Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1163
Opening Grave or Place of Burial - Penalty
Effective Jul 1, 1999R.L. 1910, § 2458; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 302 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 203, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).
Any person who opens any grave or any place of burial, temporary or otherwise, or who breaks open any building wherein any dead body of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent either:
- 1. To remove any dead body of a human being for the purpose of selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection; or
- 2. To steal the coffin, or any part thereof or anything attached thereto, or connected therewith, or the vestments or other articles buried with the same, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years, or in a county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 2458; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 302 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 203, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).