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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 21. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

  § 21-1953. Prohibited acts.  

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  • A.  It shall be unlawful to:

    1. Willfully, and without authorization, gain or attempt to gain access to and damage, modify, alter, delete, destroy, copy, make use of, disclose or take possession of a computer, computer system, computer network or any other property;

    2.  Use a computer, computer system, computer network or any other property as hereinbefore defined for the purpose of devising or executing a scheme or artifice with the intent to defraud, deceive, extort or for the purpose of controlling or obtaining money, property, services or other thing of value by means of a false or fraudulent pretense or representation;

    3.  Willfully exceed the limits of authorization and damage, modify, alter, destroy, copy, delete, disclose or take possession of a computer, computer system, computer network or any other property;

    4.  Willfully and without authorization, gain or attempt to gain access to a computer, computer system, computer network or any other property;

    5.  Willfully and without authorization use or cause to be used computer services;

    6.  Willfully and without authorization disrupt or cause the disruption of computer services or deny or cause the denial of access or other computer services to an authorized user of a computer, computer system or computer network;

    7.  Willfully and without authorization provide or assist in providing a means of accessing a computer, computer system or computer network in violation of this section;

    8.  Willfully use a computer, computer system, or computer network to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person; and

    9.  Willfully use a computer, computer system, or computer network to put another person in fear of physical harm or death.

    B.  Any person convicted of violating paragraph 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 or 9 of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a felony punishable as provided in Section 1955 of this title.

    C.  Any person convicted of violating paragraph 4, 5 or 8 of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

    D.  Nothing in the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act shall be construed to prohibit the monitoring of computer usage of, or the denial of computer or Internet access to, a child by a parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or foster parent.  As used in this subsection, "child" shall mean any person less than eighteen (18) years of age.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 70, § 3, emerg. eff. March 29, 1984.  Amended by Laws 1989, c. 151, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 427, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 105, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 97, § 2, emerg. eff. April 17, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 66, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.

Note

NOTE:  Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 427 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.