Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-833
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Unlawful confinement of intellectually or developmentally
Official statutory text
disabled persons.
Every overseer of the poor, constable, keeper of a jail, or
other person who confines a person who is impaired by reason of
intellectual or developmental disability, as defined by Section
1430.2 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, mentally ill person,
insane person or other person of unsound mind, in any other manner
or in any other place than is authorized by law, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 333
R.L. 1910, § 2392. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 13, eff. Nov. 1,
1998; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
Every overseer of the poor, constable, keeper of a jail, or
other person who confines a person who is impaired by reason of
intellectual or developmental disability, as defined by Section
1430.2 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, mentally ill person,
insane person or other person of unsound mind, in any other manner
or in any other place than is authorized by law, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 333
R.L. 1910, § 2392. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 13, eff. Nov. 1,
1998; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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