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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 382 (2026)

Officers receiving bribes

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Every executive, legislative, county, municipal, judicial, or other public officer, or any employee of the State of Oklahoma or any political subdivision thereof, including peace officers and any other law enforcement officer, or any person assuming to act as such officer, who corruptly accepts or requests a gift or gratuity, or a promise to make a gift, or a promise to do an act beneficial to such officer, or that judgment shall be given in any particular manner, or upon a particular side of any question, cause or proceeding, which is or may be by law brought before him in his official capacity, or as a consideration for any speech, work, or service in connection therewith, or that in such capacity he shall make any particular nomination or appointment, shall forfeit his office, be forever disqualified to hold any public office, trust, or appointment under the laws of this state, and 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 Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and imprisonment in jail not exceeding one (1) year. R.L. 1910, § 2184. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 1, 1967; Laws 1976, c. 41, § 2, emerg. eff. April 5, 1976; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 181, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 98, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 216, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 181 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1967–2010 · leading case: United States v. Hall, 424 F. Supp. 508 (W.D. Okla. 1975).
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United States v. Hall, 424 F. Supp. 508 (W.D. Okla. 1975). · cites it 6× “§ 381 and for them to accept the bribe in violation of 21 O.S. § 382. Twenty-one overt acts in the furtherance of the conspiracy are detailed.”
Johnson v. Johnson, 424 P.2d 414 (Okla. 1967). · cites it 2× “To sustain his contention that Corn automatically forfeited his office when he took his first bribe in 1938, and that he was ineligible to hold office thereafter, Petitioner relies upon 21 O.S.1961, § 382, which reads: “Every' executive, legislative, county, municipal, judicial…”
United States v. McMahan, 394 F. App'x 453 (10th Cir. 2010). “” McMahan’s proposed instruction did not list the elements of Oklahoma state-law bribery, did not include an element requiring the jury to find the bribery was “by an executive officer of a governmental unit,” Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 382 , and did not feature an explanation of…”
Cacy v. Chickasha City (10th Cir. 1997). “After 2 The criminal charges were based on Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 382 , which provides: “Every .”
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