Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1578v1
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Possession of forged evidences of debt
Official statutory text
Every person who, with intent to defraud, has in his or her
possession any forged, altered or counterfeit negotiable note, bill,
draft or other evidence of debt issued or purporting to have been
issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that
purpose by the laws of this state or of any other state, government
or country, the forgery of which is hereinbefore declared to be
punishable, knowing the same to be forged, altered or counterfeited,
with intent to utter the same as true or as false, or to cause the
same to be so uttered, is guilty of forgery in the second degree if
the value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or
more and forgery in the third degree if the value of the instrument
is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
For purposes of this section, a series of offenses may be
aggregated into one offense when they are the result of the
formulation of a plan or scheme or the setting up of a mechanism
which, when put into operation, results in the taking or diversion
of money or property on a recurring basis. When all acts result
from a continuing course of conduct, they may be aggregated into one
crime. Acts forming an integral part of the first taking which
facilitate subsequent takings, or acts taken in preparation of
several takings which facilitate subsequent takings, are relevant to
determine the intent of the party to commit a continuing crime.
R.L. 1910, § 2630. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 221, § 12, eff. Nov. 1,
2016.
possession any forged, altered or counterfeit negotiable note, bill,
draft or other evidence of debt issued or purporting to have been
issued by any corporation or company duly authorized for that
purpose by the laws of this state or of any other state, government
or country, the forgery of which is hereinbefore declared to be
punishable, knowing the same to be forged, altered or counterfeited,
with intent to utter the same as true or as false, or to cause the
same to be so uttered, is guilty of forgery in the second degree if
the value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or
more and forgery in the third degree if the value of the instrument
is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
For purposes of this section, a series of offenses may be
aggregated into one offense when they are the result of the
formulation of a plan or scheme or the setting up of a mechanism
which, when put into operation, results in the taking or diversion
of money or property on a recurring basis. When all acts result
from a continuing course of conduct, they may be aggregated into one
crime. Acts forming an integral part of the first taking which
facilitate subsequent takings, or acts taken in preparation of
several takings which facilitate subsequent takings, are relevant to
determine the intent of the party to commit a continuing crime.
R.L. 1910, § 2630. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 221, § 12, eff. Nov. 1,
2016.
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