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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 858.1 (2026)

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become in need of supervision or dependent or neglected - Punishment - Second or subsequent conviction. A. Any parent or other person who knowingly and willfully: 1. causes, aids, abets or encourages any minor to be in need of supervision, or deprived; or 2. shall by any act or omission to act have caused, encouraged or contributed to the deprivation, or the need of supervision of the minor, or to such minor becoming deprived, or in need of supervision; shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. Upon a second or succeeding conviction for a violation of this section, the defendant shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment. Laws 1945, p. 27, § 1. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 272, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 335, § 6, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991.

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Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1954–2021 · leading case: Cox v. State, 270 P.2d 373 (Okla. Crim. App. 1954).
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Cox v. State, 270 P.2d 373 (Okla. Crim. App. 1954). · cites it 3× “In 1945,' an additional statute was passed which now appears in the statutes as Title 21 O.S.1951 § 858.1, which provides: “In all cases where any child shall be a delinquent or dependent child as ■ now or hereafter defined "by the Statutes of this State, the parent or parents…”
Nation v. Piedmont Schs. Bd. of Educ., No. 5:18-cv-01090 (W.D. Okla. July 23, 2021). “She entered a no contest plea to two misdemeanor counts of causing a child to be deprived in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 858.1 related to her treatment of two students, D.”
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