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Laws current as of November 13, 2025

What is the legal definition of harassment in Oklahoma?

Harassment is when a family or household member or someone you have had a dating relationship with deliberately acts in a way that:

  • is directed specifically at you;
  • is not done for a good reason (“no legitimate purpose”);
  • seriously annoys or alarms you; and
  • reasonably causes you serious emotional harm (“substantial emotional distress”).1

Things like harassing or obscene phone calls and causing fear of death or bodily injury could be considered harassment.2

1 22 O.S. § 60.1(5)
2 22 O.S. § 60.1(5); 21 O.S. § 1172

 

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