Oklahoma § 21-1721 Tapping pipeline.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-1721 — Tapping pipeline.

Oklahoma·Title 21 Crimes And Punishments

Any person who shall unlawfully make or cause to be made any connection with or in any way tap or cause to be tapped, or drill or cause to be drilled a hole in any pipe or pipeline or tank laid or used for the conduct or storage of crude oil, naphtha, gas or casinghead gas, or any of the manufactured or natural products thereof, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of any of said crude oil, naphtha, gas, casinghead gas or any of the manufactured or natural products thereof, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense, and upon conviction the person shall be punished by forfeiture of the instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of 

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Any person who shall unlawfully make or cause to be made any connection with or in any way tap or cause to be tapped, or drill or cause to be drilled a hole in any pipe or pipeline or tank laid or used for the conduct or storage of crude oil, naphtha, gas or casinghead gas, or any of the manufactured or natural products thereof, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of any of said crude oil, naphtha, gas, casinghead gas or any of the manufactured or natural products thereof, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense, and upon conviction the person shall be punished by forfeiture of the instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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Legislative History

Added by Laws 1925, c. 105, p. 153, § 1. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 219, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1982; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 399, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 291, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 254, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 399 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.