Okla. Stat. tit. 53, § 53-2.1
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Violations - Penalties
Official statutory text
No person shall willfully or knowingly break, break off, crack,
carve upon, write, or otherwise mark upon, or in any manner damage,
destroy, mutilate, deface, mar, take or harm any historic or
prehistoric site, building, object, artifact, fossil or material in,
around or upon any historic site owned, operated, managed or under
the control of or under an easement granted to the Oklahoma
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations Page 14
Historical Society. Any person convicted of violating any of the
provisions of the Oklahoma Historical Preservation Act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not to
exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by confinement in the
county jail for not to exceed one (1) year or by both such fine and
confinement.
carve upon, write, or otherwise mark upon, or in any manner damage,
destroy, mutilate, deface, mar, take or harm any historic or
prehistoric site, building, object, artifact, fossil or material in,
around or upon any historic site owned, operated, managed or under
the control of or under an easement granted to the Oklahoma
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations Page 14
Historical Society. Any person convicted of violating any of the
provisions of the Oklahoma Historical Preservation Act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not to
exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by confinement in the
county jail for not to exceed one (1) year or by both such fine and
confinement.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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