Oklahoma § 21-1719.2 - Taking, stealing or carrying away exotic livestock Penalties - Definition
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§ 21-1719.2. Taking, stealing or carrying away exotic livestock Penalties - Definition
A. Any person who shall take, steal or carry away any exotic
livestock, any person purchasing or receiving such exotic livestock,
knowing them to have been stolen, shall be deemed guilty of grand
larceny, a Class C2 felony offense, regardless of the value thereof,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years, or by a fine not
exceeding Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
B. For purposes of this section the term “exotic livestock”
means commercially raised exotic livestock including animals of the
families bovidae, cervidae and antilocapridae or birds of the ratite
group.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 36, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws
1997, c. 133, § 397, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c.
5, § 289, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 252, eff. Jan. 1,
2026.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 397 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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