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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1635 (2026)

Destroying or falsifying books

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Any director, officer, agent or member of any corporation or joint stock association, who, with intent to defraud, destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any of the books, papers, writings or securities belonging to such corporation or association, or makes or concurs in making any false entry, or omits or concurs in omitting to make any material entry in any book of accounts, or other record or document kept by such corporation or association, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2725. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 379, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 271, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 245, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 379 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1991–2008 · leading case: Darrow v. Integris Health, Inc., 2008 OK 1, 176 P.3d 1204.
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Darrow v. Integris Health, Inc., 2008 OK 1, 176 P.3d 1204. · cites it 3× “§ 1320a-7) 21 ; (2) several state statutes [including 21 O.S. § 1635 that deals with falsification of papers; the provisions of 21 O.”
Sargent v. Cent. Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. of Enid, 809 P.2d 1298 (Okla. 1991). “1981 § 1590, which makes any officer or employee of a corporation who falsifies, alters or destroys any records of the business guilty of second degree forgery; (4) 21 O.S.1981 § 1635, which makes it a crime for any corporate officer to destroy or falsify any papers of the…”
Crain v. Nat'l Am. Ins. Co., 2002 OK CIV APP 77, 52 P.3d 1035. “The Gabler Court noted that under 21 O.S.1991, §§ 1635, 1636, even concurring in falsification of corporate records may make a corporate officer criminally liable.”
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