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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1740. Pump Pirates Act.

Any person who pumps gasoline into the gasoline tank of a vehicle and leaves the premises where the gasoline was pumped without making payment for the gasoline shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or confinement in the county jail for a period of not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 148, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 21, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
§21-1740.1. Dimensional stone product – Stealing or removing.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon any premises with intent to steal or remove without the consent of the owner, or with intent to aid or assist in stealing or removing any dimensional stone product. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) but not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. As used in this section, “dimensional stone product” means any natural rock material quarried for the purpose of obtaining blocks or slabs that meet specifications as to size and shape. Varieties of dimensional stone shall include, but not be limited to, granite, limestone, marble, sandstone or slate.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1740.2. Holding, concealing, destroying or taking mail from another person.

A. As used in this section:
1. "Mail" means a letter, postal card, package, bag or any other article or thing contained therein, or other sealed article addressed to a person, that:
a.
is delivered by a common carrier or delivery service and not yet received by the addressee, or
b.
has been left to be collected for delivery by a common carrier or delivery service; and
2. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or other legal entity.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold, conceal, destroy or take mail from the mailbox or premises of another person or from a delivery vehicle at any point throughout the delivery route without the effective consent of the addressee and with the intent to deprive the addressee of the mail.
C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. When three or more separate offenses under this section are committed within a sixty-day period, the person shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than two (2) years nor more than five (5) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
E. Any person convicted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall also be ordered to pay restitution to the victim as provided in Section 991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 26, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1741. Title of act - Definitions - Violations - Penalties - Liability - Exclusions - Other laws.

A. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the “Unlawful Use of a Recording Device Act”.
B. As used in the Unlawful Use of a Recording Device Act:
1. “Audiovisual recording function” means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by means of any technology now known or later developed; and
2. “Facility” does not include a personal residence.
C. Any person, where a motion picture is being exhibited, who knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a device without the consent of the owner or lessee of the facility and of the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited shall be guilty of unlawful use of a recording device and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, by a fine not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. The owner or lessee of a facility where a motion picture is being exhibited, or the authorized agent or employee of said owner or lessee, or the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited or the licensor’s agent or employee, who alerts law enforcement authorities of an alleged violation of this section shall not be liable in any civil action arising out of measures taken in good faith by said owner, lessee, licensor, agent or employee to detain, identify, or collect evidence from a person believed to have violated this section while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement authorities, unless the plaintiff can show by clear and convincing evidence that the measures were manifestly unreasonable or the period of detention was unreasonably long.
E. This act shall not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative, law enforcement protective, or intelligence gathering employee or agent, of the state or federal government, from operating any audiovisual recording device in any facility where a motion picture is being exhibited, as part of lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence gathering activities.
F. This act shall not apply to a person who operates an audiovisual recording function of a device in a retail establishment solely to demonstrate the use of that device for sales purposes.
G. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent prosecution for any act of recording or transmitting under any other provision of law providing for greater penalty.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 122, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1742.1. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. “Telephone record” means information retained by a telephone company that relates to the telephone number dialed by the customer or any other person using the telephone of the customer with the permission of the customer, or the incoming number of a call directed to a customer or any other person using the telephone of the customer with the permission of the customer, or other data related to such calls typically contained on a customer telephone bill such as the time the call started and ended, the duration of the call, the time of day the call was made, and any charges applied. For purposes of this act, any information collected and retained by or on behalf of a customer utilizing a Caller I.D. or equivalent service, or other similar technology, does not constitute a telephone record;
2. “Telephone company” means any person that provides commercial telephone services to a customer, irrespective of the communications technology used to provide such service including, but not limited to, traditional wireline or cable telephone service; cellular, broadband PCS, or other wireless telephone service; microwave, satellite, or other terrestrial telephone service; and voice over Internet telephone service;
3. “Telephone” means any device used by a person for voice communications, in connection with the services of a telephone company, whether such voice communications are transmitted in analog, data, or any other form;
4. “Customer” means the person who subscribes to telephone service from a telephone company or in whose name such telephone service is listed;
5. “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, estate, cooperative association, or other entity; and
6. “Procure” in regard to such a telephone record means to obtain by any means, whether electronically, in writing, or in oral form, with or without consideration.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 147, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1742.2. Unauthorized or fraudulent procurement, sale or receipt of telephone records.

