# Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-26.18: Application for relief - Allowance of false claims -

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T56_S56-26.18

## Section

- **Citation:** Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-26.18
- **Heading:** Application for relief - Allowance of false claims -
- **Jurisdiction:** Oklahoma
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** OK Code / Title 56 / Section 56-26.18

## Text

Penalty.

Every applicant for emergency relief or general assistance shall

make a written application, containing a written certification,

under penalty of perjury, alleging that all facts set out in such

application are true and correct. And said application shall be

forthwith acted upon, with dispatch and without delay.

Any person, whose duty it is to pass upon the eligibility of

persons to participate in any benefits provided in this act, who

shall knowingly, willfully or intentionally allow, or cause to be

allowed, any claim to any person known to be ineligible for such

relief, or, who aids, or abets, or persuades any person to sign an

application to obtain by means of a willfully false statement or

representation or other fraudulent device, assistance to which an

applicant is not entitled or assistance greater than that to which

an applicant is justly entitled shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony

offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned as provided

for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, or be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) or more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or be both

so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court.

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