Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-61
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Notice to adjoining property owners of harvesting
Official statutory text
operations.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 608
A. 1. Any timber owner involved in a logging or timber
harvesting operation shall clearly mark any established property
lines which are within one hundred (100) feet of the area to be cut.
2. If there is no established property line, the timber owner
authorizing the logging or timber harvesting operation shall send by
certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice of the
logging or timber harvesting operation to the owner of record in the
office of the county assessor or records of the county treasurer of
any real property adjoining the cutting area at least ten (10) days
prior to the commencement of the operation.
3. If the timber owner is unable to ascertain the address of
the legal residence of the owner of record as recorded in the office
of the county assessor or records of the county treasurer of any
real property adjoining the cutting area, notice of the logging or
timber harvesting operation shall be given by publication. The
notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation
in the county in which the operation is to occur specifying the
owner of the property and the legal description. The notice shall
be published at least ten (10) days prior to commencement of the
operation.
B. If the timber owner fails to clearly mark any established
property lines or fails to mail or publish any notice to the
abutting real property owners as required by this section and, as a
result of that failure, timber is harvested or other damage occurs
on any abutting real property without the consent of the owner, the
timber owner shall be liable in damages pursuant to Section 72 of
Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes to the owner of the abutting real
property.
C. The provisions of this section shall not relieve the owner
of the real property on which the timber is located from liability
pursuant to Section 72 of Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes for
failing to clearly mark or mismarking any property lines required by
this section.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 608
A. 1. Any timber owner involved in a logging or timber
harvesting operation shall clearly mark any established property
lines which are within one hundred (100) feet of the area to be cut.
2. If there is no established property line, the timber owner
authorizing the logging or timber harvesting operation shall send by
certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice of the
logging or timber harvesting operation to the owner of record in the
office of the county assessor or records of the county treasurer of
any real property adjoining the cutting area at least ten (10) days
prior to the commencement of the operation.
3. If the timber owner is unable to ascertain the address of
the legal residence of the owner of record as recorded in the office
of the county assessor or records of the county treasurer of any
real property adjoining the cutting area, notice of the logging or
timber harvesting operation shall be given by publication. The
notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation
in the county in which the operation is to occur specifying the
owner of the property and the legal description. The notice shall
be published at least ten (10) days prior to commencement of the
operation.
B. If the timber owner fails to clearly mark any established
property lines or fails to mail or publish any notice to the
abutting real property owners as required by this section and, as a
result of that failure, timber is harvested or other damage occurs
on any abutting real property without the consent of the owner, the
timber owner shall be liable in damages pursuant to Section 72 of
Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes to the owner of the abutting real
property.
C. The provisions of this section shall not relieve the owner
of the real property on which the timber is located from liability
pursuant to Section 72 of Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes for
failing to clearly mark or mismarking any property lines required by
this section.
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