Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-119
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Trapping licenses
Official statutory text
A. No person may trap any furbearers without having first
procured a license from the Director. A furbearer trapping license
may be issued only to persons holding a hunting license applicable
to their residency.
B. Persons excepted from the license requirements of this
section are:
1. Persons holding a resident lifetime hunting license or
lifetime combination hunting and fishing license issued pursuant to
Section 4-114 of this title; and
2. Resident owners or tenants or the children of an owner or
tenant, who trap on land owned or leased by the owner or tenants.
C. The fees for a license under this section shall be:
1. For residents:
a. Nine Dollars ($9.00) for the use of twenty traps or
less, and
b. Sixty-eight Dollars and fifty cents ($68.50) for a
professional trapper, defined as a person using more
than twenty traps; and
2. For nonresidents, Three Hundred Forty-five Dollars
($345.00).
D. All licenses issued pursuant to this section shall expire on
the last day of February of each year.
E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section shall
be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section shall
be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by
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imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6)
months, or by both said fine and imprisonment.
G. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
paragraph 2 of subsection C of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county
jail for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
procured a license from the Director. A furbearer trapping license
may be issued only to persons holding a hunting license applicable
to their residency.
B. Persons excepted from the license requirements of this
section are:
1. Persons holding a resident lifetime hunting license or
lifetime combination hunting and fishing license issued pursuant to
Section 4-114 of this title; and
2. Resident owners or tenants or the children of an owner or
tenant, who trap on land owned or leased by the owner or tenants.
C. The fees for a license under this section shall be:
1. For residents:
a. Nine Dollars ($9.00) for the use of twenty traps or
less, and
b. Sixty-eight Dollars and fifty cents ($68.50) for a
professional trapper, defined as a person using more
than twenty traps; and
2. For nonresidents, Three Hundred Forty-five Dollars
($345.00).
D. All licenses issued pursuant to this section shall expire on
the last day of February of each year.
E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section shall
be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
F. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of subsection C of this section shall
be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by
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imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6)
months, or by both said fine and imprisonment.
G. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
paragraph 2 of subsection C of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county
jail for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
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