Oklahoma § 21-650.6 Assault and battery — County and court officers,

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-650.6 — Assault and battery — County and court officers,

Oklahoma § 21-650.6

Title 21Crimes And Punishments

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-650.6 (2026).

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witnesses, jurors, or process servers.

A.Every person who commits any assault upon any county commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county treasurer, or any officer of a state district or appellate court, or the Workers' Compensation Court, including but not limited to judges, bailiffs, court reporters, court clerks or deputy court clerks, or upon any witnesses or juror, because of said person's service in such capacity or within six (6) months of said person's service in such capacity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.

B.Every person who commits any battery or assault and battery upon any county commissioner,

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witnesses, jurors, or process servers. A. Every person who commits any assault upon any county commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county treasurer, or any officer of a state district or appellate court, or the Workers' Compensation Court, including but not limited to judges, bailiffs, court reporters, court clerks or deputy court clerks, or upon any witnesses or juror, because of said person's service in such capacity or within six (6) months of said person's service in such capacity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine. B. Every person who commits any battery or assault and battery upon any county commissioner, county clerk, county assessor, county treasurer, or officer of a state district or appellate court, or the Workers' Compensation Court, including but not limited to judges, bailiffs, court reporters, court clerks or deputy court clerks, or upon any witnesses or juror, because of said person's service in such capacity or within six (6) months of said person's service in such capacity, shall be guilty of a Class B6 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years, by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine. C. Every person who knowingly commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon a process server licensed in this state while the person is in the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1993, c. 326, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 225, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 131, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2021, c. 373, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2023, c. 136, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 2023; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 182, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 225 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.