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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1168.7. Federal and state agencies encountering burial grounds, human skeletal remains or burial furniture - Reports - Disposition.

A. Any federal or state department or agency which, in the performance of its duties, discovers a burial ground, human skeletal remains or burial furniture shall immediately cease any activity which may cause further disturbance of the site and shall report the presence and location of any skeletal remains to an appropriate law enforcement officer as required by Section 1168 et seq. of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall comply with all other provisions of said sections.
B. If it is determined that the burial ground, human skeletal remains or burial furniture is not directly related to a tribal group, the State Historic Preservation Officer shall work with the director of the federal or state department or agency until disposition of the burial ground, human skeletal remains or burial furniture has been completed to the satisfaction of the State Historic Preservation Officer.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 214, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1169. Disposition of human tissue - Rules and regulations.

A. The State Board of Health is hereby directed to immediately promulgate rules and regulations for the proper disposition of human tissue by medical facilities over which the Board has jurisdiction.
B. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall immediately promulgate rules and regulations for the proper disposition of human tissue by physicians, their employees or agents.
C. The State Board of Health, the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall cooperatively establish uniform rules and regulations so as to provide consistency for the proper disposition of human tissue.
D. Any person violating any rule or regulation established pursuant to subsections A or B of this section relating to the disposition of human tissue shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
Added by Laws 1992, c. 355, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1171. Peeping Tom – Use of photographic, electronic or video equipment – Offenses and punishment - Definition.

A. Every person who hides, waits or otherwise loiters in the vicinity of any private dwelling house, apartment building, any other place of residence, or in the vicinity of any locker room, dressing room, restroom or any other place where a person has a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the unlawful and willful intent to watch, gaze, or look upon any person in a clandestine manner, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor. The violator shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Every person who uses photographic, electronic or video equipment in a clandestine manner for any illegal, illegitimate, prurient, lewd or lascivious purpose with the unlawful and willful intent to view, watch, gaze or look upon any person without the knowledge and consent of such person when the person viewed is in a place where there is a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy, or who publishes or distributes any image obtained from such act, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony. The violator shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Every person who uses photographic, electronic or video equipment in a clandestine manner for any illegal, illegitimate, prurient, lewd or lascivious purpose with the unlawful and willful intent to view, watch, gaze or look upon any person and capture an image of a private area of a person without the knowledge and consent of such person and knowingly does so under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that the private area of the person would not be visible to the public, regardless of whether the person is in a public or private place shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor. The violator shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. As used in this section, the phrase “private area of the person” means the naked or undergarment-clad genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or any portion of the areola of the female breast of that individual.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 112, § 1. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 386, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2008, c. 38, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1173.1. Stalking Warning Letter.

A. Whenever a law enforcement agency receives a complaint of stalking and finds that such conduct has occurred, the law enforcement agency shall be required to provide a copy of a Stalking Warning Letter to the accused provided that the victim does not otherwise request that such letter not be served upon the accused. The Stalking Warning Letter shall be served upon the accused in the same manner as a bench warrant. If the service is to be in another county, the court clerk may issue service to the sheriff by facsimile or other electronic transmission for service by the sheriff and may receive the return of service from the sheriff in the same manner.
B. The following statutory form of the Stalking Warning Letter, as required by the provisions of subsection A of this section, shall be utilized by law enforcement agencies throughout the state:
__________________________________ COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA
CITY OF _______________________________
RE:_________________________________________________________________
(COMPLAINANT)
Stalking Warning Letter served to:
_________________________________
_________________________________
(HOME ADDRESS)
_________________________________
(DATE OF BIRTH)
The __________________________ has recently investigated a complaint
(LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY)
about your behavior towards the above-named individual.
The behavior you have engaged in could be interpreted as "stalking" as provided for in Section 1173 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Stalking can be described as intentionally engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person under the same circumstances to suffer serious emotional distress, or place the specific person in reasonable fear of bodily injury. Your behavior has induced such fear or distress in the above-named individual.
Oklahoma law makes stalking a crime. The __________________________
(LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY)
takes this law very seriously.
Please consider this a formal warning that any future conduct by you towards the above-named individual could result in arrest by law enforcement and prosecution by the ______________________ County District Attorney's Office.
_______________________________________________
Print name of Chief of Law Enforcement Agency
_______________________________________________
Signature of Chief of Law Enforcement Agency
Served in hand __________________ by _______________________________
(DATE)
(NAME OF OFFICER)
On behalf of the ____________________________________
(LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY)
at __________________________________________________
(LOCATION)
Added by Laws 2022, c. 318, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1174. Burning cross with intent to intimidate.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, with the intent of intimidating any person or group of persons, to burn, or cause to be burned, a cross on the property of another, a highway or other public place. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a felony.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 256, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1175. Unauthorized use of newborn DNA.

