Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 63 - Forgery and Counterfeiting
Forgery in Second Degree
Section 1585 - Forgery of Court Instruments, Licenses, Property Instruments
Cite as: 21 O.S. § 1585 (OSCN 2026), Forgery in Second Degree
Every person who, with intent to defraud, falsely marks, alters, forges or counterfeits:
1. Any instrument in writing, being or purporting to be any process issued by any competent court, magistrate, or officer of being or purporting to be any pleading, proceeding, bond or undertaking filed or entered in any court, or being or purporting to be any license or authority authorized by any statute; or,
2. Any instrument of writing, being or purporting to be the act of another by which any pecuniary demand or obligation is, or purports to be created, increased, discharged or diminished, or by which any rights or property whatever, are, or purport to be, transferred, conveyed, discharged, diminished, or in any manner affected, the punishment of which is not hereinbefore prescribed, by which false marking, altering, forging or counterfeiting, any person may be affected, bound or in any way injured in his person or property, is guilty of a forgery in the second degree, a Class D1 felony offense.
Historical Data
R.L. 1910, § 2637; Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 439, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).
Citationizer® Summary of Documents Citing This Document| Cite | Name | Level | |
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| Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Cases | |||
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| 1996 OK CR 34, 922 P.2d 634, | CARTER v. STATE | Discussed | |
| 1980 OK CR 39, 611 P.2d 1134, | REED v. STATE | Discussed at Length | |
| 1981 OK CR 124, 635 P.2d 623, | MORSE v. STATE | Cited | |
| Oklahoma Jury Instructions- Criminal | |||
| Cite | Name | Level | |
| Court Documents, Etc. - Elements | Cited | ||
| Title 21. Crimes and Punishments | |||
| Cite | Name | Level | |
| 21 O.S. 20J, | Class B5 Criminal Offenses - Punishment | Cited | |
| 21 O.S. 20N, | Class D1 Criminal Offenses - Punishment | Cited | |
| Title 22. Criminal Procedure | |||
| Cite | Name | Level | |
| 22 O.S. 1401, | Short Title | Cited | |
| 22 O.S. 1402, | Definitions | Cited | |
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| Oklahoma Session Laws - 2025 | |||
| Cite | Name | Level | |
| 2025 O.S.L. 486, 2025 O.S.L. 486, | [HB 2104] - Classification of felony offenses | Cited | |
| Title 21. Crimes and Punishments | |||
| Cite | Name | Level | |
| 21 O.S. 1585, | Forgery of Court Instruments, Licenses, Property Instruments | Cited | |