Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-101

- Duplication - Check-in of certain wildlife carcasses - Violation

and penalty.

A. All licenses and permits issued by the Director of Wildlife

Conservation, the Department of Wildlife Conservation or by any of

its agents shall be used only in conformity with the provisions of

this title and the rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife

Conservation Commission.

B. All persons making application for any licenses required by

this section shall produce a valid license to operate a motor

vehicle or other positive proof of identification, age and

residency, and any such license issued shall show such data as well

as the date and time of issuance.

C. All licenses are nontransferable. No person shall alter,

change, lend or transfer any license. No person shall use or borrow

a license which has not been issued to that person by the Director,

the Department or by any of its agents pursuant to the provisions of

this section.

D. No person may engage in activities requiring a license

without that person's carrying such license on their person and

producing the same for an inspection upon the demand of any Oklahoma

citizen or game warden.

E. Any person required to produce a license must also identify

themselves as the person to whom such license was issued, and

failure or refusal to comply shall be deemed prima facie evidence of

a violation of this section.

F. Unless otherwise provided in this Code:

1. Licenses issued pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection C and

paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection E of Section 4-112 of this title

and paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection B of Section 4-113 of this

title and paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection C and paragraph 1 of

subsection E of Section 4-110 of this title shall expire one (1)

year after the date issued. Unless otherwise specified, all other

licenses shall expire December 31 for the year issued; and

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2. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of

this title may have any or all licenses held by that person or the

privilege of applying for, purchasing or exercising the benefits

conferred by the licenses revoked by the Department in accordance

with rules promulgated by the Commission or by a court of competent

jurisdiction for a period of not less than one (1) year. For

purposes of this paragraph, a court conviction, a plea of guilty, a

plea of nolo contendere, the imposition of a deferred or suspended

sentence by a court, or forfeiture of bond shall be deemed a

conviction.

G. Should any license or permit issued pursuant to Part 1 of

Article IV of this title be lost or destroyed, duplicates will be

issued by the Department at a fee of One Dollar and fifty cents

($1.50).

H. Upon harvesting any whitetail or mule deer, or any other

wildlife where the hunter, according to Commission rules, is

required to check the wildlife in at a Department check station, the

taker of the wildlife shall:

1. Securely attach the name of the taker, time of harvest, date

of harvest and license number to the carcass of the wildlife;

2. Check in the carcass of the wildlife electronically using

the online check station provided on the official website of the

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation or as prescribed by

rule of the Commission, within twenty-four (24) hours of leaving the

hunt area and in all cases prior to processing the carcass; and

3. Not remove evidence of the sex of the animal until after the

carcass of the animal has been checked in.

I. It shall be unlawful for any license or permit holder to

knowingly make a false statement or give false information to any

authorized hunter check station or to an authorized Department

employee when complying with the provisions of subsection H of this

section. Information which may be collected at a Department check

station shall include but not be limited to the name, address,
cked in.

I. It shall be unlawful for any license or permit holder to

knowingly make a false statement or give false information to any

authorized hunter check station or to an authorized Department

employee when complying with the provisions of subsection H of this

section. Information which may be collected at a Department check

station shall include but not be limited to the name, address,

license or permit number and signature of the taker, the date, time,

county, method or weapon of the kill, sex and weight of carcass,

whether or not the animal was taken on public hunting land and if so

in what area, or any other information which may be required by the

Commission.

J. 1. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this

section or of making a false statement or giving any false

information in order to acquire any license or permit, pursuant to

the provisions of this section, shall be punishable by a fine of not

less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred

Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a

period not to exceed ten (10) days, or by both such fine and

imprisonment. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent

violation of the provisions of this section or of making a false

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statement or giving any false information in order to acquire any

license or permit, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall

be punishable by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars

($250.00) nor more than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), or by

imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ten (10)

days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

2. Any hunting or fishing license issued to a person by the

Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be automatically revoked

upon conviction of the person of violating the provisions of this

section. The revocation shall be for a period set by the court of

not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. If the

court does not set a period, the revocation shall be for one (1)

year from the date of the conviction. During this period of

revocation, the Department shall not issue the person a hunting or

fishing license. If the court does not set a revocation period, the

Department shall not issue that person a license within one (1) year

of the conviction of the person pursuant to this section. A person

who has a license or permit revoked pursuant to this section shall

surrender the revoked license or permit to the court, or the court

may order the defendant to surrender the license or permit directly

to an officer from the Department of Wildlife Conservation present

at the hearing. If the license or permit is surrendered to the

court, the court shall send the Department of Wildlife Conservation

the revoked license. The court shall also send the Department a

copy of the judgment of conviction. For purposes of this section,

"conviction" shall include a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to an

offense or the imposition of deferred adjudication for an offense.

In lieu of sending a paper copy of the documents and information

required by this subsection, the court clerk may transmit the

conviction information by using an electronic method authorized by

the Department of Wildlife Conservation.

K. Any person who has had their license privileges revoked

shall not be entitled to purchase, apply for, or exercise the

benefits conferred by any license until the revocation period has

expired or the person has obtained approval from the Director. Any

person violating the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction,

shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not

more than ninety (90) days or by both the fine and imprisonment.

Upon conviction under this subsection, the previously granted
expired or the person has obtained approval from the Director. Any

person violating the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction,

shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not

more than ninety (90) days or by both the fine and imprisonment.

Upon conviction under this subsection, the previously granted

license revocation period shall be extended by two (2) additional

years.