A laboratory, medical facility, hospital or birthing place is prohibited from the unauthorized storage, transferring, use or databasing of DNA from any newborn child without express parental consent.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 246, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1176v1. Use of electronic communication device to threaten, intimidate, or harass a peace officer, public official, election official, or crime victim.

A. Whoever, with the intent to threaten, intimidate or harass, or facilitate another to threaten, intimidate or harass, uses an electronic communication device to knowingly publish, post or otherwise make publicly available personally identifiable information of a peace officer, public official, election official, or crime victim, and as a result places that peace officer, public official, election official, or crime victim in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon conviction for a second or subsequent violation, the person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. As used in this section:
1. “Crime victim” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 142A-1 of this title;
2. “Election official” means a member or employee of the State Election Board or a county election board, the Secretary of the State Election Board or a county election board, or a person serving as a precinct official or absentee voting board member appointed as required by law;
3. “Electronic communication” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 1172 of this title. Electronic communication does not include broadcast transmissions or similar communications that are not targeted at any specific individual;
4. “Electronic communication device” means any cellular telephone, facsimile, pager, computer, or any device capable of electronic communication;
5. “Peace officer” shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 99 of this title;
6. “Personally identifiable information” means information which can identify an individual including but not limited to name, birth date, place of birth, mother’s maiden name, biometric records, Social Security number, official state- or government-issued driver license or identification number, government passport number, employer or taxpayer identification number, or any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual such as medical, educational, financial or employment information;
7. “Public official” means any person elected or appointed to a state office in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or other political subdivision of the state; and
8. “Publish” means to circulate, deliver, distribute, disseminate, transmit, or otherwise make available to another person.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 105, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 318, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2022; Laws 2023, c. 147, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1192. Spread of infectious diseases.

Any person who shall inoculate himself or any other person or shall suffer himself to be inoculated with smallpox, syphilis or gonorrhea and shall spread or cause to be spread to any other persons with intent to or recklessly be responsible for the spread of or prevalence of such infectious disease, shall be deemed a felon, and, upon conviction thereof, guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than five (5) years nor less than two (2) years.
R.L. 1910, § 2518. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 308, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 206, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 308 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1192.1. Knowingly engaging in conduct reasonably likely to transfer HIV virus.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person knowing that he or she has Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or is a carrier of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and with intent to infect another, to engage in conduct reasonably likely to result in the transfer of the person's own blood, bodily fluids containing visible blood, semen, or vaginal secretions into the bloodstream of another, or through the skin or other membranes of another person, except during in utero transmission of blood or bodily fluids, and:
1. The other person did not consent to the transfer of blood, bodily fluids containing blood, semen, or vaginal secretions; or
2. The other person consented to the transfer but at the time of giving consent had not been informed by the person that the person transferring such blood or fluids had AIDS or was a carrier of HIV.
B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 153, § 3, eff. July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 200, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 309, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 207, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 309 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1194. Gas tar, throwing into public water.

