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§ 1521. Motor vehicle lease or rental--Payment by false or bogus check

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 21. Crimes and Punishments

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
Part VII. Crimes Against Property
Chapter 61. False Pretenses, False Personations, Cheats and Frauds
Frauds in General (Refs & Annos)
21 Okl.St.Ann. § 1521
§ 1521. Motor vehicle lease or rental--Payment by false or bogus check
<Text of section as amended by State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 12. See, also, text as amended by Laws 2016, c. 221, § 2. >
Every person who shall lease or rent, for any period of time whatsoever, any motor vehicle and, with intent to cheat and defraud, who pays the fees for such lease or rental by means of a false, bogus or worthless check written for the sum of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) 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 both such fine and imprisonment. If the value of the worthless check is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding seven (7) years or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.

Credits

Laws 1970, c. 84, § 1, emerg. eff. March 27, 1970; Laws 1973, c. 36, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1973; Laws 1993, c. 147, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 366, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 258, eff. July 1, 1999; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 12, adopted at election on Nov. 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017.
21 Okl. St. Ann. § 1521, OK ST T. 21 § 1521
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 378 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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