Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-372
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Mutilation, treating with indignity or destroying flag -
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Definitions.
A. Any person who shall contemptuously or maliciously tear
down, burn, trample upon, mutilate, deface, defile, defy, treat with
indignity, wantonly destroy, or cast contempt, either by word or
act, upon any flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States
of America shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony
offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title.
B. The word "defile" as used in this section shall include
public conduct which brings shame or disgrace upon any flag of the
United States by its use for unpatriotic or profane purpose.
C. The terms "flag", "standard", "colors", or "ensign" of the
United States as used in this section shall include any picture,
representation or part thereof which an average person would
believe, upon seeing and without deliberation, to represent the
flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States of America.
A. Any person who shall contemptuously or maliciously tear
down, burn, trample upon, mutilate, deface, defile, defy, treat with
indignity, wantonly destroy, or cast contempt, either by word or
act, upon any flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States
of America shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony
offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in
subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title.
B. The word "defile" as used in this section shall include
public conduct which brings shame or disgrace upon any flag of the
United States by its use for unpatriotic or profane purpose.
C. The terms "flag", "standard", "colors", or "ensign" of the
United States as used in this section shall include any picture,
representation or part thereof which an average person would
believe, upon seeing and without deliberation, to represent the
flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States of America.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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