Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1363
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Use of language calculated to arouse anger or cause
Official statutory text
breach of peace.
If any person shall make use of any profane, violent, abusive or
insulting language toward or about another person, in the presence
or hearing, which language, in its common acceptation, is calculated
to arouse to anger the person about or to whom it is spoken or
addressed, or to cause a breach of the peace or an assault, every
such person shall be deemed guilty of a breach of the peace, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not
to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the
county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, at the discretion of the court or jury trying the
same.
If any person shall make use of any profane, violent, abusive or
insulting language toward or about another person, in the presence
or hearing, which language, in its common acceptation, is calculated
to arouse to anger the person about or to whom it is spoken or
addressed, or to cause a breach of the peace or an assault, every
such person shall be deemed guilty of a breach of the peace, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not
to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the
county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, at the discretion of the court or jury trying the
same.
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