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Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-5-202

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Permission to hunt, take, fish or engage in recreational

Official statutory text

activity upon land of another.

A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may hunt or take by

any means or method upon the land of another without the consent of

the owner, lessee or occupant of such land.

B. For purposes of this section, consent shall be presumed to

be valid for not more than one (1) year, unless the owner, lessee,

or occupant specifically grants consent for a specified period of

time.

C. Excluding land primarily devoted to farming, ranching, or

forestry purposes as set forth in Section 1835.2 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, areas exempt from the provisions of subsection A

of this section are lands belonging to this state which are not

leased and occupied by a resident, excluding school land.

D. Any game warden investigating a hunter in the field has the

duty to inform the hunter that it is necessary to obtain the consent

of the landowner, lessee or occupant to hunt or take on the

particular property. Prosecution for violations of the provisions

of this section may be commenced only upon written complaint of such

owner, lessee or occupant filed before any court authorized to

punish such violation, or upon written complaint to any game warden

or officer authorized to make arrest for such offenses.

E. No person shall operate a motor-driven conveyance on lands

that are fenced and posted or are in cultivation without permission

of the landowner, lessee or occupant.

F. The consent of any owner, lessee or occupant of land

authorizing a person to hunt, take, fish or engage in any

recreational activity upon the land of any such owner, lessee or

occupant shall not be construed to create any additional duty of

care or impose any additional liability other than specified by

Sections 16-71.2 and 16-71.3 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. The obtaining of consent from any owner, lessee or occupant

of land authorizing a person to hunt, take, fish or engage in any

recreational activity shall not relieve the authorized person using

the land from any obligation which the person may have in the

absence of obtaining such consent to exercise care in the use of

such land and in activities thereon, or from the legal consequences

of failure to employ such care.

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H. 1. It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under

subsection A of this section that the accused had express or implied

permission or legal authority to be on the property.

2. If an accused reasonably believed he or she was upon

property for which they had permission to be upon, it shall be an

affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection A of this

section that the accused had with him or her, on his or her person,

written permission from the surface owner, surface lessee, hunting

lessee, or lawful occupant to be upon such person's land while the

accused was upon any adjoining property. This defense shall not be

available to the accused if:

a. the accused has previously pled guilty, nolo

contendere, or has been convicted of any act of

trespass or has been found civilly liable of any act

of trespass, or

b. the accused, while the accused was upon the adjoining

property, does not have with him or her, on his or her

person, the written permission specified in this

paragraph.

I. Any person convicted for the first time of violating any

provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and

punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

($1,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for thirty (30)

days, or by both fine and imprisonment.

J. Any person convicted for the second or subsequent time of

violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and punished by the imposition of a fine of not less

than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

($1,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for thirty (30)

days, or by both fine and imprisonment.

J. Any person convicted for the second or subsequent time of

violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and punished by the imposition of a fine of not less

than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two

Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the

county jail for not less than six (6) months, or by both fine and

imprisonment.

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