Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-85.13
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Claim to ownership of exotic livestock under this chapter
Official statutory text
- Conditions.
A. A person may claim to be the owner of exotic livestock under
this chapter only if:
1. The exotic livestock is tagged, branded, banded, or marked
in another manner that identifies the exotic livestock as being the
property of the claimant; or
2. The person acquired the exotic livestock by purchase, gift,
devise, inheritance, or other lawful transfer or the exotic
livestock was born or hatched on property owned or leased by the
claimant or on other property under an agreement with the claimant
in which the claimant may assert ownership of the exotic livestock
and:
a. the exotic livestock, when normally in the possession
of the owner, is impounded within a fence or by
another restraining device that is generally
appropriate to prevent the escape of the type of
animal claimed, or
b. the animal claimed is of such rarity or has such
genetic marking or other attributes as to identify the
exotic livestock as having come from the claimant's
stock having the same rarity or attributes.
B. Under subsection A of this section, a lawful transfer does
not include the live taking of an exotic livestock in this state on
property that is owned or leased by a person other than the
claimant.
A. A person may claim to be the owner of exotic livestock under
this chapter only if:
1. The exotic livestock is tagged, branded, banded, or marked
in another manner that identifies the exotic livestock as being the
property of the claimant; or
2. The person acquired the exotic livestock by purchase, gift,
devise, inheritance, or other lawful transfer or the exotic
livestock was born or hatched on property owned or leased by the
claimant or on other property under an agreement with the claimant
in which the claimant may assert ownership of the exotic livestock
and:
a. the exotic livestock, when normally in the possession
of the owner, is impounded within a fence or by
another restraining device that is generally
appropriate to prevent the escape of the type of
animal claimed, or
b. the animal claimed is of such rarity or has such
genetic marking or other attributes as to identify the
exotic livestock as having come from the claimant's
stock having the same rarity or attributes.
B. Under subsection A of this section, a lawful transfer does
not include the live taking of an exotic livestock in this state on
property that is owned or leased by a person other than the
claimant.
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