sheltering from detection - Destroying, hiding, altering, or keeping documentation. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to transport, move, or attempt to transport in the State of Oklahoma any alien knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the alien has come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law, in furtherance of the illegal presence of the alien in the United States. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to conceal, harbor, or shelter from detection any alien in any place within the State of Oklahoma, including any building or means of transportation, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the alien has come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law. C. It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally destroy, hide, alter, abscond with or keep documentation, including birth certificates, visas, passports, green cards or other documents utilized in the regular course of business to either verify or legally extend an individual’s legal status within the United States for the purpose of trafficking a person in violation of Section 748 of this title. D. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prohibit or restrict the provision of any state or local public benefit described in 8 U.S.C., Section 1621(b), or regulated public health services provided by a private charity using private funds. E. Any person violating the provisions of subsections A, B or C of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Added by Laws 2007, c. 112, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 409, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 67, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
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