Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-7-205
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Killing, capturing, mutilating or destroying wildlife
Official statutory text
protected by law - Abandoning body without appropriate disposal -
Revocation of licenses.
A. Excluding furbearers and coyotes, no person may capture,
kill, mutilate or destroy any wildlife protected by law and remove
the head, claws, teeth, hide, antlers, horns or any or all of such
parts from the body with the intent to abandon the body.
B. Excluding furbearers and coyotes, no person may capture or
mutilate any living wildlife protected by law by removing the claws,
teeth, hide, antlers, horns or any or all of such parts from the
body.
C. No person may kill any wildlife protected by law and abandon
the body without disposing of the body in the most appropriate
manner.
D. Any person convicted of violating the provisions 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 not more than one (1) year,
or by both fine and imprisonment.
E. 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.
Revocation of licenses.
A. Excluding furbearers and coyotes, no person may capture,
kill, mutilate or destroy any wildlife protected by law and remove
the head, claws, teeth, hide, antlers, horns or any or all of such
parts from the body with the intent to abandon the body.
B. Excluding furbearers and coyotes, no person may capture or
mutilate any living wildlife protected by law by removing the claws,
teeth, hide, antlers, horns or any or all of such parts from the
body.
C. No person may kill any wildlife protected by law and abandon
the body without disposing of the body in the most appropriate
manner.
D. Any person convicted of violating the provisions 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 not more than one (1) year,
or by both fine and imprisonment.
E. 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.
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