Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-99
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Failure to keep domestic animals enclosed – Penalties
Official statutory text
A. Any person who:
1. Willfully omits to keep a domestic animal such person owns
or has charge of within a suitable enclosure;
2. Allows the animal to be unrestrained or to run at large,
with notice, actual or constructive, that the enclosure within which
the animal is kept is open; or
3. Knowingly causes a domestic animal to escape confinement,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00)
for each offense, or not more than thirty (30) days of imprisonment
in the county jail for each offense, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to domestic
animals that are on a county road designated as an open pasture road
as provided for in Section 1 of this act.
C. For the purpose of this act, the term "domestic animals"
shall not include domestic house pets.
1. Willfully omits to keep a domestic animal such person owns
or has charge of within a suitable enclosure;
2. Allows the animal to be unrestrained or to run at large,
with notice, actual or constructive, that the enclosure within which
the animal is kept is open; or
3. Knowingly causes a domestic animal to escape confinement,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00)
for each offense, or not more than thirty (30) days of imprisonment
in the county jail for each offense, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to domestic
animals that are on a county road designated as an open pasture road
as provided for in Section 1 of this act.
C. For the purpose of this act, the term "domestic animals"
shall not include domestic house pets.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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