A. Whoever:
1. Knowingly procures, attempts to procure, solicits, or conspires with another to procure a telephone record of any resident of this state without the authorization of the customer to whom the record pertains or by fraudulent, deceptive, or false means;
2. Knowingly sells or attempts to sell a telephone record of any resident of this state without the authorization of the customer to whom the record pertains; or
3. Receives a telephone record of any resident of this state knowing that the record has been obtained without the authorization of the customer to whom the record pertains or by fraudulent, deceptive, or false means,
shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of this section and shall be liable for restitution in accordance with subsection C of this section.
B. An offense under subsection A of this section is a felony and the punishment is:
1. Imprisonment for not more than five (5) years if the violation of subsection A of this section involves a single telephone record;
2. Imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years if the violation of subsection A of this section involves two to ten telephone records of a resident of this state;
3. Imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years if the violation of subsection A of this section involves more than ten telephone records of a resident of this state; and
4. In all cases, forfeiture of any personal property used or intended to be used to commit the offense.
C. A person found guilty of an offense under subsection A of this section, in addition to any other punishment, shall be ordered to make restitution for any financial loss sustained by the customer or any other person who suffered financial loss as the direct result of the offense.
D. In a prosecution brought pursuant to subsection A of this section, the act of unauthorized or fraudulent procurement, sale, or receipt of telephone records shall be considered to have been committed in the county:
1. Where the customer whose telephone record is the subject of the prosecution resided at the time of the offense; or
2. In which any part of the offense took place, regardless of whether the defendant was ever actually present in the county.
E. A prosecution pursuant to subsection A of this section shall not prevent prosecution pursuant to any other provision of law when the conduct also constitutes a violation of some other provision of law.
F. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to any person acting pursuant to a valid court order, warrant, or subpoena.
G. Each violation of subsection A of this section shall be an unlawful practice pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 147, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1742.3. Limitation on applicability of act.

No provision of this act shall be construed:
1. So as to prevent any action by a law enforcement agency, or any officer, employee, or agent of a law enforcement agency, to obtain telephone records in connection with the performance of the official duties of the agency;
2. To prohibit a telephone company from obtaining, using, disclosing, or permitting access to any telephone record, either directly or indirectly, through its agents:
a.
as otherwise authorized by law,
b.
with the lawful consent of the customer or subscriber,
c.
as may be reasonably incident to the rendition of the service or to the protection of the rights or property of the telephone company, or to protect users of those services and other carriers from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of, or subscription to such services,
d.
to a governmental entity, if the telephone company reasonably believes that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person justifies disclosure of the information, or
e.
to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in connection with a report submitted thereto under Section 227 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990;
3. To apply to or expand upon the obligations and duties of any telephone company to protect telephone records beyond those otherwise established by federal and state law or as set forth in Section 4 of this act; or
4. To create a cause of action against a telephone company, its agents and/or representatives, who reasonably and in good faith act pursuant to this act, notwithstanding any later determination that such action was not in fact authorized.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 147, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1742.4. Reasonable procedures to protect telephone records required.

A. Telephony companies that maintain telephone records of a resident of this state shall establish reasonable procedures to protect against unauthorized or fraudulent disclosure of the records which could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer. For purposes of this act, a telephone company’s actions and procedures shall be deemed reasonable if the telephone company makes a good faith effort to comply with the provisions governing Customer Proprietary Network Information in 47 U.S.C., Section 222, and with regulations promulgated pursuant to that section by the Federal Communications Commission.
B. No private right of action is authorized under this act.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 147, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1743. Unlawful use of drones.

