Section 1163 - Unlawful interference with places of burialAny 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; or2. 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.Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1163
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. 6/19/1998); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, §203, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999.