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Flag Felonies In OklahomaTheres something about a red...

11/30/2021

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Flag Felonies In Oklahoma

  There’s something about a red flag that sets off a ‘red flag’ with lawmakers. They still have a felony statute on the books which brings a maximum 10 year prison sentence. But even criticizing the laws of Oklahoma can get you locked up.

  Here’s a snippit:

    "Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner, indicating disloyalty to the Government of the United States or a belief in anarchy or other political doctrines or beliefs, whose objects are either the disruption or destruction of organized government, or the defiance of the laws of the United States or of the State of Oklahoma, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary of the State of Oklahoma for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by both such imprisonment and fine.“

§21-371. Use in advertising prohibited.

Any person or persons, corporation or company, who shall use the flag or the coat of arms of the United States, or any pattern, imitation or representation thereof, either by printing thereon, or attaching thereto, any advertisement or device for the purpose of gain or profit, or as a trademark or label, shall be guilty of misdemeanor.

Laws 1919, c. 72, p. 113, § 1.

§21-372. Mutilation, treating with indignity or destroying flag - Definitions.

A. Any person who shall contemptuously or maliciously tear down, burn, trample upon, mutilate, deface, defile, defy, treat with indignity, wantonly destroy, or cast contempt, either by word or act, upon any flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States of America, shall be guilty of a felony.

B. The word “defile” as used in this section shall include public conduct which brings shame or disgrace upon any flag of the United States by its use for unpatriotic or profane purpose.

C. The terms “flag”, “standard”, “colors”, or “ensign” of the United States as used in this section shall include any picture, representation or part thereof which an average person would believe, upon seeing and without deliberation, to represent the flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States of America.

Added by Laws 1919, c. 72, p. 113, § 2. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 298, § 1; Laws 1971, c. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 17, 1971; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 176, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 176 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

§21-373. Penalty for violation of Section 372.

Any person, corporation or company violating any provision of Section 372 of this title, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Added by Laws 1919, c. 72, p. 113, § 3. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 298, § 2, emerg. eff. May 9, 1967; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 177, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 94, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 177 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

§21-374. Display of red flag or emblem of disloyalty or anarchy.

Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner, indicating disloyalty to the Government of the United States or a belief in anarchy or other political doctrines or beliefs, whose objects are either the disruption or destruction of organized government, or the defiance of the laws of the United States or of the State of Oklahoma, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary of the State of Oklahoma for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by both such imprisonment and fine.

Added by Laws 1919, c. 83, p. 133, § 1, emerg. eff. April 2, 1919. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 178, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 95, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 178 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999..

§21-375.  Raising certain flags over tax-supported property prohibited - Penalty.
A.  It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person to place, hoist, raise or display any flag, standard, colors or ensign upon or over any publicly owned tax-supported property or premises except roads, streets, highways, stadiums or arenas in the State of Oklahoma, except:
1.  The flag, standard, colors or ensign of the United States of America;
2.  The flag of any nation formerly having dominion over the land now comprising the State of Oklahoma or any portion of said land;
3.  The official flag of any of the fifty states of the United States;
4.  An Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building commemorative flag;
5.  The official flag of any municipality in this state;
6.  The Boy Scouts of America flag;
7.  The Girl Scouts United States of America flag;
8.  The American Red Cross flag;
9.  The American Ex-Prisoner of War flag;
10.  The POW/MIA flag; and
11.  Such other flags as may be approved by the governing board or agency having control over said public property.
B.  Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 79, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1971.  Amended by Laws 1987, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1996, c. 4, § 2, emerg. eff. March 12, 1996; Laws 2003, c. 107, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003

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Four Legal Ways to Be A Bigamist In Oklahoma Bigamy remains...

11/29/2021

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Four Legal Ways to Be A Bigamist, In Oklahoma

  Bigamy remains illegal in Oklahoma. That’s no surprise. But there are 4 situations where the bigamist will not be prosecuted.

  1. Any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has been absent for five (5) successive years without being known to such person within that time to be living; nor,
  2. Any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has absented himself or herself from his wife or her husband and has been continually remaining without the United States for a space of five (5) years together; nor,
  3. Any person by reason of any former marriage which has been pronounced void, annulled or dissolved by the judgment of a competent court; nor,
  4. Any person by reason of any former marriage with a husband or wife who has been sentenced to imprisonment for life.

