Oklahoma § 43A-6-104 Bringing poor or indigent person into state.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 43A-6-104 — Bringing poor or indigent person into state.

Oklahoma § 43A-6-104

Title 43AMental Health

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-6-104 (2026).

Text

Any person who knowingly brings or causes to be brought, a poor or indigent person from out of the state into this state and keeps or leaves such person, or attempts to keep or leave such person, within the state for the purpose of placing the person or requiring the placement of the person as a consumer in any state facility within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for care or treatment therein at the expense of the state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Any person who knowingly brings or causes to be brought, a poor or indigent person from out of the state into this state and keeps or leaves such person, or attempts to keep or leave such person, within the state for the purpose of placing the person or requiring the placement of the person as a consumer in any state facility within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for care or treatment therein at the expense of the state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1953, p. 174, § 132, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953. Renumbered from § 132 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 150, § 53, emerg. eff. May 9, 2005.