Oklahoma § 52-114 - Obstructing or delaying performance of duties a felony

§ 52-114. Obstructing or delaying performance of duties a felony

Any person who knowingly and willfully delays or obstructs any

Proration Umpire, any assistant or deputy of the Proration Umpire,

or any agent or employee of the Commission, in the performance of

any duty enjoined upon such proration umpire, assistant or deputy of

such Proration Umpire, or agent, or employee of the Commission, by

the provisions of this act or by any lawful order, rule or

regulation of the Commission; or who knowingly and willfully delays

or obstructs any public officer of the state, or of any municipal

subdivision thereof in the discharge or attempted discharge of any

duty of his office, arising by virtue of or growing out of the

enforcement of or an attempt to enforce the provisions of this act,

or any lawful order, rule, or regulation of the Commission made in

pursuance of the provisions hereof; or who attempts by means of any

threat or violence to deter or prevent any such Proration Umpire,

assistant, or deputy of the Proration Umpire, or any agent or

employee of the Commission from performing any duty imposed upon

them when such duty arises by virtue of or grows out of the attempt

to enforce the provisions of this act or of any lawful order, rule,

or regulation of the Commission made hereunder, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof may be punished by fine not

exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by confinement in the

county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both. If such threat

or violence, or such attempted interference or obstruction is

accompanied by the use or attempted use of firearms by any such

person so offending, then such person shall be guilty of a Class D1

felony offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 1933, c. 131, p. 294, § 31, emerg. eff. April 10,

1933. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 492, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws

1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 357, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c.

486, § 520, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 492 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.