Oklahoma § 21-1217 Firemen - Interference with performance of duties.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-1217 — Firemen - Interference with performance of duties.

Oklahoma § 21-1217

Title 21Crimes And Punishments

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1217 (2026).

Text

Any person or persons acting in concert with each other who knowingly and willfully interfere with, molest, or assault firemen in the performance of their duties, or who knowingly and willfully obstruct, interfere with or impede the progress of firemen to reach the destination of a fire, shall be deemed guilty of a Class B4 felony offense and shall be punished therefor by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

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Any person or persons acting in concert with each other who knowingly and willfully interfere with, molest, or assault firemen in the performance of their duties, or who knowingly and willfully obstruct, interfere with or impede the progress of firemen to reach the destination of a fire, shall be deemed guilty of a Class B4 felony offense and shall be punished therefor by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1968, c. 90, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 311, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 209, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 119, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 311 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.