Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 375

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 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;

11. The 9/11 Remembrance "Freedom Flag"; and

12. 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 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.

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 375

Amended by Laws 2022 , c. 275, s. 2, eff. 5/16/2022.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 79, § 1, emerg. eff. 4/16/1971. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 54, §1, eff. 11/1/1987; Laws 1996, c. 4, § 2, emerg. eff. 3/12/1996; Amended by Laws 2003 , HB 1059, c. 107, § 1, eff. 11/1/2003.