Oklahoma § 21-1379 - Willful bypass of or going around security checkpoint –

§ 21-1379. Willful bypass of or going around security checkpoint –

Notice – Aid or assistance - Penalty.

A. No person shall, without authorization, willfully bypass or

go around a security checkpoint when entering any facility requiring

persons to pass through a security checkpoint used for inspecting or

screening persons or their belongings.

B. Every facility requiring persons to pass through a security

checkpoint and submit to inspection or screening of their person or

belongings shall post notice stating such requirement. All security

checkpoints used for persons or their belongings shall be clearly

identified as such, and notice shall be posted informing persons

that they and their belongings are subject to search.

C. No person shall, without authorization, aid or assist any

person or persons in bypassing a security checkpoint by opening,

holding open, or propping open any secured door, portal, or

entryway.

D. No person shall, without authorization, aid or assist any

person or persons in bypassing or avoiding a security checkpoint by

passing items or belongings, or receiving items or belongings

through a secured door, entryway, window, loading dock, or any other

avenue of entry.

E. All persons approaching a security checkpoint shall obey the

lawful requests and orders of security staff present at the

checkpoint.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this

section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by

imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a

fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such

fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 520, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. Amended by Laws

2007, c. 62, § 3, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007.