Oklahoma § 4-268 - Fraudulent branding - Branding over or obliterating
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 4-268 — Fraudulent branding - Branding over or obliterating, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-268. Fraudulent branding - Branding over or obliterating
previous brand - Penalties - Definitions.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals
A. Any person who shall with intent to defraud, brand or
misbrand, mark or mismark any neat domestic animal, not his own; or
shall intentionally brand over a previous brand or shall cut out or
obliterate a previous mark or brand on any neat domestic animal, not
his own, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary for a term not less than three (3) years nor more than
ten (10) years or by imprisonment in the county jail for one (1)
year or by a fine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor
more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
B. For purposes of this section:
1. “Domestic animal” means cattle, equinae, sheep, goat, hog,
poultry and exotic livestock; and
2. “Exotic livestock” means commercially raised exotic
livestock including animals of the families bovidae, cervidae and
antilocapridae or birds of the ratite group.
R.L. 1910, § 203. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 33, § 1; Laws 1963, c.
110, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1963; Laws 1993, c. 36, § 4, eff. July
1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 122, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st
Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 53, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 201,
eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective
date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 122 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 4-268 ("Fraudulent branding - Branding over or obliterating") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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