Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1562
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Forgery of public securities
Official statutory text
Every person who, with intent to defraud, forges, counterfeits,
or falsely alters:
1st. Any certificate or other public security, issued or
purporting to have been issued under the authority of this state, by
virtue of any law thereof, by which certificate or other public
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security, the payment of any money absolutely or upon any
contingency is promised, or the receipt of any money or property
acknowledged; or
2nd. Any certificate of any share, right or interest in any
public stock created by virtue of any law of this state, issued or
purporting to have been issued by any public officer, or any other
evidence of any debt or liability, of the people of this State,
either absolute or contingent, issued or purporting to have been
issued by any public officer; or,
3rd. Any endorsement or other instrument transferring or
purporting to transfer the right or interest of any holder of any
such certificate, public security, certificate of stock, evidence of
debt or liability, or of any person entitled to such right or
interest;
is guilty of forgery in the first degree, a Class B3 felony offense.
or falsely alters:
1st. Any certificate or other public security, issued or
purporting to have been issued under the authority of this state, by
virtue of any law thereof, by which certificate or other public
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security, the payment of any money absolutely or upon any
contingency is promised, or the receipt of any money or property
acknowledged; or
2nd. Any certificate of any share, right or interest in any
public stock created by virtue of any law of this state, issued or
purporting to have been issued by any public officer, or any other
evidence of any debt or liability, of the people of this State,
either absolute or contingent, issued or purporting to have been
issued by any public officer; or,
3rd. Any endorsement or other instrument transferring or
purporting to transfer the right or interest of any holder of any
such certificate, public security, certificate of stock, evidence of
debt or liability, or of any person entitled to such right or
interest;
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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