Oklahoma § 4-43 - Counties over 200,000 population - Regulation and control of

§ 4-43. Counties over 200,000 population - Regulation and control of

dogs running at large - Penalties.

The board of county commissioners of any county with a

population of two hundred thousand (200,000) or more according to

the last Federal Decennial Census may regulate or prohibit the

running at large of dogs within said county, and cause such dogs as

may be running at large to be impounded and disposed of as otherwise

provided for by law or sold to discharge the costs and penalties

provided for the violation of such prohibition and the expense of

impounding and keeping the same for such sale; and may also provide

for the erection of all needful pens, pounds and buildings for the

use of said county at any place within said county. It shall be the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals

duty of the board of county commissioners of any county undertaking

the regulation and taxation of dogs in said county under this act to

establish and enforce rules governing the same, and they shall enter

into a definite cooperative agreement with the sheriff of said

county prescribing said rules and regulations and the manner and

terms of enforcement thereof, and for the financing and compensation

therefor. The board of county commissioners may also regulate and

provide for taxing the owners and harborers of dogs, and authorize

the humane killing or disposal of dogs, found at large, contrary to

any ordinance regulating the same. Any person, firm or corporation

who violates any rule or regulation made by such board of county

commissioners under the authority of this act shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by the laws of this

state in any court of competent jurisdiction, provided that in the

case of continuing offenses, each day on which the offense occurs

shall constitute a separate offense.

Added by Laws 1959, p. 25, § 1.