Every person who throws or deposits any gas tar, or refuse of any gas house or factory, into any public waters, river or stream, or into any sewer or stream emptying into any such public waters, river or stream, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2528. de
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1196. Apothecary liable for negligence - Willful or ignorant acts or omissions.

Every apothecary or every person employed as clerk or salesman by an apothecary, or otherwise carrying on business as a dealer in drugs or medicines, who, in putting up any drugs or medicines, willfully, negligently or ignorantly omits to label the same, or puts any untrue label, stamp or other designation of contents upon any box, bottle or other package containing any drugs or medicines, or substitutes a different article for any article prescribed or ordered, or puts up a greater or less quantity of any article than that prescribed or ordered, or otherwise deviates from the terms of the prescription or order which he undertakes to follow, in consequence of which human life or health is endangered, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2530.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1197. Poisons, laying out.

Whosoever shall willfully lay out poison with the intent that the same be taken by any domestic animal, or in such a manner as to endanger human life; or whoever shall, if in open range livestock territory, lay out poisons except in a safe place on his own premises, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2531; Laws 1951, p. 61, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1198. Fires, refusing to aid at or interfering with others' acts.

Every person who, at any burning of a building, is guilty of any disobedience to lawful orders of any public officer or fireman, or of any resistance to or interference with the lawful efforts of any fireman or company of firemen to extinguish the same, or of any disorderly conduct calculated to prevent the same from being extinguished, or who forbids, prevents or dissuades others from assisting to extinguish the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2533.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1199. Contagious disease, exposing oneself or another with.

Every person who willfully exposes himself or another person, being affected with any contagious disease in any public place or thoroughfare, except in his necessary removal in a manner not dangerous to the public health, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2540.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1201. Newspapers, false statements in.

Every editor or proprietor of any newspaper who willfully publishes in such newspaper as true, any statement which he has not good reason to believe to be true, with intent to increase thereby the sales of copies of such paper, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2542. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1205. Throwing, leaving or depositing trash near highway, road or occupied dwelling unlawful - Establishment of solid waste disposal sites.

It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or leave or deposit garbage, tin cans, junk, rubbish or refuse and other items and matters commonly referred to as trash within one hundred (100) yards of any state highway or any county road or the occupied dwelling of another, except when the placement of such materials is along a collection route for the specific intent and purpose of scheduled collection and transportation to a recycling or disposal facility serving the area. Provided, however, that any city or town operating or desiring to operate a solid waste disposal site within the distance above prescribed may establish said solid waste disposal site when said solid waste disposal site is approved by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.
Added by Laws 1945, p. 152, § 2. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 337, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2019, c. 40, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1206. Punishment for violations.

Any person or any officer of any city or town violating any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1945, p. 153, § 3. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 40, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1208. Abandonment of refrigerators and iceboxes in places accessible to children - Penalty.

Any person, firm or corporation who abandons or discards, in any place accessible to children, any refrigerator, icebox, or ice chest, of a capacity of one and one-half (1 1/2) cubic feet or more, which has an attached lid or door which may be opened or fastened shut by means of an attached latch, or who, being the owner, lessee, or manager of such place, knowingly permits such abandoned or discarded refrigerator, icebox or ice chest to remain in such condition, shall be deemed negligent as a matter of law and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1955, p. 188, § 1. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1210. Definitions.

For the purpose of, and when used in this act:
1. The term "disaster area" means the scene or location of a natural or military disaster, an explosion, an aircraft accident, a fire, a railroad accident and a major traffic accident.
2. The term "authorized person" shall include all state, county and municipal police and fire personnel; hospital and ambulance crews; National Guard and Emergency Management personnel ordered into the disaster area by proper authority; federal civil and military personnel on official business; persons who enter the disaster area to maintain or restore facilities for the provision of water, electricity, communications, or transportation to the public; and such other officials as have a valid reason to enter said disaster area.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 276, § 2. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, § 57, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1211.1. Disruption or prevention of emergency telephone call – Penalties.

