Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1503
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Defrauding hotels, restaurants, etc
Official statutory text
Any person who shall obtain food, lodging, services or other
accommodations at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house,
rooming house, motel or auto camp, with intent to defraud the owner
or keeper thereof, if the value of such food, lodging, services or
other accommodations is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be
imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or
punished by both such fine and imprisonment, and if the value of
such food, lodging, services or accommodations is valued at One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 702
shall be deemed guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be
punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F
of Section 20P of this title. Any person who shall obtain shelter,
lodging, or any other services at any apartment house, apartment,
rental unit, rental house, or trailer camp, with intent to defraud
the owner or keeper thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding
three (3) months, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment.
Proof that such lodging, food, services or other accommodations were
obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or
pretense of any baggage or other property, or that he gave a check
on which payment was refused, or that he left the hotel, inn,
restaurant, boarding house, rooming house, motel, apartment house,
apartment, rental unit or rental house, trailer camp or auto camp,
without payment or offering to pay for such food, lodging, services
or other accommodation, or that he surreptitiously removed or
attempted to remove his baggage, or that he registered under a
fictitious name, shall be prima facie proof of the intent to defraud
mentioned in this section; but this section shall not apply where
there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment.
accommodations at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house,
rooming house, motel or auto camp, with intent to defraud the owner
or keeper thereof, if the value of such food, lodging, services or
other accommodations is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be
imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or
punished by both such fine and imprisonment, and if the value of
such food, lodging, services or accommodations is valued at One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 702
shall be deemed guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be
punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F
of Section 20P of this title. Any person who shall obtain shelter,
lodging, or any other services at any apartment house, apartment,
rental unit, rental house, or trailer camp, with intent to defraud
the owner or keeper thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding
three (3) months, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment.
Proof that such lodging, food, services or other accommodations were
obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or
pretense of any baggage or other property, or that he gave a check
on which payment was refused, or that he left the hotel, inn,
restaurant, boarding house, rooming house, motel, apartment house,
apartment, rental unit or rental house, trailer camp or auto camp,
without payment or offering to pay for such food, lodging, services
or other accommodation, or that he surreptitiously removed or
attempted to remove his baggage, or that he registered under a
fictitious name, shall be prima facie proof of the intent to defraud
mentioned in this section; but this section shall not apply where
there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment.
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