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§ 1531. False personation--Marriage--Becoming bail or surety--Execution of instrument--Creating...

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
False Personation (Refs & Annos)
21 Okl.St.Ann. § 1531
§ 1531. False personation--Marriage--Becoming bail or surety--Execution of instrument--Creating liability or benefit
Any person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character:
1. Marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation toward another, with or without the connivance of such other person; or
2. Becomes bail or surety for any party, in any proceeding whatever, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail or surety; or
3. Subscribes, verifies, publishes, acknowledges or proves, in the name of another person, any written instrument, with intent that the same may be delivered or used as true; or
4. Does any other act whereby, if it were done by the person falsely personated, he might in any event become liable to any suit or prosecution, or to pay any sum of money, or to incur any charge, forfeiture or penalty, or whereby any benefit might accrue to the party personating, or to any other person;
shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years.

Credits

R.L.1910, § 2689; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 367, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 259, eff. July 1, 1999.
Chapters 56 through 60 appear in this volume
21 Okl. St. Ann. § 1531, OK ST T. 21 § 1531
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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