Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2870

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False alarm, complaint or information - Penalty

Official statutory text

No person shall call the number 9-1-1 for the purpose of making

a knowingly false alarm or complaint or reporting knowingly false

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1445

information which could result in the dispatch of emergency services

from any public agency as defined in Section 2 of this act. Nor

shall any person call 9-1-1 for nonemergency or personal use. Any

person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction,

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to

exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and by an assessment for the

resulting costs of any dispatching of emergency personnel and

equipment for each such offense.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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