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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.

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