Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1713v2

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Receiving stolen property - Presumption

Official statutory text

A. Every person who buys or receives, in any manner, upon any

consideration, personal property of a value of One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00) or more that has been stolen, embezzled, obtained by

false pretense or robbery, knowing or having reasonable cause to

believe the same to have been stolen, embezzled, obtained by false

pretense, or robbery, or who conceals, withholds, or aids in

concealing or withholding such property from the owner shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable as follows:

1. If the value of the personal property is One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars ($2,500.00), the person shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in

subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine

not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine

and imprisonment;

2. If the value of the personal property is Two Thousand Five

Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or more but less than Fifteen Thousand

Dollars ($15,000.00), the person shall be guilty of a Class D1

felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for

in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or by a

fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such

fine and imprisonment; or

3. If the value of the personal property is Fifteen Thousand

Dollars ($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of a Class

C2 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided

for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by a

fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such

imprisonment and fine.

B. If the personal property that has been stolen, embezzled,

obtained by false pretense or robbery has a value of less than One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall, upon conviction, be

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guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county

jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months.

C. Every person who, without making reasonable inquiry, buys,

receives, conceals, withholds, or aids in concealing or withholding

any property which has been stolen, embezzled, obtained by false

pretense or robbery, or otherwise feloniously obtained, under such

circumstances as should cause such person to make reasonable inquiry

to ascertain that the person from whom such property was bought or

received had the legal right to sell or deliver it shall be presumed

to have bought or received such property knowing it to have been so

stolen or wrongfully obtained. This presumption may, however, be

rebutted by proof.

R.L. 1910, § 2664. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 234, § 1, emerg. eff.

July 18, 1961; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 393, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws

1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 285, eff. July 1, 1999; State Question

No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 6, adopted at election held

on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 116, § 13,

eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 249, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 393 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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