Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1722
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Taking oil, gas, gasoline or any product thereof - When
Official statutory text
misdemeanor or felony.
Any person who shall unlawfully take any crude oil or gasoline,
or any product thereof, from any pipe, pipeline, tank, tank car, or
other receptacle or container and any person who shall unlawfully
take or cause to be taken any machinery, drilling mud, equipment or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 790
other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or
gas wells, with intent to deprive the owner or lessee thereof of
said crude oil, gas, gasoline, or any product thereof, machinery,
drilling mud, equipment or other materials necessary for the
drilling or production of oil or gas wells shall:
1. Be guilty of a misdemeanor if the value of said product so
taken is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county
jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment;
2. Be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense if the value of such
product so taken is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by forfeiture of the
instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not less than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a
term in the range of one (1) year to ten (10) years, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Any person who shall unlawfully take any crude oil or gasoline,
or any product thereof, from any pipe, pipeline, tank, tank car, or
other receptacle or container and any person who shall unlawfully
take or cause to be taken any machinery, drilling mud, equipment or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 790
other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or
gas wells, with intent to deprive the owner or lessee thereof of
said crude oil, gas, gasoline, or any product thereof, machinery,
drilling mud, equipment or other materials necessary for the
drilling or production of oil or gas wells shall:
1. Be guilty of a misdemeanor if the value of said product so
taken is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county
jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment;
2. Be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense if the value of such
product so taken is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by forfeiture of the
instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not less than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a
term in the range of one (1) year to ten (10) years, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
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