Okla. Stat. tit. 8, § 8-36
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Refusal of interment because of race, color or national
Official statutory text
origin prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person, group of persons, firm,
corporation, organization, association or any other entity of any
type to deny, refuse or prohibit the interment, entombment or burial
of the remains of any deceased person in any cemetery, whether owned
publicly or privately, because of the race, color or national origin
of such deceased person.
It shall be unlawful for any person, group of persons, firm,
corporation, organization, association or any other entity of any
type to deny, refuse or prohibit the interment, entombment or burial
of the remains of any deceased person in any cemetery, whether owned
publicly or privately, because of the race, color or national origin
of such deceased person.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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