Okla. Stat. tit. 63 § 2870

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 2870 - False alarm, complaint or information - Penalty

No person shall call the number 9-1-1 for the purpose of making a knowingly false alarm or complaint or reporting knowingly false information which could result in the dispatch of emergency services from any public agency as defined in Section 2 of this act. Nor shall any person call 9-1-1 for nonemergency or personal use. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and by an assessment for the resulting costs of any dispatching of emergency personnel and equipment for each such offense.

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 2870

Renumbered from § 2819 by Laws 2016 , c. 324, s. 13, eff. 11/1/2016.
Amended by Laws 2016 , c. 324, s. 10, eff. 11/1/2016.
Added by Laws 1986, SB 579, c. 230, § 9, emerg. eff. 6/10/1986; Amended by Laws 1988, SB 507, c. 130, § 6, emerg. eff. 4/13/1988; Amended by Laws 1990, HB 1940, c. 92, § 1, eff. 9/1/1990; Amended by Laws 2000 , HB 1228, c. 115, §8, eff. 11/1/2000.