Oklahoma Statutes
Title 29. Game and Fish

§29-3-101. Creation of Department and Commission - Rules, regulations and policies - Successor of former Commission and Department. - A. There is hereby created a Department of Wildlife Conservation...

§29-3-102. Members of Commission - Appointment and confirmation - Eligibility - Term - Travel expenses. - A. The Commission shall consist of one member from each...

§29-3-103. Functions, powers and duties of the Commission. - A. The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall constitute an advisory, administrative...

§29-3-103a. Special permits for designated species. - The Wildlife Conservation Commission may, by order, authorize the Department...

§29-3-103b. Setback and conservation easements. - A. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of...

§29-3-104. Director of Wildlife Conservation - Creation of office. - There is hereby created the office of Director of Wildlife...

§29-3-105. Powers and duties of the Director - Succession of interest. - A. Immediately upon the appointment of the Director, he shall...

§29-3-201. Game wardens - Enforcement of laws - Operation of certain vehicles and vessels - Refusal to stop - Bribes. - A. All things being equal, veterans of World War II,...

§29-3-202. Authorized agents - Penalty for false representation. - A. No person shall represent himself to be an authorized...

§29-3-203. Oaths of office - Bonds. - A. Oaths of office are required from the following and...

§29-3-204. Procedures. - The Commission shall operate under the provisions of the Oklahoma...

§29-3-205.2. Jurisdiction for commission of offense. - The jurisdiction for the commission of an offense of the...

§29-3-205.3. Arrest without warrant. - A game warden without warrant may arrest a person for...

§29-3-301. Dispositions of monies from fines and forfeitures - Reports and transmittals. - A. All monies received from fines and forfeitures for violation...

§29-3-302. Wildlife Conservation Fund. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...

§29-3-303. Acquisition of property - Payments in lieu of tax payments. - A. The Commission may acquire, by purchase, gift, grants, grant-in-aid...

§29-3-304. Lease of lands - Advertisement. - A. The Commission is hereby authorized to lease any lands...

§29-3-305. Investment of fees. - In order to equalize the expenditure of fees derived from...

§29-3-306. Retirement plans - Monies exempt from attachment, etc. - Exception of qualified domestic orders. - A. There is hereby created an Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department...

§29-3-307. Worker's compensation insurance. - The Commission is hereby empowered and authorized to provide worker's...

§29-3-308. Rewards. - The Department may offer and pay a standing reward in...

§29-3-309. Retention of firearm by warden upon retirement. - In addition to any of the other benefits provided under...

§29-3-310. Wildlife Diversity Program - Wildlife Diversity Fund. - A. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall include on each state...

§29-3-311. Wildlife Diversity Program - Review of utilization of funds. - It is the intent of the Legislature to review the...

§29-3-312. Wildlife habitat development program - Contracts with private landowners - Liability. - A. In order to encourage wildlife habitat conservation on private...

§29-3-313. Law Enforcement Officer Training Account. - There is hereby created within the Wildlife Conservation Fund an...

§29-3-314. Advertising. - The Department of Wildlife Conservation may sell advertising in any...

§29-3-315. Fish or game animal food charitable distribution program. - A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation may administer, either directly...

§29-4-101. License usage - Application - Termination and revocation - Duplication - Check-in of certain wildlife carcasses - Violation and penalty. - A. All licenses and permits issued by the Director of...

§29-4-103. Commercial fishing license. - A. No person may take for commercial purposes, by the...

§29-4-103A. Commercial turtle harvester license. - A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this...

§29-4-103B. Commercial turtle buyer's license. - A. No person may buy, transport out of state or...

§29-4-104. Commercial fishing helper's license. - A. No person may employ any helper or assistant in...

§29-4-104A. Commercial turtle harvesting helper's license. - A. No person may assist in any commercial turtle harvesting...

§29-4-105. Commercial fisherman's permit to sell out of state. - A. No person may transport or sell nongame fish outside...

§29-4-106. Commercial hunting area licenses - Big game or upland game. - A. No person may propagate or hold in captivity any...

§29-4-107. Commercial wildlife breeder's license – Nonresident cat/bear temporary exhibitor’s permit - Penalties. - A. Except as otherwise provided for in this title or...

§29-4-107.1. Circuses – Application of act. - The provisions of this act shall not be construed to...

§29-4-107.2. See the following versions: - OS 29-4-107.2v1 (HB 1920, Laws 2013, c. 149, § 1)....

§29-4-107.2v1. Permit - Management of depredating animals by use of aircraft - Violations. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry is...

