Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1561
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Wills, deeds and certain other instruments, forgery of
Official statutory text
Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges, counterfeits
or falsely alters:
1st. Any will or codicil of real or personal property, or any
deed or other instrument being or purporting to be the act of
another, by which any right or interest in real property is, or
purports to be, transferred, conveyed or in any way changed or
affected; or,
2nd. Any certificate or endorsement of the acknowledgment by
any person of any deed or other instrument which by law may be
recorded or given in evidence, made or purporting to have been made
by any officer duly authorized to make such certificate or
endorsement; or,
3rd. Any certificate of the proof of any deed, will, codicil or
other instrument which by law may be recorded or given in evidence,
made or purporting to have been made by any court or officer duly
authorized to make such certificate,
is guilty of forgery in the first degree, a Class B3 felony offense.
or falsely alters:
1st. Any will or codicil of real or personal property, or any
deed or other instrument being or purporting to be the act of
another, by which any right or interest in real property is, or
purports to be, transferred, conveyed or in any way changed or
affected; or,
2nd. Any certificate or endorsement of the acknowledgment by
any person of any deed or other instrument which by law may be
recorded or given in evidence, made or purporting to have been made
by any officer duly authorized to make such certificate or
endorsement; or,
3rd. Any certificate of the proof of any deed, will, codicil or
other instrument which by law may be recorded or given in evidence,
made or purporting to have been made by any court or officer duly
authorized to make such certificate,
is guilty of forgery in the first degree, a Class B3 felony offense.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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