1. A. Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority:

   1. (1) sells or otherwise disposes of;
   2. (2) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or
   3. (3) willfully or through neglect suffers to be damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of; any military property of the United States or of the state shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
2. B. Any person who fails to return any military property, equipment, identification papers or other items belonging to the Armed Forces of the United States, or the Oklahoma Military Forces, after having been given proper notice to return the property or equipment, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine in an amount not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both said fine and imprisonment.
3. C. Notice to return military property, equipment, identification papers or other items to the Armed Forces of the United States, or the Oklahoma Military Forces, may be given by personal notice upon the person in possession of the property or by mailing a registered or certified letter, restricted delivery with return receipt requested, to the person's last-known address. The notice shall recite this section and contain a demand that the property be returned or, if it has been lost or destroyed, that restitution be paid as provided in subsection D of this section.
4. D. A person may avoid prosecution under this section by returning the property or making restitution to the responsible official of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Oklahoma Military Forces, as applicable, prior to the time of filing thereon.

Laws 1963, SB 277, c. 148, § 1032, emerg. eff. June 6, 1963; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 458, c. 97, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1990.