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21 OK Stat § 21-1151a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1151a. Forfeiture of right to dispose of body of decedent.

|Any person entitled by law to the right to dispose of the body of the decedent shall forfeit that right, and the right shall be passed on to the next qualifying person as listed in Section 1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, in the following circumstances: |1. Any person charged with first or second degree murder or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of the decedent, and whose charges are known to the funeral director; provided, however that if the charges against such person are dropped, or if such person is acquitted of the charges, the right of disposition shall be returned to the person;2. Any person who does not exercise the right of disposition within three (3) days of notification of the death of the decedent or within five (5) days of the death of the decedent, whichever is earlier; or3. If the district court, pursuant to Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes, determines that the person entitled to the right of disposition and the decedent were estranged at the time of death. For purposes of this paragraph, “estranged” means a physical and emotional separation from the decedent at the time of death that clearly demonstrates an absence of due affection, trust and regard for the decedent.Added by Laws 2011, c. 208, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
21 OK Stat § 21-1152 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1152. Duty of burial.

|Except in the cases in which a right to dissect a dead body is expressly conferred by law, every dead body of a human being must be decently buried within a reasonable time after the death. |R.L.1910, § 2447.
21 OK Stat § 21-1153 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1153. Burial in other states.

|The last section does not affect the right to carry the dead body of a human being through this state, or to remove from this state the body of a person dying within it, for the purpose of burying the same in another state or territory. |R.L.1910, § 2448.
21 OK Stat § 21-1154 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1154. Autopsy - Definition - When allowed - Retention of tissue and specimens.

|A. Autopsy means a post mortem dissection of a dead human body in order to determine the cause, seat or nature of disease or injury and includes, but is not limited to, the retention of tissues for evidentiary, identification, diagnostic, scientific and therapeutic purposes. |B. An autopsy may be performed on the dead body of a human being in the following cases:1. In cases authorized by positive enactment of the Legislature;2. Whenever the death occurs under circumstances in which the medical examiner is authorized as provided in Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes to conduct such autopsy; or3. Whenever consent is given to a licensed physician to conduct an autopsy on the body of a deceased person by whichever one of the following assumes custody of the body for purposes of burial: Father, mother, husband, wife, child, guardian, next of kin, or in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend, or a person charged by law with the responsibility for burial. If two (2) or more such persons assume custody of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient.C. 1. Any physician or hospital authorized to perform an autopsy pursuant to this section, whether by statutory authority or by consent from a person entitled to assume custody of the body for burial, shall be and is authorized to retain such tissue and specimens as the examining physician deems proper. Such tissue and specimens may be retained for examination, dissection or study in furtherance of determining the cause of death, or for evidentiary, diagnostic, or scientific purposes. Except with regard to medical examiners and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, this provision shall not apply if a person entitled to assume custody of the body for burial notifies the physician or hospital performing the autopsy prior to said autopsy of any objection to the retention of tissue and specimens obtained from the autopsy.2. No physician or hospital authorized to perform an autopsy pursuant to this section shall be subject to criminal or civil liability for the retention, examination, dissection, or study of tissue and specimens obtained from said autopsy under existing laws regarding the prevention of mutilation of dead bodies.R.L. 1910, § 2449; Laws 1967, c. 98, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967; Laws 1981, c. 106, § 1; Laws 1992, c. 355, § 1.
21 OK Stat § 21-1155 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1155. Unlawful dissection is a misdemeanor.

|Every person who makes or procures to be made any dissection of the body of a human being, except by authority of law, or in pursuance of a permission given by the deceased, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2450.
21 OK Stat § 21-1156 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1156. Remains after dissection.

|In all cases in which a dissection has been made, the provisions of this article requiring the burial of a dead body, and punishing interference with or injuries to a dead body, apply equally to the remains of the body dissected as soon as the lawful purposes of such dissection have been accomplished. |R.L.1910, § 2451.
21 OK Stat § 21-1157 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1157. Dead limb or member of body.

|All provisions of this article requiring the burial of a dead body, or punishing interference with or injuries to a dead body, applying equally to any dead limb or member of a human body, separated therefrom during lifetime. |R.L.1910, § 2452.
21 OK Stat § 21-1158 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1158. Right to control disposition of the remains of a deceased person.

