2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-6-502. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act:

1. "Cervid", "cervidae", and "deer" mean any member of the cervidae family;

2. "Commercial" means to manage on a business basis or engage in any transaction or exchange for consideration including barter, the offer to sell, or possession with intent to sell for profit or monetary gain;

3. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;

4. "Farmed cervidae" means all species of the cervid family and hybrids including white-tailed deer, elk, mule deer, red deer, or any other member of the family cervidae specified in rule by the State Board of Agriculture with written concurrence of the Department of Wildlife Conservation that are raised or maintained within a perimeter fence or confined space for the production of meat and other agricultural products, sport, exhibition, personal use, or any other purpose. Farmed cervidae shall be considered livestock as long as they remain in a farmed cervidae facility. Farmed cervidae shall not include cervidae in a commercially licensed hunting facility;

5. "Farmed cervidae facility" means any private or public premises that contain one or more privately owned cervidae and the privately owned cervidae are not removed from the premises through hunting;

6. "Native cervidae" means any and all cervidae that are indigenous to Oklahoma or are living in a state of nature;

7. "Noncommercial" means to manage for personal enjoyment and personal use;

8. "Operator" means the person who performs the daily farmed cervidae management functions;

9. "Owner" means a person with legal title to a farmed cervid or herd of farmed cervidae;

10. "Premises" means the ground, area, buildings, water source and equipment commonly shared by a herd of cervidae; and

11. "Proof of ownership" means an inspection certificate of sale from a licensed public livestock market showing individual identification, a bill of sale, a certificate of sale, court orders, a statement that the cervidae was born from animals owned by the seller, or any other document the Department deems acceptable.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 138, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 360, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 298, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.