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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 2200 By: Wolfley
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
21 O.S. 2021, Section 1740.2, which relates to
8 larceny of mail; increasing and deleting certain
penalties; and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1740.2, is
14 amended to read as follows:
15 Section 1740.2. A. As used in this section:
16 1. "Mail" means a letter, postal card, package, bag or any
17 other article or thing contained therein, or other sealed article
18 addressed to a person, that:
19 a. is delivered by a common carrier or delivery service
20 and not yet received by the addressee, or
21 b. has been left to be collected for delivery by a common
22 carrier or delivery service; and
23 2. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
24 limited liability company, association or other legal entity.
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1 B. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold, conceal,
2 destroy or take mail from the mailbox or premises of another person
3 or from a delivery vehicle at any point throughout the delivery
4 route without the effective consent of the addressee and with the
5 intent to deprive the addressee of the mail.
6 C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section
7 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor felony punishable
8 by imprisonment in the county jail custody of the Department of
9 Corrections for a term not to exceed one (1) year two (2) years, or
10 by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) Five Thousand
11 Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
12 D. When three or more separate offenses under this section are
13 committed within a sixty-day period, the person shall be guilty of a
14 felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
15 of Corrections for a term of not less than two (2) years nor more
16 than five (5) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand
17 Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
18 E. Any person convicted pursuant to the provisions of this
19 section shall also be ordered to pay restitution to the victim as
20 provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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23 60-1-11059 GRS 01/02/25
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