Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 1521

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 1521 - [Multiple versions] Motor vehicle lease or rental - Payment by false, bogus or worthless check

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.

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1521

Amended by Laws 1973 , c. 36, § 1, emerg. eff. 4/24/1973; Amended by Laws 1993 , c. 147, § 3, eff. 9/1/1993; Amended by Laws 1997 , c. 133, § 366, eff. 7/1/1999; Amended by Laws 1999 , 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 258, eff. 7/1/1999; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 12, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. 7/1/2017.
Added by Laws 1970 , c. 84, § 1, emerg. eff. 3/27/1970.
Laws 1998 , 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23amended the effective date of Laws 1997 , c. 133, § 366 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.