2017 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-1719.1. Larceny of certain fish and game.

A. For the purpose of this section:

1. "Domesticated fish or game" means all birds, mammals, fish and other aquatic forms and all other animals, regardless of classifications, whether resident, migratory or imported, protected or unprotected, dead or alive, and shall extend to and include every part of any individual species when such domesticated fish or game are not in the wild and are in the possession of a person currently licensed to possess such fish or game; and

2. "Taking" means the pursuing, killing, capturing, trapping, snaring and netting of domesticated fish or game or placing, setting, drawing or using any net, trap or other device for taking domesticated fish or game and includes specifically every attempt to take such domesticated fish or game.

B. Any domesticated fish or game shall be considered the personal property of the owner.

C. Any person who shall take any domesticated fish or game, with the intent to deprive the owner of said fish or game, and any person purchasing or receiving such domesticated fish or game knowing them to have been stolen, shall:

1. Upon conviction, if the current market value of said domesticated fish or game is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; or

2. Upon conviction, if the current market value of said domesticated fish or game is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 160, § 1, emerg. eff. June 25, 1987. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 147, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1993, c. 288, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 396, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 288, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 437, § 11, eff. July 1, 2001; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 7, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 396 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.