Oklahoma § 72-6 - Nontransferability of privileges - Penalty

§ 72-6. Nontransferability of privileges - Penalty

The privileges granted by this act shall not be assignable or

transferable to or used by any other person or persons except those

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors

persons to whom certificates have been issued as herein provided.

Any person who violates any provision of this act shall be guilty of

a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than

Twenty Dollars ($20.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).

Laws 1923, c. 136, p. 227, § 5, emerg. eff. Feb. 8, 1923; Laws 1927,

c. 75, p. 115, § 6, emerg. eff. March 30, 1927; Laws 1959, p. 349, §

2, emerg. eff. April 15, 1959.

§72-6-1. Impersonating member or veteran of the United States Armed

Forces - Punishment.

A. Any person who knowingly with intent to impersonate and with

intent to deceive, misrepresents himself or herself as a member or

veteran of the United States Armed Forces by wearing any decoration

or medal authorized by the Congress of the United States for the

Armed Forces of the United States, or any of the service medals or

badges awarded to the members of such forces, or the ribbon, button,

or rosette of any such badge, decoration or medal, or any colorable

imitation thereof, except when authorized under regulations as

authorized by the applicable federal law, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and shall be fined One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or

be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not more than six

(6) months or both.

B. If a decoration or medal involved in an offense under

subsection A of this section is a Congressional Medal of Honor, the

offender shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense and fined an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00), or be imprisoned as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or

both.

C. If a person presents any falsified or altered document as

proof of service or authorization for decoration or medal, such

person shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and fined an

amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or be

imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 360, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws

2016, c. 188, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 758, eff.

Jan. 1, 2026.

§72-6-2. Wearing uniform of the United States Armed Forces or

Public Health Service - Punishment.

Whoever, in any place within the jurisdiction of the State of

Oklahoma, without authority as defined in the United States Code,

wears the uniform or any distinctive part thereof or anything

similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of any of the Armed

Forces of the United States, Public Health Service or any auxiliary

of such, with the intent to deceive by impersonating a member of the

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Armed Forces or a veteran, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and

fined an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or be

imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not more than one (1)

year or both.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 360, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.

§72-6-3. Manufacture, reproduction, or sale of objects related to

certain Veterans' organizations - Punishment.

A. Whoever knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells or

purchases for resale, either separately or on or appended to, any

article of merchandise manufactured or sold, any badge, medal,

emblem, or other insignia or any colorable imitation thereof, of any

veterans’ organization incorporated by enactment of the Congress of

the United States, or of any organization formally recognized by any

such veterans’ organization as an auxiliary of such veterans’

organization, or knowingly prints, lithographs, engraves or

otherwise reproduces on any poster, circular, periodical, magazine,

newspaper, or other publication, or circulates or distributes any

such printed matter bearing a reproduction of such badge, medal,

emblem, or other insignia or any colorable imitation thereof, except

when authorized under rules and regulations prescribed by any such

organization, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined an amount

not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the

county jail for a period of not more than one (1) year or both.

B. As used in subsection A of this section, “sells” includes

trades, barters, or exchanges anything of value.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 360, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.