Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1719.1
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Larceny of certain fish and game
Official statutory text
A. For the purpose of this section:
1. "Domesticated fish or game" means all birds, mammals, fish
and other aquatic forms and all other animals, regardless of
classifications, whether resident, migratory or imported, protected
or unprotected, dead or alive, and shall extend to and include every
part of any individual species when such domesticated fish or game
are not in the wild and are in the possession of a person currently
licensed to possess such fish or game; and
2. "Taking" means the pursuing, killing, capturing, trapping,
snaring and netting of domesticated fish or game or placing,
setting, drawing or using any net, trap or other device for taking
domesticated fish or game and includes specifically every attempt to
take such domesticated fish or game.
B. Any domesticated fish or game shall be considered the
personal property of the owner.
C. Any person who shall take any domesticated fish or game,
with the intent to deprive the owner of said fish or game, and any
person purchasing or receiving such domesticated fish or game
knowing them to have been stolen, shall:
1. Upon conviction, if the current market value of said
domesticated fish or game is less than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a
fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 788
imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60)
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; or
2. Upon conviction, if the current market value of said
domesticated fish or game is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or
more, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished
by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more
than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment as
provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this
title, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
1. "Domesticated fish or game" means all birds, mammals, fish
and other aquatic forms and all other animals, regardless of
classifications, whether resident, migratory or imported, protected
or unprotected, dead or alive, and shall extend to and include every
part of any individual species when such domesticated fish or game
are not in the wild and are in the possession of a person currently
licensed to possess such fish or game; and
2. "Taking" means the pursuing, killing, capturing, trapping,
snaring and netting of domesticated fish or game or placing,
setting, drawing or using any net, trap or other device for taking
domesticated fish or game and includes specifically every attempt to
take such domesticated fish or game.
B. Any domesticated fish or game shall be considered the
personal property of the owner.
C. Any person who shall take any domesticated fish or game,
with the intent to deprive the owner of said fish or game, and any
person purchasing or receiving such domesticated fish or game
knowing them to have been stolen, shall:
1. Upon conviction, if the current market value of said
domesticated fish or game is less than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a
fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 788
imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60)
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; or
2. Upon conviction, if the current market value of said
domesticated fish or game is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or
more, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished
by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more
than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment as
provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this
title, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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