Okla. Stat. tit. 64, § 64-1018
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Destruction of timber or improvements - Unlawful entry -
Official statutory text
Damages.
Any person, firm, business, or other entity who, without written
authority from the Commissioners of the Land Office, trespasses,
uses, cuts timber, injures or destroys surface or subsurface lands
or improvements, removes anything of value from the surface or
subsurface, assumes possession without a lease or other legal
interest in the lands, or who refuses to surrender possession at the
expiration, rescission or termination of a lease or easement shall
be subject to a civil action for actual damages, possession of the
land, injunction, civil penalties equal to the amount of actual
damages, attorney fees, litigation expenses, sheriff fees and court
costs. Damage claims shall carry sixteen-percent interest from the
date of injury. The person, business or other entity shall also,
upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be
subject to imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F
of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Any person, firm, business, or other entity who, without written
authority from the Commissioners of the Land Office, trespasses,
uses, cuts timber, injures or destroys surface or subsurface lands
or improvements, removes anything of value from the surface or
subsurface, assumes possession without a lease or other legal
interest in the lands, or who refuses to surrender possession at the
expiration, rescission or termination of a lease or easement shall
be subject to a civil action for actual damages, possession of the
land, injunction, civil penalties equal to the amount of actual
damages, attorney fees, litigation expenses, sheriff fees and court
costs. Damage claims shall carry sixteen-percent interest from the
date of injury. The person, business or other entity shall also,
upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be
subject to imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F
of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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