Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-839.1
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Right of privacy - Use of name or picture for
Official statutory text
advertising without consent - Misdemeanor.
Any person, firm or corporation that uses for the purpose of
advertising for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise, or for
the solicitation of patronage by any business enterprise, the name,
portrait or picture of any person, without having obtained, prior or
subsequent to such use, the consent of such person, or, if such
person is a minor, the consent of a parent or guardian, and, if such
person is deceased, without the consent of the surviving spouse,
personal representatives, or that of a majority of the deceased's
adult heirs, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person, firm or corporation that uses for the purpose of
advertising for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise, or for
the solicitation of patronage by any business enterprise, the name,
portrait or picture of any person, without having obtained, prior or
subsequent to such use, the consent of such person, or, if such
person is a minor, the consent of a parent or guardian, and, if such
person is deceased, without the consent of the surviving spouse,
personal representatives, or that of a majority of the deceased's
adult heirs, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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