A. No person using an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or drone, as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration, shall, except as authorized by law:
1. Trespass onto private property or into airspace within four hundred (400) feet above ground level with the intent to subject anyone to eavesdropping or other surveillance;
2. Install on private property, without the consent of the owner or lessee, any device for observing, photographing, recording, amplifying, or broadcasting sounds or events on such property, or use any such unauthorized installation;
3. Intentionally use a drone to photograph, record, or otherwise observe another person in any place where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy; or
4. Intentionally land a drone on the lands or waters that are the private property of another without the consent of the owner or lessee.
B. A person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor. Paragraph 3 of subsection A of this section shall not apply to a drone operator operating a drone for a bona fide business or bona fide government purpose who unintentionally or incidentally photographs, records, or otherwise observes another person in a private place, nor shall it apply to a designated emergency management worker or government employee or contractor operating a drone within the scope of his or her lawful duties of employment. Paragraph 4 of subsection A of this section shall not apply to the landing of a drone required in the interest of safety or otherwise in an emergency such as to avoid collision with a person or property.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 258, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1751. Railroads, injuries to.

Any person who maliciously, wantonly or negligently either:
1. Removes, displaces, injures or destroys any part of any railroad, or railroad equipment, whether for steam or horse cars, or any track of any railroad, or of any branch or branchway, switch, turnout, bridge, viaduct, culvert, embankment, station house, or other structure or fixture, or any part thereof, attached to or connected with any railroad; or
2. Places any obstruction upon the rails or tracks of any railroad, or any branch, branchway, or turnout connected with any railroad,
shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding four (4) years or in a county jail not less than six (6) months.
R.L. 1910, § 2756. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 407, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 298, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 407 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1752. Death from displacing of railroad equipment.

Whenever any offense specified in Section 1751 of this title results in the death of any human being, the offender shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than four (4) years.
R.L. 1910, § 2757. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 408, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 299, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 408 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1752.1. Trespass upon or interference with railroad property.

A. Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the person:
1. Without consent of the owner or the owner's agent, enters or remains on railroad property, knowing that it is railroad property;
2. Throws an object at a train, or rail-mounted work equipment; or
3. Maliciously or wantonly causes in any manner the derailment of a train, railroad car or rail-mounted work equipment.
B. Any person shall be guilty of a felony if the person commits an offense specified in subsection A of this section which results in a demonstrable monetary loss, damage or destruction of railroad property when said loss is valued at more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or results in bodily injury to a person. Any person shall be guilty of a felony if the person discharges a firearm or weapon at a train, or rail-mounted work equipment.
C. Any person violating the misdemeanor provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. Any person violating the felony provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding four (4) years. If personal injury results, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.
D. Subsection A of this section shall not be construed to interfere with the lawful use of a public or private crossing.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting a representative of a labor organization which represents or is seeking to represent the employees of the railroad, from conducting such business as provided under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C., Section 151 et seq.
F. As used in this section “railroad property” includes, but is not limited to, any train, locomotive, railroad car, caboose, rail-mounted work equipment, rolling stock, work equipment, safety device, switch, electronic signal, microwave communication equipment, connection, railroad track, rail, bridge, trestle, right-of-way or other property that is owned, leased, operated or possessed by a railroad.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 139, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 409, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 300, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 409 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1753. Highways, injuries to.

Any person who maliciously digs up, removes, displaces, breaks, or otherwise injures or destroys any public highway or bridge, or any private way laid out by authority of law, or bridge upon such way, shall be guilty of a felony.
R.L. 1910, § 2758. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 410, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 410 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1753.4. Erection of signs and markers along state and federal highways.

The State Highway Department is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected upon the property of or rights-of-way of state and Federal highways, at locations most appropriate for carrying out the purposes and intent of this act, signs or markers for each prohibited act enumerated herein, of a size not less than thirty (30) inches square with plainly visible wording to inform users of said highways that the acts enumerated herein do constitute a crime and the maximum penalty for violations, and such additional wording as the State Highway Department deems desirable to assist in carrying out the purposes and intent of this act. Any sign or marker so erected or placed shall be placed at a right angle to the roadbed. The location of signs or markers upon the right-of-way shall in no manner interfere with the signs or markers used to designate route numbers or traffic control markers, signs, signals or devices.
Laws 1957, p. 165, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1753.8. Defacing, stealing or possessing road signs or markers - Violation resulting in personal injury or death - Penalties.

