Oklahoma § 21-650.8 - Felony assault, battery or assault and battery upon
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-650.8 — Felony assault, battery or assault and battery upon, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-650.8. Felony assault, battery or assault and battery upon
employee of facility for delinquent children, juvenile detention
center or juvenile bureau.
A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,
knowingly commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon
the person of an employee of a facility maintained by the Office of
Juvenile Affairs, a facility maintained by a private contractor
pursuant to a contract with the Office of Juvenile Affairs primarily
for delinquent children, a juvenile detention center, or a juvenile
bureau, while the employee is in the performance of his duties,
shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a Class B6 felony
offense.
B. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts, but
shall be cumulative thereto.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 276, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1984.
Renumbered from § 1149 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 200, eff.
July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 247, § 28, eff. July 1,
1996; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 226, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 99,
§ 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 184, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Laws 1997, c. 293, § 38 repealed by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess.,
c. 5, § 452, eff. July 1, 1999, but was subsequently amended by Laws
1999, c. 99, § 2. Laws 1997, c. 293, § 37 repealed by Laws 2000, c.
6, § 34, emerg. eff. March 20, 2000.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 226 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 24 amended the effective date of
Laws 1997, c. 293, § 38 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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