Oklahoma Code § 21-1167

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

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