2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-1716. Theft of domestic animals or implements of husbandry.

A. Any person in this state who shall steal any horse, jackass, jennet, mule, cow, hog or implement of husbandry as defined in Section 1-125 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years, or by a fine in an amount that is equal to three times the value of animals and machinery that were stolen but not more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each head of cattle stolen may constitute a separate offense and may be punishable as a separate violation.

B. Any person in this state who shall steal any dog, sheep or goat shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than six (6) months nor more than three (3) years, or by a fine in an amount that is equal to three times the value of the animals that were stolen but not more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. The word "horse" as used in this section includes all animals of the equine species, and the word "cow" includes all animals of the bovine species.

R.L. 1910, § 2667. Amended by Laws 1910-11, c. 92, p. 202, § 1; Laws 1939, p. 13, § 1; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 394, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 286, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 324, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2016, c. 89, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 394 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.