Casket Tipping not Allowed
Individuals are not allowed to tip over caskets during a funeral.
30-84. Disturbing funerals.
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No person shall willfully disturb, interrupt or disquiet any assemblage of people who have met for the purpose of any funeral, or obstruct or detain any person or persons engaged in carrying or accompanying any dead body of a human being to a place of burial.
(Code 1970, � 21-6(b); Code 1980, � 30-84)
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They passed a more specific law about picketing funerals in 2006: 21-1380 – A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Funeral Picketing Actâ€.
It’s still a misdemeanor, but it now allows punitive damages and legal fees against the plaintiff(s). It was inspired by the Rev. Phelps group from Topeka picketing military funerals here in OK.
Actually there’s a law going back to 1910:
Ok St. Ann. 21-1166 – Every person who willfully disturbs, interrupts or disquiets any assemblage of people met for the purpose of any funeral, … is guilty of a misdemeanor.
so in other words it protects you from people like that bitch cindy sheehan
I see you have it dated going back further than I recall but I know it was used to ensure privacy to grieving family and friends in the funeral of soldiers lost in the current war.
as ignorant as this sounds, there became a need for it. This was to stop war protesters from disrupting and yes pushing their way into a funeral service. They claim to represent peace but yet all they disppay is violence and an utter lack of compassion for the families.