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2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-1785. Works of literature or art in public place, injuring.
Universal Citation: 21 OK Stat § 21-1785 (2020)
Any person who maliciously cuts, tears, disfigures, soils, obliterates, breaks or destroys any book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, specimen or other work of literature or art, or object of curiosity deposited in any public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair or exhibition, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not exceeding three (3) years, or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year.
R.L. 1910, § 2790. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 419, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 305, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 419 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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