A. Any person who defaces, steals or possesses any road sign or marker posted by any city, state or county shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or restitution which shall be paid to the city, state or county, or by not more than twenty (20) days of community service, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty (30) days, or by such fine, imprisonment, community service, or restitution, as the Court may order.
B. If a violation of subsection A of this section results in personal injury to or death of any person, the person committing the violation shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than two (2) years, or by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). In addition, the person may be ordered to pay restitution, which shall be paid to the city, state or county, or to perform not less than forty (40) days of community service, or to such combination of fine, imprisonment, community service, and/or restitution, as the Court may order.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 316, § 1, emerg. eff. July 25, 1985. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 127, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 77, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 411, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 301, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 411 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1753.9. Return of road signs or markers without penalty - Time period.

A. Within the first ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act, every person possessing any city, state or county road sign or marker may return it to the county sheriff of the residency of the person without penalty of law, provided the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person who removed the sign or marker if the removal of the sign or marker resulted in death or personal injury.
B. The sheriff shall hold any returned city, state or county road sign or marker and shall notify the Department of Transportation that such signs or markers have been returned. The Department shall have the authority to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations concerning the disposition of the returned signs or markers, which shall include written permission to keep old and nonuseable signs.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 316, § 2, emerg. eff. July 25, 1985. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 127, § 2, emerg. eff. May 4, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1754. Obstructing highways - Punishment - Damages.

Every person who shall knowingly and willfully obstruct or plow up, or cause to be obstructed or plowed up, any public highway or public street of any town, except by order of the road supervisors for the purpose of working the same, or injure any bridge on the public highway, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and shall be liable for all damages to person or property by reason of the same. R.L. 1910 Sec. 2759.
R.L.1910, § 2759.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1755. Toll house or gate, injuries to.

Any person who maliciously injures or destroys any toll house or turnpike gate shall be guilty of a felony.
R.L. 1910, § 2760. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 412, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 412 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1758. Irrigation ditches, canals, water lines or conduits - Interference with.

It shall be unlawful for any person to divert any of the waters from any irrigation ditch, canal, waterline or conduit, in this state, or to interfere in any manner whatever with any irrigation ditch, canal, waterline or conduit, without first having obtained the permission of the owner of such ditch, canal, waterline or conduit, or of the person or persons lawfully in charge thereof.
R.L.1910, § 2763; Laws 1972, c. 91, § 1, emerg. eff. March 28, 1972.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1760. Malicious injury or destruction of property generally - Punishment - Damages.

A. Every person who maliciously injures, defaces or destroys any real or personal property not his or her own, in cases other than such as are specified in Section 1761 et seq. of this title, is guilty of:
1. A misdemeanor, if the damage, defacement or destruction causes a loss which has an aggregate value of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00);
2. A felony, if the damage, defacement or destruction causes a loss which has an aggregate value of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more; or
3. A felony, if the defendant has two or more prior convictions for an offense under this section, notwithstanding the value of loss caused by the damage, defacement or destruction.
B. In addition to any other punishment prescribed by law for violations of subsection A of this section, he or she is liable in treble damages for the injury done, to be recovered in a civil action by the owner of such property or public officer having charge thereof.
R.L.1910, § 2765. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 155, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 413, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2008, c. 55, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 413 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1762. Mining claims - Unlawful to tear down legal notice or deface any record.

Any person who shall willfully or maliciously tear down or deface any legal notice posted on any mining claim, or take up or destroy any stakes or monument used for marking such mining claims, or who shall willfully or maliciously throw or place any dirt, water, brush, stones or other foreign substance into any mining shaft or tunnel belonging to or claimed by another, or who shall wilfully or maliciously alter, erase, deface or destroy any record kept by any legally elected mining recorder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days nor more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L.1910, § 2767. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1765. House of worship or contents, injuring.

