Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1379
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Willful bypass of or going around security checkpoint –
Official statutory text
Notice – Aid or assistance - Penalty.
A. No person shall, without authorization, willfully bypass or
go around a security checkpoint when entering any facility requiring
persons to pass through a security checkpoint used for inspecting or
screening persons or their belongings.
B. Every facility requiring persons to pass through a security
checkpoint and submit to inspection or screening of their person or
belongings shall post notice stating such requirement. All security
checkpoints used for persons or their belongings shall be clearly
identified as such, and notice shall be posted informing persons
that they and their belongings are subject to search.
C. No person shall, without authorization, aid or assist any
person or persons in bypassing a security checkpoint by opening,
holding open, or propping open any secured door, portal, or
entryway.
D. No person shall, without authorization, aid or assist any
person or persons in bypassing or avoiding a security checkpoint by
passing items or belongings, or receiving items or belongings
through a secured door, entryway, window, loading dock, or any other
avenue of entry.
E. All persons approaching a security checkpoint shall obey the
lawful requests and orders of security staff present at the
checkpoint.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 680
F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
A. No person shall, without authorization, willfully bypass or
go around a security checkpoint when entering any facility requiring
persons to pass through a security checkpoint used for inspecting or
screening persons or their belongings.
B. Every facility requiring persons to pass through a security
checkpoint and submit to inspection or screening of their person or
belongings shall post notice stating such requirement. All security
checkpoints used for persons or their belongings shall be clearly
identified as such, and notice shall be posted informing persons
that they and their belongings are subject to search.
C. No person shall, without authorization, aid or assist any
person or persons in bypassing a security checkpoint by opening,
holding open, or propping open any secured door, portal, or
entryway.
D. No person shall, without authorization, aid or assist any
person or persons in bypassing or avoiding a security checkpoint by
passing items or belongings, or receiving items or belongings
through a secured door, entryway, window, loading dock, or any other
avenue of entry.
E. All persons approaching a security checkpoint shall obey the
lawful requests and orders of security staff present at the
checkpoint.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 680
F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
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