Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 266

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 266 - Asking or receiving bribes

Any executive officer or person elected or appointed to executive office who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion or action upon any matter then pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, shall be influenced thereby, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both; and in addition thereto, any such person forfeits office and is forever disqualified from holding any public office under the laws of the state.

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 266

R.L. 1910, § 2149; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 158 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§23-26, emerg. eff. 6/19/1998);; Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, §78, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999.