Any person who willfully breaks, defaces, or otherwise injures any house of worship, or any part thereof, or any appurtenance thereto, or any book, furniture, ornament, musical instrument, article of silver or plated ware, or other chattel kept therein for use in connection with religious worship, shall be guilty of a felony.
R.L. 1910, § 2770. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 414, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 414 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1767.2. Violations of preceding section.

Any person violating any of the provisions of Section 1767.1 of this title shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years, or by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or by both. If personal injury results, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than seven (7) years or life imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 62, § 2. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 121, § 2, emerg. eff. May 4, 1971; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 416, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 302, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 416 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1767.3. Definitions.

As used in Section 1767.1 of this title:
1. "Explosive" or "explosives" means any chemical compound, mixture or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion or which, although not its primary or common purpose, has been modified, manipulated, altered, enhanced, or otherwise caused to function by explosion (that is, with substantial instantaneous release of gas, heat, debris, or concussive pressure or force, or any combination of such actions), unless such compound, mixture or device is otherwise specifically classified by the United States Department of Transportation. The term “explosive” or "explosives" shall include but not be limited to gunpowder, dynamite, any bomb, all materials as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section 121.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and all material which is classified as explosives by the United States Department of Transportation;
2. "Person" means any individual or individuals, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof;
3. "Incendiary device" means any chemical compound, mixture or device, the primary purpose of which is to ignite on impact or as a result of chemical reaction such as a "Molotov cocktail" or "firebomb" which is ignited on impact, causing a mechanical reaction of the container's breaking and permitting the inflammable matter to spread or splatter and is ignited from the burning wick or hypergolic reaction of chemicals;
4. "Component parts" means separate parts which if assembled would form an explosive device. Component parts of an "incendiary device" shall consist of an inflammable material, a breakable container and a source of ignition; and
5. "Simulated bomb" means any device or object that by its design, construction, content, or characteristics appears to be, or to contain, an incendiary device, explosive, or explosives, as defined in this section, but is, in fact, an inoperative facsimile or imitation of such a device or explosive.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 121, § 3, emerg. eff. May 4, 1971. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 54, § 2, emerg. eff. April 10, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 192, § 4, emerg. eff. May 11, 1992; Laws 2003, c. 168, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 130, § 3, emerg. eff. April 20, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1767.4. Tracing of telephone calls - Immunity.

Any telephone company, its officers, agents or employees, when acting upon any request by the state or any governing body of a political subdivision thereof, which shall expressly include school districts, shall make reasonable effort to identify the telephone from which any telephone communication claimed to be prohibited by this act is being or has been made. If identification of such telephone is made, the telephone company, its officers, agents or employees shall provide to state law enforcement officials the location of such telephone. Any telephone company, its officers, agents or employees, in acting pursuant to this section of this act, shall be immune from any civil or criminal action or liability under this or any other state or local act, rule, regulation or ordinance.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 121, § 4, emerg. eff. May 4, 1971.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1767.5. Possession, manufacture, storage, or use of explosive without permit.

A. Any person who shall possess, manufacture, store, or use any explosive, as defined in Section 121.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, without having in the possession of the person a permit, or a copy thereof, issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. This section shall not be construed to:
1. Apply to any person or activity expressly exempted from the Oklahoma Explosives and Blasting Regulation Act;
2. Apply to, or repeal any laws pertaining to, the acts of mischief of juveniles involving noninjurious firecrackers or devices commonly called "stink bombs";
3. Apply to explosives while in transit in, into, or through this state, if the operator of the vehicle transporting the explosives carries in the vehicle the shipping papers required by 49 C.F.R., Section 172.200 et seq., and displays such papers to any law enforcement officer upon request;
4. Apply to any person who may possess, store or use gunpowder in a quantity reasonably calculated to be necessary for hunting or shooting purposes; or
5. Apply to any certified bomb technician employed by a federally accredited bomb squad of an agency of the federal government, this state, or any political subdivision of this state.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 168, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 130, § 4, emerg. eff. April 20, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1768. Malicious injury to freehold - Carrying away earth, soil or stone.