§21-881. Bigamy defined.

Every person who having been married to another who remains living, marries any other person except in the cases specified in the next section is guilty of bigamy.

R.L.1910, § 2439.

§21-882. Exceptions to the rule of bigamy.

The last preceding section does not extend:

1. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has been absent for five (5) successive years without being known to such person within that time to be living; nor,

2. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has absented himself or herself from his wife or her husband and has been continually remaining without the United States for a space of five (5) years together; nor,

3. To any person by reason of any former marriage which has been pronounced void, annulled or dissolved by the judgment of a competent court; nor,

4. To any person by reason of any former marriage with a husband or wife who has been sentenced to imprisonment for life.

R.L.1910, § 2440.

§21-883. Bigamy a felony.

Any person guilty of bigamy shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years.

R.L. 1910, § 2441. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 260, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 164, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 260 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

§21-884. Person marrying bigamist.

Any person who knowingly marries the husband or wife of another, in any case in which such husband or wife would be punishable according to the foregoing provisions, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 2442. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 261, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 165, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 261 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

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Adultery Is A Felony In Oklahoma Perhaps the least prosecuted...

11/28/2021

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Adultery Is A Felony In Oklahoma

Perhaps the least prosecuted felony in Oklahoma’s history is Adultery. Yet the state has, since 1910, insisted that the crime needs to stay in the statutory code. they even amended it in 1999.§21-871.  Adultery defined - Who may institute prosecution. Adultery is the unlawful voluntary sexual intercourse of a married person with one of the opposite sex; and when the crime is between persons, only one of whom is married, both are guilty of adultery. Prosecution for adultery can be commenced and carried on against either of the parties to the crime only by his or her own husband or wife as the case may be, or by the husband or wife of the other party to the crime: Provided, that any person may make complaint when persons are living together in open and notorious adultery.R.L.1910, § 2431.§21-872.  Punishment for adultery. Any person guilty of the crime of adultery shall be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. R.L. 1910, § 2432.  Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 259, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 163, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE:  Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 259 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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Impugning Unchastity Of A Woman Is a Crime

11/27/2021

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Impugning Unchastity Of A Woman, Is a Crime

Anyone who openly or privately accuses a woman of not being ‘chaste’ is committing a misdemeanor, in Oklahoma. In this case, the the prosecutors do not have to prove that a woman is chaste. They just have to prove that the defendant made the claim that she was unchaste.

§21-779. Imputing unchastity to females - Penalty.

If any person shall orally or otherwise, falsely and maliciously or falsely and wantonly impute to any female, married or unmarried, a want of chastity, he shall be deemed guilty of slander, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

R.L.1910, § 2387.

§21-780.  Imputing unchastity - Evidence necessary - Defenses.
In any prosecution under the preceding section it shall not be necessary for the state to show that such imputation was false, but the defendant may, in justification, show the truth of the imputation, and the general reputation for chastity of the female alleged.
R.L.1910, § 2389.

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Deserting A Wife Or Young Child - Is A Felony

11/26/2021

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Deserting A Wife Or Young Child - Is A Felony

Abandoning and not providing for the care of a wife and/or kids (15 & under) is still a criminal act, in Oklahoma.

 Aside from civil court action and divorce court, the dependents can turn to the police and have the man arrested.

§21-853. Desertion of wife or child under 15 a felony.

Every person who shall without good cause abandon his wife in destitute or necessitous circumstances and neglect and refuse to maintain or provide for her, or who shall abandon his or her minor child or children under the age of fifteen (15) years and willfully neglect or refuse to maintain or provide for such child or children, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for any period of time not less than one (1) year or more than ten (10) years.
 Added by Laws 1915, c. 149, § 1.  Amended by Laws 1923, c. 78, p. 144, § 2, emerg. eff. March 28, 1923; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 253, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 157, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE:  Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 253 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

§21-854. Proof of marriage - Wife as competent witness - Duty of County Attorney to prosecute.
No other evidence shall be required to prove marriage of such husband and wife, or that such person is the lawful father or mother of such child or children than is or shall be required to prove such fact in a civil action, and such wife shall be a competent witness to testify in any case brought under this act, and to any and all matters relevant thereto, including the fact of such marriage and the parentage of such child or children.  It shall be the mandatory duty of each district attorney of this state to diligently prosecute all persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter (Chapter 31, Title 21 O.S.1951), and in all cases where the evidence is deemed sufficient to justify a prosecution for such violation, any district attorney who shall willfully fail, neglect or refuse to institute criminal proceedings to enforce such provisions, shall be subject to removal from office.Laws 1915, c. 149, § 2; Laws 1949, p. 203, § 1.

