Oklahoma § 21-1312 - Punishment for riot

§ 21-1312. Punishment for riot

Every person guilty of participating in any riot is punishable

as follows:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

1. If any murder, maiming, robbery, rape or arson was committed

in the course of such riot, such person is guilty of a Class A1

felony offense punishable in the same manner as a principal in such

crime;

2. If the purpose of the riotous assembly was to resist the

execution of any statute of this state or of the United States, or

to obstruct any public officer of this state or of the United

States, in the performance of any legal duty, or in serving or

executing any legal process, such person shall, upon conviction, be

guilty of a Class B3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in

the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not

exceeding ten (10) years and not less than two (2) years;

3. If such person carried at the time of such riot any species

of firearms, or other deadly or dangerous weapon, or was disguised,

such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B3 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department

of Corrections for a term not exceeding ten (10) years and not less

than two (2) years;

4. If such person directed, advised, encouraged or solicited

other persons, who participated in the riot to acts of force or

violence, such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class

B1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding twenty (20) years

and not less than two (2) years; or

5. Every person who shall unlawfully obstruct the normal use of

any public street, highway or road within this state by impeding,

hindering or restraining motor vehicle traffic or passage thereon,

by standing or approaching motor vehicles thereon, or by endangering

the safe movement of motor vehicles or pedestrians traveling thereon

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by

imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1)

year, or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)

and not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such

fine and imprisonment. In addition, the person shall be liable for

all damages to person or property by reason of the same. As used in

this paragraph, "obstruct" means to render impassable or to render

passage unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous.

In all other cases such person is punishable as for a

misdemeanor.

R.L. 1910, § 2559. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 339, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 233, eff. July 1, 1999;

Laws 2021, c. 106, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 10,

eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 339 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.