Every person who willfully commits any trespass by either:
1. Cutting down or destroying any kind of wood or timber, standing or growing upon the lands of another; or, driving or riding through, into, or across any cultivated hedge or tree row, or any grove of ornamental trees or orchard of fruit trees growing upon the land of another, or in any other manner injurying the same; or,
2. Carrying away any kind of wood or timber that has been cut down, and is lying on such lands; or,
3. Maliciously severing from the freehold any produce thereof, or anything attached thereto; or,
4. Digging, taking, or carrying away from any lot situated within the bounds of any incorporated city, without the license of the owner, or legal occupant thereof, any earth, soil or stone, being a part of the freehold, or severed therefrom at some previous time, under such circumstances as would render the trespass a larceny, if the thing so severed or carried away were personal property; or,
5. Digging, taking, or carrying away from any land in any incorporated city or town of this state, laid down on the map or plan of said city or town as a street or avenue, or otherwise established or recognized as a street or avenue, without the license of the mayor and common council or other governing body of such city or town, or owner of the fee thereof, any earth, soil or stone under such circumstances as would render the trespass a larceny, if the thing so severed or carried away were personal property;
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2773.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1770. Standing crops, injuring.

Every person who maliciously injures or destroys any standing crops, grain, cultivated fruits, or vegetables, the property of another, in any case for which a punishment is not otherwise prescribed by this chapter or by some other statute, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2775.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1771. Injuring fruit, melons or flowers in the day time.

Every person who maliciously or mischievously enters in the day time, the enclosure, or goes upon the premises of another, with the intent to knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away, or having lawfully entered or gone upon does afterward wrongfully knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away any apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, or other fruit, melons, or flowers of any tree, shrub, bush, or vine, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not less than Five Dollars ($5.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days.
R.L.1910, § 2776.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1772. Injuring fruit, melons or flowers in the night time.

Every person who shall maliciously or mischievously enter the enclosure, or go upon the premises of another in the night time, and knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away, any apples, peaches, pears plums, grapes, or other fruit, melons, or flowers of any tree, shrub, bush, or vine, or having entered the enclosure or gone upon the premises of another, in the night time, with the intent to knock off, pick, destroy, or carry away any fruit or flowers, as aforesaid, be actually found thereon, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days.
R.L.1910, § 2777.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1773. Injuring fruit or ornamental trees.

Every person who shall maliciously or mischievously, bruise, break or pull up, cut down, carry away, destroy, or in anywise injure any fruit or ornamental tree, shrub, vine or material for hedge, being, growing, or standing on the land of another, shall be punished by fine not exceeding One Hundred and not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days.
R.L.1910, § 2778.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1774. Removing or altering landmarks.

Every person who either:
1. Maliciously removes any monuments of stone, wood, or other material, erected for the purpose of designating any point in the boundary of any lot or tract of land; or,
2. Maliciously defaces or alters the marks upon any tree, post or other monument, made for the purpose of designating any point, course, or line in any such boundary; or,
3. Maliciously cuts down or removes any tree upon which any such marks have been made for such purpose, with intent to destroy such marks;
Is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2779.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1775. Piers or dams, interfering with.

Every person who, without authority of law, interferes with any pier, booms or dams, lawfully erected or maintained upon any waters within this state, or hoists any gate in or about said dams, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2780.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1776. Destroying dam.

Every person who maliciously destroys any dam or structure erected to create hydraulic power, or any embankment necessary for the support thereof, or maliciously makes, or causes to be made, any aperture in such dam or embankment, with intent to destroy the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2781.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1777. Piles, removing or injuring.

Any person who maliciously draws up or removes or cuts or otherwise injures any piles fixed in the ground and used for securing any bank or dam of any river, canal, drain, aqueduct, marsh, reservoir, pool, port, dock, quay, jetty or lock, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years and not less than two (2) years, or by imprisonment 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, § 2782. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 417, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 303, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 417 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1778. Train signal light, removing or masking - False light or signal.

