Rule Text
Any person willfully making a false affidavit as to the value of any such real estate shall be guilty of perjury, a Class D3 felony offense, and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any officer administering or accepting such affidavit knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of the felony of subornation of perjury, a Class D3 felony offense, and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Amendment history: R.L. 1910, § 5346. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 130, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 645, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 130 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
This rule deals with lying about the value of real estate in a sworn statement, called an affidavit. If someone signs an affidavit and knowingly gives a false value for a piece of property, they are committing perjury. This is treated as a serious felony crime, and the person can go to prison for it.
The rule also covers court officers or officials who accept these false statements. If an officer knows an affidavit contains false information about property value but accepts or processes it anyway, that officer is also committing a crime. This is called subornation of perjury, which means helping or allowing someone else to lie under oath.
Both crimes carry the same level of punishment. The prison sentences are set by another law, Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which lays out the specific time ranges a person could serve. The main point of this rule is to stop people from lying about property values in legal paperwork, and to hold both the person lying and any official who lets it happen responsible for that dishonesty.
