Oklahoma § 4-85.13 - Claim to ownership of exotic livestock under this chapter

§ 4-85.13. Claim to ownership of exotic livestock under this chapter

- Conditions.

A. A person may claim to be the owner of exotic livestock under

this chapter only if:

1. The exotic livestock is tagged, branded, banded, or marked

in another manner that identifies the exotic livestock as being the

property of the claimant; or

2. The person acquired the exotic livestock by purchase, gift,

devise, inheritance, or other lawful transfer or the exotic

livestock was born or hatched on property owned or leased by the

claimant or on other property under an agreement with the claimant

in which the claimant may assert ownership of the exotic livestock

and:

a.

the exotic livestock, when normally in the possession

of the owner, is impounded within a fence or by

another restraining device that is generally

appropriate to prevent the escape of the type of

animal claimed, or

b.

the animal claimed is of such rarity or has such

genetic marking or other attributes as to identify the

exotic livestock as having come from the claimant's

stock having the same rarity or attributes.

B. Under subsection A of this section, a lawful transfer does

not include the live taking of an exotic livestock in this state on

property that is owned or leased by a person other than the

claimant.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 36, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993.