Oklahoma § 69-1213 - Obstructing or damaging roads - Defacing, damaging,

§ 69-1213. Obstructing or damaging roads - Defacing, damaging,

destroying or removing any traffic-control device, road sign,

signboard, guide sign or signpost - Felony penalty.

A. Any person or persons who shall willfully or knowingly

obstruct or damage any public road or highway by obstructing the

side or cross drain or ditches thereof, or by turning water upon

such road or highway or right-of-way, or by throwing or depositing

brush, trees, stumps, logs, or any refuse or debris whatsoever in

the road or highway, or on the sides or in the ditches thereof, or

by fencing across or upon the right-of-way of the same, or by

planting any hedge within the lines established for such road or

highway, or by changing the location thereof, or shall obstruct said

road, highway or drains in any other manner whatsoever, or, except

as provided in subsection B of this section, any person or persons

who shall willfully or knowingly deface, damage, destroy or remove

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

any traffic-control device, road sign, signboard, guide sign or

signpost shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. If any person or persons willfully or knowingly defaces,

damages, destroys or removes any traffic-control device, road sign,

signboard, guide sign or signpost and such action results in

personal injury to or death of any person, the person or persons

responsible for such action shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony

offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

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

a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both

such fine and imprisonment. Notice of this provision shall be

placed in the manual provided by the Department of Public Safety

which manual is issued for purpose of passing driving privilege.

C. The governing body who finds any road or highway obstructed

as above specified shall notify the person violating the provisions

of this section, verbally or in writing, to remove such obstruction

forthwith, and if such person does not remove the obstruction within

ten (10) days after being notified, he shall pay the sum of Five

Dollars ($5.00) for each and every day after the tenth day such

obstruction is maintained or permitted to remain, such fine to be

recovered by suit brought by the governing body in any court of

competent jurisdiction.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1213, operative July 1, 1968. Amended

by Laws 1993, c. 127, § 4, emerg. eff. May 4, 1993; Laws 1997, c.

133, § 570, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 413,

eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 749, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 570 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.