Any person who intentionally interrupts, disrupts, impedes or interferes with an emergency telephone call or intentionally prevents or hinders another person from placing an emergency telephone call shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 275, § 6, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1212. Proceeding to or remaining at disaster area unlawful - Removal of objects.

It shall be unlawful for any person except an authorized person to proceed to or to remain at a disaster area for the purpose of being a bystander, spectator, sightseer or souvenir hunter; or for any such person to take or remove from the disaster area, or disturb or move, any material objects, equipment or thing either directly or indirectly relating or pertaining to the disaster.
Laws 1959, p. 276, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1213. Penalties.

1. It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of Section 1209 et seq. of this title.
2. Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for violating any provision of Section 1209 et seq. of this title shall be punished by a fine of not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 276, § 5. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 187, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1214. Radio sets capable of receiving on police frequencies - Unlawful uses.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a mobile radio capable of receiving transmissions made by any law enforcement agency for illegal purposes or while in the commission of a crime and not otherwise and any person violating the provisions hereof shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than three (3) years, or fined by not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 228, H.B. No. 811, § 1. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 134, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 271, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 310, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 208, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 310 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1217. Firemen - Interference with performance of duties.

Any person or persons acting in concert with each other who knowingly and willfully interfere with, molest, or assault firemen in the performance of their duties, or who knowingly and willfully obstruct, interfere with or impede the progress of firemen to reach the destination of a fire, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished therefor by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 90, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 311, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 209, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 311 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1218. Display of names of military dead at demonstrations or protests without consent prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for the names of persons killed in military action to be carried, displayed on cards or placards, or otherwise published for the purpose of any antiwar, antipolice action or antidraft demonstration or protest on the grounds of schools, colleges, universities, state institutions or facilities, county or city institutions or facilities, which are wholly or in part supported by public funds, or on any other public property such as parks and streets dedicated to public use, without the written consent of the surviving spouse of such deceased person, if married at time of death or, if unmarried, the written consent of one or both
parents, or if they both be deceased, then the next of kin.
Laws 1970, c. 66, § 1, emerg. eff. March 16, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1220. Transporting intoxicating beverage or low-point beer - Prohibition – Special assessment - Exceptions - Penalty.

A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, it shall be unlawful for any operator to knowingly transport or for any passenger to possess in any moving vehicle upon a public highway, street or alley any intoxicating beverage or low-point beer, as defined by Sections 163.1 and 163.2 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except in the original container which shall not have been opened and from which the original cap or seal shall not have been removed, unless the opened container be in the rear trunk or rear compartment, which shall include the spare tire compartment in a station wagon or panel truck, or any outside compartment which is not accessible to the driver or any other person in the vehicle while it is in motion. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in subsection A of Section 566 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Any person convicted of violating any provision of subsection A of this section shall, in addition to any fine imposed, pay a special assessment trauma-care fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be deposited into the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2522 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to the passenger area of buses and limousines; however, it shall be unlawful for the driver of the bus or limousine to consume or have in the driver’s immediate possession any intoxicating beverage or low-point beer.
D. No city, town, or county may adopt any order, ordinance, rule or regulation concerning the consumption or serving of intoxicating beverages or low-point beer in buses or limousines.
E. As used in this section:
1. “Bus” means a vehicle as defined in Section 1-105 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes chartered for transportation of persons for hire. It shall not mean a school bus, as defined by Section 1-160 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, transporting children or a vehicle operated pursuant to a franchise with a city or town operating over a regularly scheduled route; and
2. “Limousine” means a chauffeur-driven motor vehicle, other than a bus or taxicab, as defined by Section 1-174 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, designed and used for transportation of persons for compensation.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 290, § 1. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 209, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14, 1990; Laws 1995, c. 274, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2003, c. 30, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 386, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 291, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 16, § 1, emerg. eff. March 29, 2006.
NOTE: Laws 2005, c. 190, § 1 repealed by Laws 2006, c. 16, § 2, emerg. eff. March 29, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1220.1. Prohibition of alcohol inhalation device.

