{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-444","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-444","heading":"Escape or attempt to escape from arrest or detention –","body":"Removal of monitoring device.\n\nA. It is unlawful for any person, after being lawfully arrested\n\nor detained by a peace officer, to escape or attempt to escape from\n\nsuch peace officer.\n\nB. Any person who escapes or attempts to escape after being\n\nlawfully arrested or detained for custody for a misdemeanor offense\n\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n\nC. Any person who escapes or attempts to escape after being\n\nlawfully arrested or detained for custody for a felony offense shall\n\nbe guilty of a Class D2 felony offense and shall be punished by\n\nimprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section\n\n20O of this title.\n\nD. It is unlawful for any person admitted to bail or released\n\non recognizance, bond, or undertaking for appearance before any\n\nmagistrate or court of the State of Oklahoma, and required as a\n\ncondition of such release from detention to wear any electronic\n\nmonitoring device on the body of the person to remove such device\n\nwithout authorization from the court. For purposes of this\n\nsubsection, any person charged with a misdemeanor offense who\n\nremoves such device without authorization from the court shall be\n\nguilty of a misdemeanor and any person charged with a felony offense\n\nwho removes such device without authorization from the court shall,\n\nupon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be\n\npunished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F\n\nof Section 20P of this title.","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":"cf3fcffedf39a45da7ffa9ac8ee7d4f692fca163f72dbb48f252a11ebcd481fc","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-443a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-445"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}