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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 496 (2026)

Contradictory statements as perjury

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Whoever, in one or more trials, hearings, investigations, depositions, certifications or declarations, in which the making or subscribing of statements is required or authorized by law, makes or subscribes two or more statements under oath, affirmation or other legally binding assertion that the statements are true, when in fact two or more of the statements contradict each other, is guilty of perjury, a Class D1 felony offense.

R.L.1910, § 2216. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 126, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 379, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1969–2020 · leading case: Garrett v. Selby Connor Maddux & Janer, 425 F.3d 836 (10th Cir. 2005).
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Garrett v. Selby Connor Maddux & Janer, 425 F.3d 836 (10th Cir. 2005). “21, § 451 ; (2) suborning the perjury of Carlotta Gordon in violation of Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 504 ; (3) inducing Carlotta Gordon to commit perjury in violation of Okla.”
Coleman v. State, 668 P.2d 1126 (Okla. Crim. App. 1983). “*1136 Citing 21 O.S.1981, § 496, the defendant alleges a discrepancy exists between witness Maghee’s testimony at the defendant’s preliminary hearing in Tulsa County for the murder of Russell Lewis and Maghee’s testimony at the trial in Muskogee County for the murder of John…”
Baeza v. State, 453 P.2d 268 (Okla. Crim. App. 1969). · cites it 4× “It is lastly contended that this charge was laid under the provisions of 21 O.S. § 496 and 21 O.S. § 498(c), and that the same is unconstitutional.”
State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Zahorsky, 569 P.2d 437 (Okla. 1977). “1 21 O.S.1971 § 496 further provides: “Contradictory statements as perjury.”
Matter of S.A.D., 625 P.2d 114 (Okla. Crim. App. 1981). · cites it 3× “1971, § 491, by evidence needed to establish a violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 496. 1 Section 496 makes it a crime to give two or more contradictory statements under oath.”
Davidson v. Bank of Am., N.A., No. 6:18-cv-00178 (E.D. Okla. May 29, 2020). “suborning the filing of false documents in violation of Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 21, § 504 ; 16 c. inducing the filing of false documents in violation of Okla.”
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