Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-650.6
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Assault and battery — County and court officers,
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witnesses, jurors, or process servers.
A. Every person who commits any assault upon any county
commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county treasurer, or
any officer of a state district or appellate court, or the Workers'
Compensation Court, including but not limited to judges, bailiffs,
court reporters, court clerks or deputy court clerks, or upon any
witnesses or juror, because of said person's service in such
capacity or within six (6) months of said person's service in such
capacity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such
imprisonment and fine.
B. Every person who commits any battery or assault and battery
upon any county commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county
treasurer, or officer of a state district or appellate court, or the
Workers' Compensation Court, including but not limited to judges,
bailiffs, court reporters, court clerks or deputy court clerks, or
upon any witnesses or juror, because of said person's service in
such capacity or within six (6) months of said person's service in
such capacity, shall be guilty of a Class B6 felony offense
punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
Corrections for not more than five (5) years, by a fine of not more
than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment
and fine.
C. Every person who knowingly commits any assault, battery or
assault and battery upon a process server licensed in this state
while the person is in the performance of his or her duties shall,
upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such
imprisonment and fine.
A. Every person who commits any assault upon any county
commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county treasurer, or
any officer of a state district or appellate court, or the Workers'
Compensation Court, including but not limited to judges, bailiffs,
court reporters, court clerks or deputy court clerks, or upon any
witnesses or juror, because of said person's service in such
capacity or within six (6) months of said person's service in such
capacity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such
imprisonment and fine.
B. Every person who commits any battery or assault and battery
upon any county commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county
treasurer, or officer of a state district or appellate court, or the
Workers' Compensation Court, including but not limited to judges,
bailiffs, court reporters, court clerks or deputy court clerks, or
upon any witnesses or juror, because of said person's service in
such capacity or within six (6) months of said person's service in
such capacity, shall be guilty of a Class B6 felony offense
punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
Corrections for not more than five (5) years, by a fine of not more
than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment
and fine.
C. Every person who knowingly commits any assault, battery or
assault and battery upon a process server licensed in this state
while the person is in the performance of his or her duties shall,
upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such
imprisonment and fine.
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