Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-85.3
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Taking up by landowner or lessee - Investigation -
Official statutory text
Reports.
Any landowner or lessee of land may take up any domestic animal
that strays upon his premises or any public thoroughfare adjoining
the same. When any person shall take up any stray animal, he shall
make a reasonable investigation immediately to ascertain the owner
of such animal and, within seven (7) days, he shall report such
taking up to the county sheriff of the county in which the animal
was taken up, giving a description of the animal, setting forth the
brand, sex, and approximate age of such animal. When the identity
of the owner of any stray animal is known to the taker-up he shall
communicate to the said owner that the animal has strayed and that
he has taken it up. The taker-up may require the owner of any
strayed animal he has taken up to pay the actual cost of its keep
while so taken up plus all damages that the strayed animal caused to
the premises. When one who has taken up a strayed animal is unable,
after investigation, to ascertain by whom the animal is owned, or
when an owner of a strayed animal is identified and known to be such
but neglects or fails to pay the cost of the animal's keep while
taken up plus all damages it caused to the premises of the taker-up
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals Page 27
and remove the animal from the possession of the taker-up the latter
shall report all facts relative to the matter to the sheriff of the
county in which the animal was taken up.
Any landowner or lessee of land may take up any domestic animal
that strays upon his premises or any public thoroughfare adjoining
the same. When any person shall take up any stray animal, he shall
make a reasonable investigation immediately to ascertain the owner
of such animal and, within seven (7) days, he shall report such
taking up to the county sheriff of the county in which the animal
was taken up, giving a description of the animal, setting forth the
brand, sex, and approximate age of such animal. When the identity
of the owner of any stray animal is known to the taker-up he shall
communicate to the said owner that the animal has strayed and that
he has taken it up. The taker-up may require the owner of any
strayed animal he has taken up to pay the actual cost of its keep
while so taken up plus all damages that the strayed animal caused to
the premises. When one who has taken up a strayed animal is unable,
after investigation, to ascertain by whom the animal is owned, or
when an owner of a strayed animal is identified and known to be such
but neglects or fails to pay the cost of the animal's keep while
taken up plus all damages it caused to the premises of the taker-up
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals Page 27
and remove the animal from the possession of the taker-up the latter
shall report all facts relative to the matter to the sheriff of the
county in which the animal was taken up.
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