Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-9-136
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Buying of livestock prior to consignment – Fraudulent
Official statutory text
sale of livestock.
A. No person shall buy or offer to buy livestock on the
premises owned and used by a person operating a livestock auction
market before the livestock has been regularly consigned for sale.
B. No person, with the intent to defraud, shall offer for sale
any livestock at a livestock auction market in any name other than
that of the seller. Any person, with the intent to defraud, who
attempts to sell or sells livestock under a false name or a name
other than that of the seller shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. No person shall offer for sale any livestock at a livestock
auction market with the intent to defraud. For the purposes of this
subsection, it shall be considered an attempt by the seller to
defraud if livestock identified previously for sale are not the same
livestock offered or sold at a livestock market auction. Any person
convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
A. No person shall buy or offer to buy livestock on the
premises owned and used by a person operating a livestock auction
market before the livestock has been regularly consigned for sale.
B. No person, with the intent to defraud, shall offer for sale
any livestock at a livestock auction market in any name other than
that of the seller. Any person, with the intent to defraud, who
attempts to sell or sells livestock under a false name or a name
other than that of the seller shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. No person shall offer for sale any livestock at a livestock
auction market with the intent to defraud. For the purposes of this
subsection, it shall be considered an attempt by the seller to
defraud if livestock identified previously for sale are not the same
livestock offered or sold at a livestock market auction. Any person
convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
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