Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-268
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Fraudulent branding - Branding over or obliterating
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previous brand - Penalties - Definitions.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals Page 53
A. Any person who shall with intent to defraud, brand or
misbrand, mark or mismark any neat domestic animal, not his own; or
shall intentionally brand over a previous brand or shall cut out or
obliterate a previous mark or brand on any neat domestic animal, not
his own, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary for a term not less than three (3) years nor more than
ten (10) years or by imprisonment in the county jail for one (1)
year or by a fine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor
more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
B. For purposes of this section:
1. “Domestic animal” means cattle, equinae, sheep, goat, hog,
poultry and exotic livestock; and
2. “Exotic livestock” means commercially raised exotic
livestock including animals of the families bovidae, cervidae and
antilocapridae or birds of the ratite group.
R.L. 1910, § 203. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 33, § 1; Laws 1963, c.
110, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963; Laws 1993, c. 36, § 4, eff. July
1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 122, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st
Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 53, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 201,
eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 122 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals Page 53
A. Any person who shall with intent to defraud, brand or
misbrand, mark or mismark any neat domestic animal, not his own; or
shall intentionally brand over a previous brand or shall cut out or
obliterate a previous mark or brand on any neat domestic animal, not
his own, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary for a term not less than three (3) years nor more than
ten (10) years or by imprisonment in the county jail for one (1)
year or by a fine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor
more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
B. For purposes of this section:
1. “Domestic animal” means cattle, equinae, sheep, goat, hog,
poultry and exotic livestock; and
2. “Exotic livestock” means commercially raised exotic
livestock including animals of the families bovidae, cervidae and
antilocapridae or birds of the ratite group.
R.L. 1910, § 203. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 33, § 1; Laws 1963, c.
110, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963; Laws 1993, c. 36, § 4, eff. July
1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 122, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st
Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 53, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 201,
eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 122 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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