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Deathbed Wills Are Admissible In Probate Court Even Without A Notary

11/25/2021

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  Oklahoma law allows for a will to be presented in probate even if it was not drawn up by an attorney. It doesn’t even require a notary. There is, however; a method of proving the veracity of the written & signed statement, in order to stand up in court.
  Dictionaries refer to this type of will as Olographic, or Holographic.

Olographic Will

The Louisiana term for what other states call a holographic will. This is a will that is entirely handwritten, signed, and dated by the person making it. It does not need to be notarized or witnessed.

§58-31.  Olographic will, how proved.

An olographic will may be proved in the same manner that other private writings are proved.
R.L.1910, § 6209.

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Welfare Agencies Are A County Govt. Matter

11/24/2021

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In a previous post we discussed the role of county commissioners in establishing an orphanage & other functions.
The founders and leaders of our state govt. also direct the counties to deal with the other social welfare needs of their own county. 


Very little of these tasks are actually being provided by Oklahoma’s 77 county governments. Tulsa County reports that they do run a County Pharmacy which provides some very low-cost medications which were provided to the county from participating medical facilities who donate remaining unused meds that current & former patients were prescribed. They only dispense what they have in stock, at the time.

§56-31.  Overseers of the indigent.

The county commissioners of the counties of this state shall be overseers of the indigent for their respective counties, and shall perform all the duties with reference to the indigent of their counties that may be prescribed by law and under such restrictions as the county commissioners shall consider most advantageous for the interests of their respective counties and the welfare of the people therein.
R.L. 1910, § 4525.  Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

§56-32.  Duties of overseers.

The overseers of the indigent in each county shall have the oversight and care of all the indigent persons in their county so long as such persons remain a county charge.  Such overseers shall see that the indigent are taken care of in the manner provided by law, and under such restrictions as the county commissioners shall consider most advantageous for the interests of their respective counties and the welfare of the people therein.
R.L. 1910, § 4526.  Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.


§56-32.1.  Authority to establish county department.

In all counties of this state having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000), as shown by the last Federal Decennial Census, the boards of county commissioners are hereby given authority in their respective counties to establish a department which shall be known as the “Human Services Center” or “Social Services Center,” wherein may be housed the “Indigent Care Facility” and any other services for the care of the indigent which the board of county commissioners may deem to be in the best interests of their respective counties and the welfare of the people therein.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

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Only Some Oklahomans Are Allowed To Serve On Juries

11/23/2021

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  Oklahoma statutes direct the courts to use the list of those with a valid Oklahoma Drivers License, to use as a database of potential jurors. And anyone under 18 or over 70 is exempted. People who have an Oklahoma Identification card (obtained by the Dept of Public Safety) are also included on the database.

  In addition to that group, individuals who have neither the ID card or the drivers license, can go to the court clerk and volunteer their name to be added to the database. 

  You can only be compelled to serve once in any 5-year span. There are statutory exemptions as well as those granted special exemptions by a district court judge.

  Here’s a list of the statutory exemptions  C.  Persons who are not qualified to serve as jurors are:

1.  Justices of the Supreme Court or the Court of Civil Appeals; 2.  Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals or the district court; 3.  Sheriffs or deputy sheriffs; 4.  Licensed attorneys engaged in the practice of law; 5.  Persons who have been convicted of any felony or who have served a term of imprisonment in any penitentiary, state or federal, for the commission of a felony; provided, any such citizen convicted, who has been fully restored to his or her civil rights, shall be eligible to serve as a juror; and 6.  Legislators during a session of the Legislature or when involved in state business.

D.  Jailers or law enforcement officers, municipal, state or federal, shall be eligible to serve on noncriminal actions only. E.  Upon his or her request, a person shall be exempt from service as a juror if the person is:

1.  A member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is serving on active duty during a time of war or declared hostilities; or 2.  A mother who is breast-feeding a baby.

§38-18.  Licensed drivers list - Time period - Volunteers - Name and address changes.

