Peeping Tom and clandestine video voyeurism law
OK Peeping Tom Law
Other
Criminalizes lurking to secretly watch people in homes, locker rooms, restrooms, and similar private places, and using cameras or electronic equipment to secretly view or record people there or to capture images of their private areas, including publishing such images.
- Where
- Oklahoma
- Citation
- 21 O.S. § 1171
- Status
- In force
- Last amended
- 2026-01-01
- Enforced by
- District attorneys (criminal prosecution)
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- Loitering to watch clandestinely: misdemeanor (up to one year, $5,000). Clandestine use of photographic, electronic, or video equipment in private places, or distributing the images: Class D1 felony and fine up to $5,000. Capturing images of private areas: misdemeanor.
- Applies to
- Any person who clandestinely watches, photographs, or records others in places with a reasonable expectation of privacy, or captures images of private areas
Practices it requires
- Do not use photographic, electronic, or video equipment clandestinely to view a person without knowledge and consent where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy, or publish or distribute such images.21 O.S. § 1171(B)
- Do not clandestinely capture an image of another person's private area without consent where a reasonable person would believe it would not be publicly visible.21 O.S. § 1171(C)-(D)
Sources
- Official text
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 21 (complete title PDF, Oklahoma Legislature, compiled Dec. 2025), § 1171
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: effective_date null: originally Laws 1959, p. 112, with no stated effective date.
Research reference, not legal advice.