2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 64. Public Lands
§64-1094. Violations and penalty.
Any person who prospects for minerals owned by the State of Oklahoma, under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioners of the Land Office, without a prospecting permit, or who removes any such minerals without a lease contract, contrary to the provisions of this act, or who violates any other terms or provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days and not to exceed ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 374, § 9, emerg. eff. June 7, 1955. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 547, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 398, eff. July 1, 1999. Renumbered from § 459 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 146, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 547 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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