{"id":"DUT-OK-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oklahoma","state":"OK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Penal Code)","authority":"21 O.S. ch. 48 (Miscellaneous and General Provisions); R.L. 1910, sec. 2529","instrument":"21 O.S. 1195","title":"Penalty for Violating Quarantine Laws or Orders","dateIssued":"2026-09-29","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-29","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally"],"clause":"Every person who having been lawfully ordered by any health officer to be detained in quarantine and not having been discharged leaves the quarantine grounds or willfully violates any quarantine law or regulation, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","enforcement":"Misdemeanor (21 O.S. 10: county jail up to one year, fine up to $500, or both, where no other punishment is prescribed; the general misdemeanor sentence was not separately retrieved)","functions":[],"notes":"Every person must obey a health officer\u0027s quarantine order and every quarantine law or regulation; willful violation is a crime, which gave the Board of Health\u0027s and health officers\u0027 COVID-19 quarantine and isolation directions criminal force independent of any executive order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=69653","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":353088,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-OK","url":"/library/DUT-OK-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OK-004","citation":"Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Penal Code), 21 O.S. 1195 (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-004)","stateName":"Oklahoma","related":["DUT-OK-002","DUT-OK-001","DUT-OK-003","DUT-OK-007","DUT-OK-005"]}