Oklahoma § 44-885 - Desertion

§ 44-885. Desertion

ARTICLE 85. Desertion.

A. Any member of the state military forces who:

1. Without authority goes or remains absent from his or her

unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away

therefrom permanently;

2. Quits his or her unit, organization, or place of duty with

intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or

3. Without being regularly separated from one of the force

components of state military forces enlists or accepts an

appointment in the same or another one of the armed forces without

fully disclosing the fact that he or she has not been regularly

separated, or enters any foreign armed service except when

authorized by the United States,

is guilty of desertion.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 44. Militia

B. Any commissioned officer of the state military forces who,

after tender of his or her resignation and before notice of its

acceptance, quits his or her post or proper duties without leave and

with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of

desertion.

C. Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert

shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by

confinement of not more than ten (10) years or such other punishment

as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to

desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment as a courtmartial may direct.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 408, § 103, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.