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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 785
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.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 785
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.
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