It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, furnish, manufacture or possess any alcohol inhalation device, alcohol infuser or any other device capable of causing a blood or breath alcohol concentration in the human body by means of fumes, vapors, gases, air particles or matter inhaled directly into the central nervous system by mouth or nasal passages. Any person convicted of any violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). The Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission is prohibited from licensing any establishment for consumption of alcohol from such prohibited devices, and shall permanently revoke any license issued to any person convicted of any violation of this section. Provided, however, that any inhalation device which may contain alcohol and is intended or used for medicinal purposes, whether it is available for over-the-counter or by prescription purchase, shall be exempt from these provisions.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 358, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1223. Leaving carcass in certain places unlawful – Disposal of domestic animal carcass.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave or deposit, or cause to be deposited or left, the carcass of any animal, chicken or other fowl in any well, spring, pond or stream of water; or leave or deposit the same within one-fourth (1/4) mile of any occupied dwelling or of any public highway, without burying or disposing of the carcass in accordance with the recommendations and requirements of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
B. It shall be the duty of the owner of any domestic animal in the State of Oklahoma to dispose of any carcass within twenty-four (24) hours after notice of the knowledge of the death. Disposal shall be in accordance with the recommendations and requirements of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. It shall be unlawful to bury any carcass in any land along any stream or ravine where it may become exposed through erosion of the soil, or where the land is at any time subject to overflow.
C. "Owner" shall mean and include any person having possession of domestic animals either by reason of ownership, rent, hire, loan, or otherwise.
D. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2522. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 189, § 1; Laws 2019, c. 389, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1229. Exhibition livestock - Administration of certain substances or performance of certain surgical procedures to alter appearance.

For livestock utilized for exhibition purposes, it shall be unlawful for any person to inject into the livestock or cause the livestock to ingest any drug, chemical or substance that is not labeled for use on animals, or to administer any chemical or substance used on livestock for the specific purpose of altering the appearance of livestock or to alter the muscle or fat content of the animal's carcass or to perform any surgical procedure to alter the appearance of the livestock. Ordinary and customary veterinarian procedures, including but not limited to dehorning, branding, tagging or notching ears, castrating, deworming, vaccinating or docking the tail of farm animals shall not be prohibited. Surgery of any kind performed to change the natural contour or appearance of the animal's body or hide, shall be prohibited by this section. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A second or subsequent violation of the provisions of this section shall be a felony, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 195, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 312, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 210, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 312 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.1. Environmental Crimes Act - Short title.

Sections 339 through 347 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Environmental Crimes Act".
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 338, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.2. Definitions.

A. As used in the Environmental Crimes Act:
1. "Waste" means at least twenty-eight (28) gallons or two hundred twenty (220) pounds, whether liquid or solid, of discarded or abandoned materials and by-products including but not limited to trash, refuse, garbage, biomedical waste, sewage, ash, sludge, deleterious substances, oil field wastes, commercial and industrial waste and chemical waste; and
2. "Hazardous waste" means:
a.
waste that is subject to regulation as a hazardous waste under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Title 42 U.S.C., Section 6901 et seq., and regulations adopted pursuant thereto,
b.
waste that is subject to regulation as a hazardous waste under the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act, or
c.
waste that is ignitable, corrosive, reactive or toxic as determined by testing for the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity or toxicity as provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 261.21 through 261.24.
B. The minimum quantity requirements in paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section shall not apply to chemical wastes used or intended for use in the manufacture of controlled substances in violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act and shall not apply to hazardous wastes in circumstances involving unlawful disposal or concealment of hazardous waste as prohibited in Sections 1230.6 and 1230.7 of this title.
C. The term hazardous waste shall not include the handling, hauling, storage and disposition of salt water, mineral brines, waste oil and other deleterious substances produced from or obtained or used in connection with the drilling, development, producing and processing of oil and gas, including reclaiming of oil from tank bottoms located on leases and tank farms located outside the boundaries of a refinery.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 339, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 386, § 3, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.3. Unlawful hazardous waste transportation.

