Oklahoma Code § 21-1163

Title 21. Crimes And Punishments: Unlawful interference with places of burial
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Any person who opens any grave or any place of burial, temporary
or otherwise, or who breaks open any building wherein any dead body
of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent
either:
1.  To remove any dead body of a human being for the purpose of
selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection; or
2.  To steal the coffin, or any part thereof or anything
attached thereto, or connected therewith, or the vestments or other
articles buried with the same,
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense
punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through
F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine not exceeding Two
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.

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