|The right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, the location, manner and conditions of disposition, and arrangements for funeral goods and services vests in the following order, provided the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older and of sound mind: |1. The decedent, provided the decedent has entered into a pre-need funeral services contract or executed a written document that meets the requirements of the State of Oklahoma;2. A representative appointed by the decedent by means of an executed and witnessed written document meeting the requirements of the State of Oklahoma;3. The surviving spouse;4. The sole surviving adult child of the decedent whose whereabouts is reasonably ascertained or if there is more than one adult child of the decedent, the majority of the surviving adult children whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertained;5. The surviving parent or parents of the decedent, whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertained;6. The surviving adult brother or sister of the decedent whose whereabouts is reasonably ascertained, or if there is more than one adult sibling of the decedent, the majority of the adult surviving siblings, whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertained;7. The guardian of the person of the decedent at the time of the death of the decedent, if one had been appointed;8. The person in the classes of the next degree of kinship, in descending order, under the laws of descent and distribution to inherit the estate of the decedent. If there is more than one person of the same degree, any person of that degree may exercise the right of disposition;9. If the decedent was an indigent person or other person the final disposition of whose body is the financial responsibility of the state or a political subdivision of the state, the public officer or employee responsible for arranging the final disposition of the remains of the decedent; and10. In the absence of any person under paragraphs 1 through 9 of this section, any other person willing to assume the responsibilities to act and arrange the final disposition of the remains of the decedent, including the personal representative of the estate of the decedent or the funeral director with custody of the body, after attesting in writing that a good-faith effort has been made to no avail to contact the individuals under paragraphs 1 through 9 of this section.R.L. 1910, § 2453. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 197, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2011, c. 208, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
21 OK Stat § 21-1158b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1158b. Funeral service agreements - Instructions.

|Any person signing a funeral service agreement, cremation authorization form, or any other authorization for disposition shall be deemed to warrant the truthfulness of any facts set forth therein, including the identity of the decedent whose remains are to be buried, cremated, or otherwise disposed of, and the authority of the person to order such disposition. A funeral establishment shall have the right to rely on such funeral service contract or authorization and shall have the authority to carry out the instructions of the person or persons who the funeral director reasonably believes holds the right of disposition. The funeral director shall have no responsibility to contact or to independently investigate the existence of any next of kin or relative of the decedent. If there is more than one person in a class who are equal in priority and the funeral director has no knowledge of any objection by other members of such class, the funeral director shall be entitled to rely on and act according to the instructions of the first person in the class to make funeral and disposition arrangements; provided that no other person in such class provides written notice of objections to the funeral director. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 208, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
21 OK Stat § 21-1158c (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1158c. Funeral directors - Final disposition - Collection of charges.

|A funeral director shall have complete authority to control the final disposition and to proceed under this act to recover reasonable charges for the final disposition when both of the following apply: |1. The funeral director has actual knowledge that none of the persons described in paragraphs 1 through 7 of Section 1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes exist or that none of the persons so described whose whereabouts are reasonably ascertained, can be found; and2. The appropriate public or court authority fails to assume responsibility for disposition of the remains within thirty-six (36) hours after having been given written notice of the facts. Written notice may be delivered by hand, United States mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail.Added by Laws 2011, c. 208, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
21 OK Stat § 21-1158d (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1158d. Funeral director - Criminal and civil liability.

|No funeral establishment or funeral director who relies in good faith upon the instructions of an individual claiming the right of disposition shall be subject to criminal or civil liability or subject to disciplinary action for carrying out the disposition of the remains in accordance with the instructions. |Added by Laws 2011, c. 208, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
21 OK Stat § 21-1159 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1159. Neglect of burial.

|Every person upon whom the duty of making burial of the remains of a deceased person is imposed by law, who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable time, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and, in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, is liable to pay to the person performing the duty in his stead, treble the expenses incurred by the latter in making the burial, to be recovered in a civil action. |R.L.1910, § 2454.
21 OK Stat § 21-1160 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1160. Persons entitled to custody of body.

|The person charged by law with the duty of burying the body of a deceased person is entitled to the custody of such body for the purpose of burying it, except that in the cases in which an inquest is required by law to be held upon a dead body, the officer holding the inquest is entitled to its custody until such inquest has been completed. |R.L.1910, § 2455.
21 OK Stat § 21-1161 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1161. Unlawful removal of dead body - Violation of or damage to casket or burial vault.

|A. No person shall intentionally remove the dead body of a human being or any part thereof from the initial site where such dead body is located for any purpose, unless such removal is authorized by a district attorney or his authorized representative or medical examiner or his authorized representative, or is not required to be investigated pursuant to the provisions of Section 938 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, said authorization by the district attorney or medical examiner shall not be required prior to the removal of said body. A district attorney having jurisdiction may refuse to prosecute a violation of this subsection if the district attorney determines that circumstances existed which would justify such removal or that such removal was not an act of malice or wantonness. |B. No person shall remove any part of the dead body of a human being from any grave or other place where the same has been buried, or from any place where the same is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent to sell the same, or to dissect it without authority of law, or from malice or wantonness.C. No person shall willfully or with malicious intent violate or cause damage to the casket or burial vault holding the deceased human remains.D. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.R.L. 1910, § 2456. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 281, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1989, c. 193, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 300, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 201, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 300 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-1161.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1161.1. Desecration of a human corpse - Penalty - Prosecution with other offenses - Definition.

