Oklahoma § 64-1094 - Violations and penalty

§ 64-1094. Violations and penalty

Any person who prospects for minerals owned by the State of

Oklahoma, under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioners of

the Land Office, without a prospecting permit, or who removes any

such minerals without a lease contract, contrary to the provisions

of this act, or who violates any other terms or provisions of this

act, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and upon

conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 64. Public Lands

Dollars ($50.00) and not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars

($50,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by

both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1955, p. 374, § 9, emerg. eff. June 7, 1955. Amended

by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 547, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.

Sess., c. 5, § 398, eff. July 1, 1999. Renumbered from § 459 of

this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 146, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010;

Laws 2025, c. 486, § 555, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 547 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.