Any person who knowingly and willfully transports or causes the transportation of hazardous waste within the State of Oklahoma without a proper manifest, as prescribed in the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act, commits the offense of unlawful hazardous waste transportation.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 340, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.4. Unlawful waste management.

Any person required by law to have a permit or authorization from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission or the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture to receive, store, treat, process, recycle or dispose of waste, who without such permit or authorization knowingly and willfully receives, stores, treats, processes, recycles or disposes of waste, commits the offense of unlawful waste management.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 4, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 341, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.5. Unlawful misrepresentation of waste.

A. It shall be unlawful to knowingly and willfully:
1. Make false statements, include false data or omit material information in an application for a waste permit, or for a waste authorization, from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission or the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture;
2. Make false statements, include false data or omit material information in a waste manifest, waste label, or other waste compliance document, record or plan required by law to be created, maintained or submitted to any state agency;
3. Submit a false sample of waste for laboratory analysis;
4. Make false statements or include false data in, or omit material information from, a laboratory analysis of waste;
5. Tamper with an environmental monitoring device to compromise or impair the accuracy of the device; or
6. Provide hazardous waste to another person for transportation without providing a proper manifest as prescribed in the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section commits the offense of unlawful misrepresentation of waste.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 5, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 342, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.6. Unlawful disposal of hazardous waste.

Any person who knowingly and willfully fails to secure a permit required by or pursuant to law, and who, without lawful permit or authorization, knowingly and willfully disposes, directs the disposal or aids and abets the disposal of hazardous waste into a sanitary sewer system without appropriate pretreatment, or at a solid waste landfill, transfer station or processing facility, or at any unpermitted disposal place commits the offense of unlawful disposal of hazardous waste.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 6, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 343, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.7. Unlawful concealment of hazardous waste.

Any person commits the offense of unlawful concealment of hazardous waste who knowingly and willfully subjects any other person, including but not limited to peace officers, emergency responders or clean-up crews, to the potential for immediate or long-term risk to their health or safety by exposure to chemical wastes, by knowingly and willfully:
1. Concealing or causing other persons to conceal the unlawful abandonment or disposal of hazardous waste;
2. Concealing or causing other persons to conceal that hazardous waste is being transported; or
3. Misrepresenting or causing other persons to misrepresent the type of hazardous waste being transported.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 7, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 344, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.8. Penalties.

Any person convicted of the offense of:
1. Unlawful hazardous waste transportation shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or both such fine and imprisonment;
2. Unlawful waste management with respect to:
a.
waste other than hazardous waste shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), and
b.
hazardous waste shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or both such fine and imprisonment;
3. Unlawful waste misrepresentation with respect to:
a.
waste other than hazardous waste shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and
b.
hazardous waste shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or both such fine and imprisonment;
4. Unlawful disposal of hazardous waste shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or both such fine and imprisonment; and
5. Unlawful concealment of hazardous waste shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than ten (10) years and a fine of not more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 8, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 345, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 313, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 211, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 313 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.9. Penalty enhancements.

The fines provided for in Section 1230.8 of this title shall be doubled for any person convicted of any violation of the provisions of the Environmental Crimes Act if:
1. The conviction is for a second or subsequent violation of the same or another provision of the Environmental Crimes Act; or
2. The convicted person profited from or received any remuneration for the actions leading to the conviction.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 9, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 346, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1230.10. Laws saved from repeal - Penalties not in lieu of civil or administrative penalties.

