Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1714
This is the official text of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1714, part of Oklahoma’s Stat. tit. 21, — part of the compiled statutory law of Oklahoma, published by the state as "Stat. tit. 21,." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Fraudulent consumption of gas
Official statutory text
Every person who, with intent to defraud, makes or causes to be
made, any pipe or other instrument or contrivance, and connects the
same, or causes it to be connected, with any pipe laid for
conducting illuminating gas, so as to conduct gas to a point where
the same may be consumed without its passing through the meter
providing for registering the quantity consumed, or in any other
manner so as to evade paying therefor, and every person who with
like intent injures or alters any gas meter, or obstructs its
action, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
made, any pipe or other instrument or contrivance, and connects the
same, or causes it to be connected, with any pipe laid for
conducting illuminating gas, so as to conduct gas to a point where
the same may be consumed without its passing through the meter
providing for registering the quantity consumed, or in any other
manner so as to evade paying therefor, and every person who with
like intent injures or alters any gas meter, or obstructs its
action, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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