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Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-7-602

This is the official text of Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-7-602, part of Oklahoma’s Stat. tit. 29, — part of the compiled statutory law of Oklahoma, published by the state as "Stat. tit. 29,." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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General prohibition against transporting wildlife -

Official statutory text

Exceptions.

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may ship into

or out of, transport into or out of, have in possession with the

intent to so transport, or cause to be removed from this state:

1. Any wildlife or parts thereof, nests of wildlife, their eggs

or their young; or

2. Any endangered or threatened species.

B. Exceptions to paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section

are:

1. Dead fish or wildlife legally taken by licensed hunters or

fishermen for noncommercial purposes may be possessed, shipped, or

transported into or within the borders of this state if it is

accompanied by or has attached the appropriate certificate, license,

or tag as may be required by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation

Code, rules, or the laws of another state;

2. Rough fish products that have been completely processed into

food or other products that legally taken fish may yield may be

exported from the state;

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3. Any rough fish taken by licensed commercial fishermen who

have been issued a special permit as required by Section 4-105 of

this title by the Director of Wildlife Conservation may be shipped,

transported, or exported pursuant to the permit;

4. Any fish or wildlife lawfully bred or propagated may be

shipped or transported within the confines of this state or exported

out of this state;

5. Any wildlife for which the Director has given an individual

specific written authority for its transportation into or out of the

state;

6. Any farmed cervidae licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Farmed

Cervidae Act; or

7. Any deceased, intact cervidae in transit into this state to

a taxidermist who is in good standing with the Secretary of State.

C. An owner or operator of a commercially licensed hunting

facility shall be permitted to transport cervidae from one in-state

hunt facility to another in-state hunt facility without a permit

issued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation.

D. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this

section shall be punished by a fine not less than Fifty Dollars

($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by

imprisonment in the county jail for a period not less than ten (10)

days nor more than sixty (60) days, or by both.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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