Nothing in Sections 1230.1 through 1230.10 of this title is intended to repeal any existing law. Any penalty imposed under Section 1230.8 of this title shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any civil or administrative penalty or sanction otherwise authorized by law.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 10, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 347, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1241. Furnishing cigarettes or other tobacco or vapor products to persons under 21 - Punishment.

A. Any person who shall furnish to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) by gift, sale or otherwise any cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, bidis, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, nicotine product or vapor product shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine in the amount of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days for each offense. For the purposes of this section, the term "vapor product" shall have the same meaning as provided in the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco Act.
B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to persons performing activities as part of a scientific study being conducted by a research institution for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessation and tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical research has been approved by a properly accredited institutional review board pursuant to applicable federal regulations.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 190, § 1. Amended by Laws 1917, c. 148, p. 238, § 1; Laws 1985, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2002, c. 76, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 2002; Laws 2014, c. 162, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2020, c. 70, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 176, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 228, § 7, emerg. eff. May 5, 2022.
NOTE: Laws 2021, c. 554, § 2 repealed by Laws 2022, c. 228, § 8, emerg. eff. May 5, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1242. Refusing to disclose place and person from whom obtained.

Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) being in possession of cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, nicotine product or vapor products and being by any police officer, constable, juvenile court officer, truant officer, or teacher in any school, asked where and from whom such cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, nicotine product or vapor products were obtained, who shall refuse to furnish such information, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before the district court, or any judge of the district court, such minor being of the age of sixteen (16) years or upwards shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding Five Dollars ($5.00) or to undergo an imprisonment in the jail of the proper county not exceeding five (5) days, or both; if such minor shall be under the age of sixteen (16) years, he or she shall be certified by such magistrate or justice to the juvenile court of the county for such action as the court shall deem proper. For the purposes of this section, the term "vapor product" shall have the same meaning as provided in the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco Act.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 190, § 2. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 54, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2014, c. 162, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2020, c. 70, § 3, emerg. eff. May 19, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 554, § 3, emerg. eff. May 28, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1244. Disposition of fines - Share of informer.

Of all sums recovered hereunder as fines, one-fourth (1/4) shall be paid to the complaining witness, if not a public officer, the remainder to be paid into the county road fund and be used in the construction and maintenance of the public roads of the county to be distributed as are other county road funds.
Laws 1917, c. 148, p. 238, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1253. Failure to ring bell of locomotive.

Every person in charge, as engineer of a locomotive engine, who omits to cause a bell to ring or a steam whistle to sound at the distance of at least eighty (80) rods from the place where the track crosses, on the same level, any traveled public way, is punishable by a fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty (60) days.
R.L.1910, § 2536.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1254. Drunken engineer or conductor or driver.

Every person who, while in charge, as engineer, of a locomotive engine, or while acting as conductor or driver upon a railroad train or car, whether propelled by steam or drawn by horses, is intoxicated, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2537.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1255. Railroad officers, servants and agents, neglect of duty.

Every engineer, conductor, brakeman, switch-tender or other officer, agent or servant of any railroad company, who is guilty of any willful violation or omission of his duty as such officer, agent or servant, by which human life or safety is endangered or property is injured or destroyed, the punishment for which is not otherwise prescribed, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.L.1910, § 2538.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1261. Criminal syndicalism defined.

Criminal syndicalism is hereby defined to be the doctrine which advocates crime, physical violence, arson, destruction of property, sabotage, or other unlawful acts or methods, as a means of accomplishing or effecting industrial or political ends, or as a means of effecting industrial or political revolution, or for profit.
Laws 1919, c. 70, p. 110, § 1. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 21. Crimes and Punishments › §21-1262. Sabotage defined.

Sabotage is hereby defined to be a malicious, felonious, intentional or unlawful damage, injury to or destruction of real or personal property of any employer or owner by his or her employee or employees, or any employer or employers or by any person or persons at their own instance, or at the instance, request or instigation of such employees, employers, or any other person.
Laws 1919, c. 70, p. 111, § 2.