OSCN Found Document:Obtaining Property by Trick or Deception - Attempt - False Representation or Pretense - Confidence Game - Penalty
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
    Chapter 61 - Frauds, Cheats, False Pretenses, and False Personations
      False Pretenses, Deception, or Trick
        Section 1541.1 - Obtaining Property by Trick or Deception - Attempt - False Representation or Pretense - Confidence Game - Penalty
 Cite as: 21 O.S. § 1541.1 (OSCN 2026), False Pretenses, Deception, or Trick

Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud, shall obtain or attempt to obtain from any person, firm or corporation any money, property or valuable thing, of a value less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by means or by use of any trick or deception, or false or fraudulent representation or statement or pretense, or by any other means or instruments or device commonly called the “confidence game”, or by means or use of any false or bogus checks, or by any other written or printed or engraved instrument or spurious coin, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Historical Data

Laws 1967, SB 123, c. 94, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1137, c. 277, § 1, eff. October 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 2001, 1st Extr. Sess., SB 2, c. 2, § 1, eff. October 8, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws, HB 2751, c. 221, § 4, eff. November 1, 2016 (superseded document available); Amended by Section 13, State Question 780, Initiative Petition 404, adopted at election held November 8, 2016, effective July 1, 2017 (superseded document available); Amendment by Section 13, State Question 780, Initiative Petition 404, amended by Laws 2021, SB 1064, c. 101, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 2021; Amendment by Laws, HB 2751, c. 221, § 4, repealed by Laws 2021, SB 1064, c. 101, § 2, emerg. eff. April 20, 2021 (superseded document available).

Citationizer® Summary of Documents Citing This Document
Cite Name Level
 2001 10CIR 290, 246 F.3d 684, WILLIAMS v. KLINGERCited
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Cases
 CiteNameLevel
 1977 OK CR 86, 561 P.2d 103, DUNAWAY v. STATEDiscussed at Length
 1987 OK CR 276, 747 P.2d 968, EDWARDS v. STATEDiscussed at Length
 1988 OK CR 266, 764 P.2d 1365, BOYETTE v. STATECited
 1991 OK CR 113, 818 P.2d 1253, BROADWAY v. STATEDiscussed at Length
 1996 OK CR 34, 922 P.2d 634, CARTER v. STATEDiscussed
 1977 OK CR 340, 572 P.2d 1001, ROSS v. STATECited
 1979 OK CR 79, 598 P.2d 268, HIXSON v. STATECited
 1974 OK CR 168, 526 P.2d 1158, AGNEW v. STATEDiscussed
 1975 OK CR 27, 532 P.2d 63, CAUDILL v. STATEDiscussed
 2010 OK CR 7, 231 P.3d 1156, LOGSDON v. STATECited
 2017 OK CR 23, 406 P.3d 30, WILLIS v. STATECited
 2025 OK CR 20, MITCHELL v. STATE OF OKLAHOMACited
 1975 OK CR 201, 541 P.2d 867, CHASE v. STATECited
 1972 OK CR 179, 499 P.2d 467, CLARK v. STATECited
 1984 OK CR 73, 684 P.2d 562, PENN v. STATECited
 1984 OK CR 78, 685 P.2d 972, NASH v. STATECited
 1975 OK CR 231, 543 P.2d 758, WHITTEN v. STATEDiscussed at Length
 1986 OK CR 67, 718 P.2d 1356, STATE v. KUNISDiscussed at Length
 1987 OK CR 18, 732 P.2d 478, WEBB v. STATECited
 1987 OK CR 63, 735 P.2d 576, GORE v. STATECited
 1987 OK CR 187, 742 P.2d 577, LANE v. STATEDiscussed
 1987 OK CR 223, 744 P.2d 974, THOMAS v. STATECited
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Cases
 CiteNameLevel
 2000 OK CIV APP 107, 11 P.3d 1269, 71 OBJ 2702, GABLER v. HOLDER & SMITH, INC.Cited
Oklahoma Supreme Court Cases
 CiteNameLevel
 2004 OK 46, 94 P.3d 31, STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. DOBBSCited
 2008 OK 1, 176 P.3d 1204, DARROW v. INTEGRIS HEALTH, INC.Cited
 1981 OK 23, 624 P.2d 1068, State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. WarzynCited
Oklahoma Jury Instructions- Criminal
 CiteNameLevel
 Misdemeanor - ElementsCited
 False Pretense (Felony, Section 1541.3) - ElementsCited
 Falsely Obtaining Signatures - ElementsCited
 Receiving/Concealing Stolen Property - DefinitionsCited
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
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 21 O.S. 1541.2, Penalty - Value of Property, Money, or Valuable ThingCited
Title 22. Criminal Procedure
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 22 O.S. 152, Limitations in GeneralDiscussed
 22 O.S. 1401, Short TitleCited
 22 O.S. 1402, DefinitionsCited
Citationizer: Table of Authority
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Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
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 21 O.S. 1541.1, Obtaining Property by Trick or Deception - Attempt - False Statement or Pretense - Confidence Game - PenaltyCited