Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1627
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False or bogus order directing payment of money
Official statutory text
Every person who, with intent to cheat or defraud, shall obtain
or attempt to obtain from any person any labor or personal services,
or the postponement of actual payment due for labor or personal
services theretofore performed, by means or use of any false or
bogus written, printed or engraved order directing the payment of
money, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The term "false or bogus written, printed or engraved order
directing the payment of money," in addition to its common meaning,
also shall include any check, draft or order on any bank or trust
company which is not honored on presentation on account of
insufficient funds to the credit of the maker or drawer thereof with
which to pay same. The word "credit," as used herein, shall mean
any arrangement or understanding with a bank or trust company for
the payment by it of any check, draft or money payment order.
As against the maker or drawer of any false or bogus written,
printed or engraved order directing the payment of money, and as
against any officer or employee of the maker or drawer thereof, who
shall authorize or direct the making, drawing, uttering or
delivering, or who shall make, draw, utter or deliver any such false
or bogus written, printed or engraved order directing the payment of
money, to obtain or to attempt to obtain from any person any labor
or personal services, or the postponement of actual payment due for
labor or personal services, the fact of dishonor or refusal to pay
the amount of money specified in said false or bogus order shall be
prima facie evidence of intent to cheat or defraud, and of knowledge
of insufficient funds to the credit of the maker or drawer, with the
drawer specified therein, to pay the same; provided, said fact shall
not constitute prima facie evidence as above set forth if the maker
or drawer shall pay the amount of such false or bogus order,
together with protest fees, within five (5) days from the date the
same shall have been presented to the drawer for payment; and
provided further, that said fact shall not constitute prima facie
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 758
evidence as above set forth unless the said false or bogus order be
presented to the drawer within thirty (30) days after the same shall
have been uttered or delivered.
or attempt to obtain from any person any labor or personal services,
or the postponement of actual payment due for labor or personal
services theretofore performed, by means or use of any false or
bogus written, printed or engraved order directing the payment of
money, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The term "false or bogus written, printed or engraved order
directing the payment of money," in addition to its common meaning,
also shall include any check, draft or order on any bank or trust
company which is not honored on presentation on account of
insufficient funds to the credit of the maker or drawer thereof with
which to pay same. The word "credit," as used herein, shall mean
any arrangement or understanding with a bank or trust company for
the payment by it of any check, draft or money payment order.
As against the maker or drawer of any false or bogus written,
printed or engraved order directing the payment of money, and as
against any officer or employee of the maker or drawer thereof, who
shall authorize or direct the making, drawing, uttering or
delivering, or who shall make, draw, utter or deliver any such false
or bogus written, printed or engraved order directing the payment of
money, to obtain or to attempt to obtain from any person any labor
or personal services, or the postponement of actual payment due for
labor or personal services, the fact of dishonor or refusal to pay
the amount of money specified in said false or bogus order shall be
prima facie evidence of intent to cheat or defraud, and of knowledge
of insufficient funds to the credit of the maker or drawer, with the
drawer specified therein, to pay the same; provided, said fact shall
not constitute prima facie evidence as above set forth if the maker
or drawer shall pay the amount of such false or bogus order,
together with protest fees, within five (5) days from the date the
same shall have been presented to the drawer for payment; and
provided further, that said fact shall not constitute prima facie
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 758
evidence as above set forth unless the said false or bogus order be
presented to the drawer within thirty (30) days after the same shall
have been uttered or delivered.
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