21 § 1760 Destroying Railroad or Railroad Equipment If you engage in the intentional defacing or destroying of property you could face a sentence of three times the amount of damage done, in addition to criminal charges and punishments. Oklahoma law also allows a defendant to be open to a civil lawsuit for the damage done. Malicious damage to property is also a felony regardless of the amount of damage if you have 2 or more prior convictions for the malicious defacing of property. It is considered a misdemeanor if the amount of damage is valued at less than $1000, and a felony if the damage is valued at $1000 or more.

In Oklahoma, it is against the law to maliciously injure, deface or destroy another person’s real or personal property.

To find Oklahoma vandalism laws we look in a chapter of Oklahoma’s criminal code titled “Malicious Mischief.” This article describes a few of the more commonly charged types of vandalism in Oklahoma. Other acts a person might think are harmless and done in good fun might be described as criminal mischief. Yet those malicious pranks might not be illegal vandalism under Oklahoma law. A malicious mischief conviction requires evidence that a person committed specific acts in violation of Oklahoma malicious mischief law.Ī malicious prank might amount to bullying, or even comprise unlawful harassment but not include the elements of malicious mischief. A prank might be in poor taste or even be malicious but that is not what makes a prank illegal. Of course, not all malicious pranks are vandalism. Malice takes a prank and moves it toward vandalism. Oklahoma’s malicious mischief laws primarily address property damage.Īlthough young people often engage in pranks, there can be a legal difference between a prank and acts that are done maliciously. That does not mean all maliciously mischievous acts are vandalism. Oklahoma law addresses vandalism as malicious mischief.

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