{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1312","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1312","heading":"Punishment for riot","body":"Every person guilty of participating in any riot is punishable\n\nas follows:\n\n1. If any murder, maiming, robbery, rape or arson was committed\n\nin the course of such riot, such person is guilty of a Class A1\n\nfelony offense punishable in the same manner as a principal in such\n\ncrime;\n\n2. If the purpose of the riotous assembly was to resist the\n\nexecution of any statute of this state or of the United States, or\n\nto obstruct any public officer of this state or of the United\n\nStates, in the performance of any legal duty, or in serving or\n\nexecuting any legal process, such person shall, upon conviction, be\n\nguilty of a Class B3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in\n\nthe custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not\n\nexceeding ten (10) years and not less than two (2) years;\n\n3. If such person carried at the time of such riot any species\n\nof firearms, or other deadly or dangerous weapon, or was disguised,\n\nsuch person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B3 felony\n\noffense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department\n\nof Corrections for a term not exceeding ten (10) years and not less\n\nthan two (2) years;\n\n4. If such person directed, advised, encouraged or solicited\n\nother persons, who participated in the riot to acts of force or\n\nviolence, such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class\n\nB1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections for a term not exceeding twenty (20) years\n\nand not less than two (2) years; or\n\n5. Every person who shall unlawfully obstruct the normal use of\n\nany public street, highway or road within this state by impeding,\n\nhindering or restraining motor vehicle traffic or passage thereon,\n\nby standing or approaching motor vehicles thereon, or by endangering\n\nthe safe movement of motor vehicles or pedestrians traveling thereon\n\nshall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by\n\nimprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1)\n\nyear, or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)\n\nand not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such\n\nfine and imprisonment. In addition, the person shall be liable for\n\nall damages to person or property by reason of the same. As used in\n\nthis paragraph, \"obstruct\" means to render impassable or to render\n\npassage unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous.\n\nIn all other cases such person is punishable as for a\n\nmisdemeanor.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 2559. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 339, eff. July\n\n1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 233, eff. July 1, 1999;","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"45d05f480c34f036613828e84dc14c7ef2fab831ddc5899e14cdaad0e0f8d295","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1311","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}