Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-63
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Fraudulent sales of timber – Failure to pay full price -
Official statutory text
Criminal penalties.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person willingly, knowingly, or
fraudulently to represent, make, issue, deliver, use or submit, or
to participate in representing, making, issuing, delivering, using,
or submitting any fictitious, false or fraudulent offer, agreement,
contract, or other instrument concerning:
1. The sale of timber or the right to cut or harvest or remove
timber from a site or from real property not owned or leased by that
person; or
2. The sale of timber or the right to cut or harvest or remove
timber that is not owned by that person.
B. It shall be unlawful for a timber owner to, knowingly or
with intent to defraud, fail to pay in a timely manner the
applicable owners the full price of all the purchased timber.
1. A timber owner acts with intent to defraud if the timber
owner disperses, uses, or diverts money with the intent to deprive
an owner of the purchase money.
2. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, a timber owner is
presumed to have acted with intent to defraud if the timber owner
does not pay all applicable owners for the purchase price of the
timber not later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the date
the timber owner collects money for the timber.
C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of:
1. A Class D3 felony offense if the timber to be sold or right
to cut or harvest the timber pursuant to subsection A of this
section is valued at more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Upon
conviction the person shall be subject to the imposition of a fine
of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by
imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section
20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or to both; or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 610
2. A misdemeanor if the timber to be sold or right to cut or
harvest the timber pursuant to subsection A of this section is
valued at Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or less. Upon conviction
the person shall be subject to the imposition of a fine of not more
than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the
county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or to both.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person willingly, knowingly, or
fraudulently to represent, make, issue, deliver, use or submit, or
to participate in representing, making, issuing, delivering, using,
or submitting any fictitious, false or fraudulent offer, agreement,
contract, or other instrument concerning:
1. The sale of timber or the right to cut or harvest or remove
timber from a site or from real property not owned or leased by that
person; or
2. The sale of timber or the right to cut or harvest or remove
timber that is not owned by that person.
B. It shall be unlawful for a timber owner to, knowingly or
with intent to defraud, fail to pay in a timely manner the
applicable owners the full price of all the purchased timber.
1. A timber owner acts with intent to defraud if the timber
owner disperses, uses, or diverts money with the intent to deprive
an owner of the purchase money.
2. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, a timber owner is
presumed to have acted with intent to defraud if the timber owner
does not pay all applicable owners for the purchase price of the
timber not later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the date
the timber owner collects money for the timber.
C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of:
1. A Class D3 felony offense if the timber to be sold or right
to cut or harvest the timber pursuant to subsection A of this
section is valued at more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Upon
conviction the person shall be subject to the imposition of a fine
of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by
imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section
20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or to both; or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 610
2. A misdemeanor if the timber to be sold or right to cut or
harvest the timber pursuant to subsection A of this section is
valued at Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or less. Upon conviction
the person shall be subject to the imposition of a fine of not more
than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the
county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or to both.
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