Oklahoma § 21-1719.1 - Larceny of certain fish and game

§ 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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

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 Class D1 felony offense 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 as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this

title, 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; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 452, eff. Jan. 1,

2026.

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.