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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1163

Unlawful interference with places of burial

R.L. 1910, § 2458

Any person who opens any grave or any place of burial, temporary or otherwise, or who breaks open any building wherein any dead body of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent either:

1. To remove any dead body of a human being for the purpose of selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection; or 2. To steal the coffin, or any part thereof or anything attached thereto, or connected therewith, or the vestments or other articles buried with the same, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title, or by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Official source: Oklahoma Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oklahoma statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.