For the purpose of ascertaining names of all persons qualified for jury service: 1.  The Commissioner of Public Safety shall cause to be provided to the Administrative Director of the Courts, not later than the first day of October of each year, a list by county of residence of persons who reside in the county, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older, and who are holders of a current driver license or a current identification license issued by the Department of Public Safety.  The list shall contain the name, date of birth, and mailing address of each person listed.  The list may be maintained in electronic format and shall be used exclusively for jury selection purposes.  The Administrative Director of the Courts and the court clerk shall not copy or permit any person to copy the list or any portion thereof for purposes other than jury selection; 2.  All names and addresses of the persons so listed under the provisions of paragraph 1 of this section shall be used thereafter in the selection of juries; provided, however, no jury panel shall be quashed because of a duplication of names; 3.  The list will be furnished by the Administrative Director of the Courts to the district courts according to the period of time and in the format prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts, and the district courts may maintain and use the list in electronic format as a necessary part of an approved electronic jury management system implemented pursuant to Section 13 of this act; 4.  The provisions of this section shall not be construed to preclude persons otherwise qualified to serve as jurors from volunteering for jury service in a manner prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts; and 5.  The Administrative Director of the Courts, the trial court administrator or the court clerk may accept changes or corrections in a mailing address or county of residence of a qualified juror from such qualified juror or from an electronic address verification process implemented pursuant to Section 13 of this act.  Changes may be accepted in any manner prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts.

 Added by Laws 1949, p. 279, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 1949.  Amended by Laws 1973, c. 204, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973; Laws 1974, c. 136, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1974; Laws 1985, c. 273, § 1; Laws 1987, c. 134, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 20, eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Laws 1996, c. 58, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 400, § 12, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 390, § 14, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 234, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2015, c. 242, § 5, emerg. eff. May 4, 2015.

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Court Clerks Can Refuse To File Your Lawsuit

11/22/2021

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  It’s called a ‘Sham Provision’. The state code actually uses the term to refer to frivolous legal initiatives in our civil court system. the law allows a County Court Clerk to exercise personal and professional judgment to determine if a petition to the court is a waste of time, mockery of the court, or worse.
  But fear not, there are remedies to overcome the potential abuse of power. One is a ‘writ of mandamus’. And the clerk must present that demand for review to the judge.
  Don’t let the Latin words fool you. Lawyers use that stuff all the time to try to either impress or intimidate us.  Mandamus means ‘we command’. We derive the word ‘mandate’ from that original root word.

§12-29.  Clerks to file and preserve papers - Refusal to file sham legal process.

A.  It is the duty of the clerk of each of the courts to file together and carefully preserve in his office, all papers delivered to him for that purpose, except as provided in subsection B of this section, in every action or special proceeding.

B.  The court clerk may refuse to file any document presented for filing if the clerk believes that the document constitutes sham legal process, as defined by Section 1533 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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 1.  Any person aggrieved by the refusal of a court clerk to file any document provided for in subsection A of this section may petition the district court for a writ of mandamus to compel the clerk to file the tendered document.
2.  At the time of refusal, the person aggrieved shall file a notice of refusal with the court clerk for the purpose of tolling any applicable statute of limitations in the event the person prevails in any action so commenced, if the person wishes for the statute of limitations to be tolled.  The refusal notice shall be submitted on a form provided by the court clerk, but must be filled out by the aggrieved party.  A copy of the instrument that the clerk refused to file must be attached to the notice of refusal.  The court clerk shall stamp the date of refusal on the notice of refusal.

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Habitually Absent City Officials Are Automatically Removed From Office

11/21/2021

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Habitually Absent City Officials Are Automatically Removed From Office:
 
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  There are a lot of  ways a city official can get removed from office. Just missing half the meetings in a 4-month span is one such trigger.

§11-8-107.  Removal of officers.

  A municipal elected official may be removed from office for any cause specified by applicable state law for the removal of officers, and by the method or methods prescribed thereby.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 8-107, eff. July 1, 1978.

§11-8-108.  Absence from governing body meetings.

  Whenever a member of the municipal governing body is absent from more than one-half of all meetings of the governing body, regular and special, held within any period of four (4) consecutive months, he shall thereupon cease to hold office.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 8-108, eff. July 1, 1978.

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