female breast of that
individual.
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