Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1979
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Advertisement, rental, sale, resale, distribution or
Official statutory text
circulation of article without actual true name and address of
manufacturer - Penalties.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise, or offer
for rental, sale, resale, distribution or circulation, or rent,
sell, resell, distribute or circulate, or cause to be sold, resold,
distributed or circulated, or possess for such purposes any article,
which does not clearly and conspicuously display thereon in clearly
readable print the actual true name and address of the manufacturer
thereof.
B. A violation of this section involving less than seven
articles upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are
recorded or less than one hundred other articles or sound
recordings, shall constitute a misdemeanor, and shall, upon
conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00).
C. A violation of this section involving seven or more articles
upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are recorded
or one hundred or more other articles or sound recordings, shall
constitute a Class D1 felony offense, and shall, upon conviction, be
punishable by a fine not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B
through F of Section 20N of this title, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
D. A second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this
section shall constitute a Class D1 felony offense, and shall, upon
conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or both such
fine and imprisonment.
manufacturer - Penalties.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise, or offer
for rental, sale, resale, distribution or circulation, or rent,
sell, resell, distribute or circulate, or cause to be sold, resold,
distributed or circulated, or possess for such purposes any article,
which does not clearly and conspicuously display thereon in clearly
readable print the actual true name and address of the manufacturer
thereof.
B. A violation of this section involving less than seven
articles upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are
recorded or less than one hundred other articles or sound
recordings, shall constitute a misdemeanor, and shall, upon
conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00).
C. A violation of this section involving seven or more articles
upon which motion pictures or other audiovisual works are recorded
or one hundred or more other articles or sound recordings, shall
constitute a Class D1 felony offense, and shall, upon conviction, be
punishable by a fine not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B
through F of Section 20N of this title, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
D. A second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this
section shall constitute a Class D1 felony offense, and shall, upon
conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or both such
fine and imprisonment.
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