Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1534
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Title theft - Penalties
Official statutory text
A. A person commits title theft when he or she:
1. Intentionally alters, falsifies, forges, or misrepresents a
document pertaining to real property, with the intent to deceive,
defraud, or unlawfully transfer or encumber the ownership rights of
the owner of the real property;
2. With intent to defraud, misrepresents himself or herself as
the owner or authorized representative of the owner of real property
to induce another person to rely on such false information to obtain
ownership or possession of such real property; or
3. With intent to defraud, takes, obtains, steals, encumbers,
or transfers title or an interest in real property by fraud,
forgery, larceny, or any other fraudulent or deceptive practice.
B. A person who procures, files, or causes to be filed of
public record any document pertaining to an interest in real
property with intent to deceive another person as to the veracity of
the document recorded shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
Corrections for a term not to exceed three (3) years, a fine not to
exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
imprisonment and fine. Additionally, the court shall order
restitution to be paid to the aggrieved party as authorized by
Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. A person who knowingly and willfully procures, files, or
causes to be filed of public record a document pertaining to real
property in this state with intent to defraud the owner of the real
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property or the owner of an interest in the real property shall be,
upon conviction, guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in
the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to
exceed ten (10) years, a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine. Additionally,
the court shall order restitution to be paid to the aggrieved party
as authorized by Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. A county clerk shall post a sign, in letters at least one
(1) inch in height, that is clearly visible to the general public in
or near the county clerk’s office stating that it is a crime to
knowingly file a fraudulent document pertaining to real property
with the county clerk.
1. Intentionally alters, falsifies, forges, or misrepresents a
document pertaining to real property, with the intent to deceive,
defraud, or unlawfully transfer or encumber the ownership rights of
the owner of the real property;
2. With intent to defraud, misrepresents himself or herself as
the owner or authorized representative of the owner of real property
to induce another person to rely on such false information to obtain
ownership or possession of such real property; or
3. With intent to defraud, takes, obtains, steals, encumbers,
or transfers title or an interest in real property by fraud,
forgery, larceny, or any other fraudulent or deceptive practice.
B. A person who procures, files, or causes to be filed of
public record any document pertaining to an interest in real
property with intent to deceive another person as to the veracity of
the document recorded shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
Corrections for a term not to exceed three (3) years, a fine not to
exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
imprisonment and fine. Additionally, the court shall order
restitution to be paid to the aggrieved party as authorized by
Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. A person who knowingly and willfully procures, files, or
causes to be filed of public record a document pertaining to real
property in this state with intent to defraud the owner of the real
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 716
property or the owner of an interest in the real property shall be,
upon conviction, guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in
the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to
exceed ten (10) years, a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine. Additionally,
the court shall order restitution to be paid to the aggrieved party
as authorized by Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. A county clerk shall post a sign, in letters at least one
(1) inch in height, that is clearly visible to the general public in
or near the county clerk’s office stating that it is a crime to
knowingly file a fraudulent document pertaining to real property
with the county clerk.
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