Any person who presents or causes to be presented any false or fraudulent claim, or any proof in support of any such claim, upon any contract of insurance, for the payment of any loss, or who prepares, makes or subscribes any account, certificate, survey affidavit, proof of loss, or other book, paper or writing, with intent to present or use the same, or to allow it to be presented or used in support of any such claim shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine not exceeding twice the amount of the aggregated loss sum, or both. R.L.1910, § 2709. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 380, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 272, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2012, c. 235, § 3, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 690, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 380 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases, 1977–2001 · leading case:
Kiddie v. State, 574 P.2d 1042 (Okla. Crim. App. 1977).
Kiddie v. State, 574 P.2d 1042 (Okla. Crim. App. 1977).
· cites it 5× “OPINION BRETT, Judge: Appellant, Gus Kiddie, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged with the offense of False Claim for Insurance, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 1662, in the District Court, Muskogee County, Case No.”
Logan v. State, 48 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App. 2001).
· cites it 2× “4 (2000); Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1662 (2000); 18 Pa.”
Day v. State, 784 P.2d 79 (Okla. Crim. App. 1989).
· cites it 2× “OPINION PARKS, Presiding Judge: Appellant, Cordell Lee Day, was tried by jury and convicted of Presenting a False and Fraudulent Insurance Claim, After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies (21 O.S.1981, §§ 1662, 51(B)), in the Oklahoma County District Court, before the…”
State v. Mark Marks, Pa, 654 So. 2d 1184 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995).
“at 1046 , quoting Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1662 (1971). [8] None of the parties on appeal discuss whether the charges brought under section 817.”
United Servs. Auto. Ass'n v. McCants, 1997 OK 73 (Okla. 1997).
· cites it 2× “NOTES [1] Every person who presents or causes to be presented any false or fraudulent claim, or any proof in support of any such claim, upon any contract of insurance, for the payment of any loss, or who prepares, makes or subscribes any account, certificate, survey affidavit,…”
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