Any person who unlawfully masks, alters or removes any light or signal, or willfully exhibits any false light or signal, with intent to bring any locomotive or any railway car or train of cars into danger, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years and not less than three (3) years.
R.L. 1910, § 2783. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 418, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 304, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 418 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1779. Injuring written instruments the false making of which would be forgery.

Every person who maliciously mutilates, tears, defaces, obliterates, or destroys any written instrument being the property of another, the false making of which would be forgery, is punishable in the same manner as the forgery of such instrument is made punishable.
R.L.1910, § 2784. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1781. Letters, opening and reading - Publishing letters.

Every person who willfully opens or reads, or causes to be read, any sealed letter not addressed to himself, without being authorized so to do, either by the writer of such letter or by the person to whom it is addressed, and every person who without like authority publishes any letter, knowing it to have been opened in violation of this section or any part thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2786.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1782. Messages - Disclosing contents of.

Any person who shall disclose the contents of any telegraphic dispatch or telephone message or communication, or any part thereof, addressed to or which he knows to be intended for another person without the permission of such person, except upon the lawful order of a court, or the judge thereof, with intent to cause injury, damage or disgrace to such other person, or which does in fact cause injury, damage or disgrace to such other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than one (1) year, or by both such imprisonment and fine. Provided, that nothing herein shall apply to public officers in the discharge of their duties.
R.L.1910, § 2787; Laws 1923, c. 46, p. 58, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1784. Works of art or ornamental improvements, injuring.

Every person who willfully injures, disfigures or destroys, not being the owner thereof, any monument work of art, or useful or ornamental improvement, within the limits of any town or city, or any shade tree or ornamental plant, growing therein, whether situated upon private ground, or on any street, sidewalk or public park or place, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2789.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1785. Works of literature or art in public place, injuring.

Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, disfigures, soils, obliterates, breaks or destroys any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, specimen or other work of literature or art, or object of curiosity deposited in any public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair or exhibition, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not exceeding three (3) years, or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year.
R.L. 1910, § 2790. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 419, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 305, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 419 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1786. Injuries to pipes and wires.

Any person who willfully breaks, digs up or obstructs any pipes or mains for conducting gas or water, or any works erected for supplying buildings with gas or water, or any appurtenances or appendages therewith connected, or injures, cuts, breaks down or destroys any electric light wires, poles or appurtenances, or any telephone or telegraph wires, cable or appurtenances, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding three (3) years, or in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, and by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
R.L. 1910, § 2791. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 420, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 306, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 420 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1787. Automobile or motor vehicle, loitering in, injuring or molesting.

From and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to loiter in or upon any automobile or motor vehicle, or to deface or injure such automobile or motor vehicle, or to "molest, drive, or attempt to drive any automobile, for joyriding or any other purpose, or" to manipulate or meddle with any machinery or appliances thereof without the consent of the owner of such automobile or motor vehicle.
Laws 1917, c. 149, p. 239, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1788. Penalty.

Any person violating Section 1787 of this title, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 93, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1789. Caves or caverns, injuring.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or knowingly break, break off, crack, carve upon, write or otherwise mark upon, or in any manner destroy, mutilate, deface, mar or harm any natural material found in any cave or cavern located on any public lands or other lands owned by the United States, the State of Oklahoma, or any county, municipality, school district or other instrumentality of government, or on private property without the prior written consent of the owner; to kill, harm or disturb any plant or animal life found in any cave or cavern, and, whether inside or outside a cave, any fish of the genera chologaster, typhlicthys or amblyopsis (commonly known as cavefish, springfish or blindfish), any salamander of the genus typhlotriton (commonly known as the Ozark blind, grotto or spring grotto salamander), or the species eurycea lucifuga (commonly known as cave salamander); provided, nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting the commercial mining of bat guano or the destruction of any predatory terrestrial mammal or poisonous snake seeking shelter within a cave if such destruction is not otherwise unlawful.
B. Any person who deliberately places, throws, drops, deposits or discards any garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, refuse, debris or other deleterious substance in or near any cave, cavern or natural subterranean drainage system shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1 of this act.
Amended by Laws 1988, c. 115, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.