|A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully desecrate a human corpse for any purpose of: |1. Tampering with the evidence of a crime;2. Camouflaging the death of human being;3. Disposing of a dead body;4. Impeding or prohibiting the detection, investigation or prosecution of a crime;5. Altering, inhibiting or concealing the identification of a dead body, a crime victim, or a criminal offender; or6. Disrupting, prohibiting or interfering with any law enforcement agency or the Office of the State Medical Examiner in detecting, investigating, examining, determining, identifying or processing a dead body, cause of death, the scene where a dead body is found, or any forensic examination or investigation relating to a dead body or a crime.B. Upon conviction, the violator of any provision of this section shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not more than seven (7) years, by a fine not exceeding Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.C. This offense may be prosecuted in addition to any prosecution pursuant to Section 1161 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes for removal of a dead body or any other criminal offense.D. For purposes of this section, “desecration of a human corpse” means any act committed after the death of a human being including, but not limited to, dismemberment, disfigurement, mutilation, burning, or any act committed to cause the dead body to be devoured, scattered or dissipated; except, those procedures performed by a state agency or licensed authority in due course of its duties and responsibilities for forensic examination, gathering or removing crime scene evidence, presentation or preservation of evidence, dead body identification, cause of death, autopsy, cremation or burial, organ donation, use of a cadaver for medical educational purposes, or other necessary procedures to identify, remove or dispose of a dead body by the proper authority.Added by Laws 2008, c. 438, § 6, eff. July 1, 2008.
21 OK Stat § 21-1162 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1162. Purchasing dead body.

|Whoever purchases, or who receives, except for the purpose of burial, any dead body of a human being, knowing the same has been removed contrary to Section 1161 of this title shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. |R.L. 1910, § 2457. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 301, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 202, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 301 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-1163 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1163. Unlawful interference with places of burial.

|Any person who opens any grave or any place of burial, temporary or otherwise, or who breaks open any building wherein any dead body of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent either: |1. To remove any dead body of a human being for the purpose of selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection; or2. To steal the coffin, or any part thereof or anything attached thereto, or connected therewith, or the vestments or other articles buried with the same,shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years, or in a county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.R.L. 1910, § 2458. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 302, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 203, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 302 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-1164 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1164. Removal to another burial place.

|Whenever a cemetery or other place of burial is lawfully authorized to be removed from one place to another, the right and duty to disinter, remove and rebury the remains of bodies there lying buried devolves upon the same persons required to bury the deceased in the order in which they there are named, and if they all fail to act, then upon the lawful custodians of the place of burial so removed. Every omission of such duty is punishable in the same manner as other omissions to perform the duty of making burial. |R.L.1910, § 2459.
21 OK Stat § 21-1165 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1165. Arresting or attaching dead body.

|Every person who arrests or attaches any dead body of a human being upon any debt or demand whatever, or detains or claims to detain it for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2460.
21 OK Stat § 21-1166 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1166. Disturbing funerals.

|Every person who willfully disturbs, interrupts or disquiets any assemblage of people met for the purpose of any funeral, or who, without authority of law, obstructs or detains any persons engaged in carrying or accompanying any dead body of a human being to a place of burial, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2461.
21 OK Stat § 21-1167 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1167. Destruction, mutilation, etc. of cemetery structures, markers, etc. – Sale or barter of veteran markers.

|Every person who: |1. Shall willfully with malicious intent destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument or gravestone, or other structure placed in any cemetery or private burying ground, or any fence, railing, or other work for the protection or ornament of any such cemetery or place of burial of any human being, or tomb, monument or gravestone, memento, veteran marker from any war, or memorial, or other structure aforesaid, or of any lot within a cemetery, or shall willfully or with malicious intent destroy, cut, break, or injure any tree, shrub or plant, within the limits thereof; or2. Knowingly buys, sells or barters for profit any veteran marker from any war that is placed on a lot within a cemetery or place of burial of any human being,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the amount of damage is less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, the court shall require the person to perform not more than one hundred twenty (120) hours of community service. If the amount of damage exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) the person shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, the court shall require the person to perform not more than two hundred forty (240) hours of community service. The court shall not suspend any portion of the community service requirement set forth in this section.R.L. 1910, § 2462. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 193, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 2001, c. 386, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 179, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 225, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
21 OK Stat § 21-1168 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1168. Definitions.

|As used in this section and Sections 13 through 18 of this act:1. "Human skeletal remains" means the bony portion of a human body which remains after the flesh has decomposed; |2. "Burial grounds" means any place where human skeletal remains are buried;3. "Burial furniture" means any items intentionally placed with human remains at the time of burial and shall include but not be limited to burial markers, items of personal adornment, casket and hardware, stone, bone, shell and metal ornaments and elaborately decorated pottery vessels;4. "State Historic Preservation Officer" means the individual of this title appointed by the Governor and employed by the Oklahoma Historical Society; and5. "State Archaeologist" means the individual of this title employed by the Oklahoma Archeological Survey.Added by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 12, operative July 1, 1987.
21 OK Stat § 21-1168.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-1168.1. Buying, selling or bartering for profit of human skeletal remains or associated burial furniture - Felony.

|Anyone who knowingly buys, sells or barters for profit human skeletal remains or associated burial furniture, previously buried within this state, shall be guilty of a felony. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 13, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 303, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 303 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.