§29-4-107.2v2. Permit - Management of depredating animals by use of aircraft - Violations. - A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry is...

§29-4-108. Falconer's license. - A. No person may use hawks, falcons, owls, eagles or...

§29-4-108A. Falconry - Bonding rules and regulations. - The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall issue rules and regulations...

§29-4-109. Shoot-to-kill field trial license. - A. No person may take, nor may any organization permit...

§29-4-110. Fishing licenses. - A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation...

§29-4-111. Fur dealer's license. - A. No person may buy, barter or deal in any...

§29-4-112. See the following versions: - OS 29-4-112v1 (SB 1696, Laws 2022, c. 208, § 2)....

§29-4-112A. Hunting - Certificate of competency and safety – Exemptions – Apprentice designation. - A. No person thirty (30) years of age or younger...

§29-4-112v1. Hunting licenses. - A. Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife...

§29-4-112v2. Hunting licenses. - A. Except as otherwise provided for in the Oklahoma Wildlife...

§29-4-113. Hunting/fishing annual combination license. - A. Legal residents who are not the individuals exempted from...

§29-4-113.1. Five-year fishing, hunting and hunting/fishing combination licenses. - A. All legal residents who have resided in the state...

§29-4-113.2. Three-day special use permit – Veterans, nonprofit or charitable organizations. - A. The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall establish a three-day special...

§29-4-113A. Fishing guide license. - A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation...

§29-4-114. Hunting, fishing, and hunting/fishing lifetime licenses. - A. All legal residents who have resided in the state...

§29-4-115. Minnow dealer's interstate license. - A. No person may ship or transport minnows for sale...

§29-4-116. Minnow dealer's intrastate license - Exceptions. - A. No person may seine, trap, transport or sell minnows...

§29-4-117. Minnow dealer's vehicle license. - A. No holder of a license as a commercial minnow...

§29-4-118. Scientific purposes license. - A. No person may kill or capture wildlife or take...

§29-4-119. Trapping licenses. - A. No person may trap any furbearers without having first...

§29-4-120. Trout license. - A. No person may fish in designated trout waters without...

§29-4-121. Noncommercial wildlife breeder's license. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this title or in...

§29-4-122. Noncommercial wildlife breeders license - Personal uses. - A. Individuals possessing a noncommercial wildlife breeders license are authorized...

§29-4-123. Penalties. - Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Sections 4-121...

§29-4-124. Confinement. - All furbearers, except mink, game mammals, game birds, game fish...

§29-4-128. Lake Texoma - Licenses and permits - Exemptions - Fees - Violations - Penalties. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no person...

§29-4-128.1. Condition necessary for act to become effective. - This act shall not become effective unless or until: 1....

§29-4-129. Mussels - Harvesting - Licenses and permits - Fees - Violations - Penalties. - A. No person may harvest, or attempt to harvest, or...

§29-4-130. Waterfowl hunting stamp - Fee - Duration - Violations - Exemptions. - A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation...

§29-4-132. Wildlife habitat stamp - Wildlife Land Acquisition Fund. - A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation is hereby authorized to...

§29-4-134. Wildlife Heritage Fund. - A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a...

§29-4-135. Permits to control nuisance or damage by wildlife. - A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation is authorized to issue...

§29-4-135.1. Nuisance wildlife control operator permits – Requirements – Exemptions – Fees – Violations and penalties. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this title, no person...

§29-4-135.2. Nuisance or damage control of coyotes or feral swine. - A. Except during deer gun seasons, a landowner, agricultural lessee,...

§29-4-136. Special use permits to use private land leased and administered by the Department. - A. The Wildlife Conservation Commission may establish an annual special...

§29-4-137. Controlled hunt choice fees. - In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the...

§29-4-138. Wildlife Conservation Passports – Exemptions. - A. The Wildlife Conservation Commission may establish special use permits...

§29-4-139. Migratory bird permit - Sandhill Crane permit – Violation – Penalty. - A. Any person who hunts, takes, or attempts to take...

§29-4-140. Wildlife Land Stamp – Exemptions - Fee. - A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no...

§29-4-141. Oklahoma Wildlife Land Fund. - There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving...

§29-4-143. Rattlesnake hunting permit. - A. All legal residents of Oklahoma and nonresidents may purchase...

§29-4-144. Black bear hunting license. - A. No person may hunt or take black bear without...

§29-4-203. Issuance of licenses through electronic point of sale system - Promulgation of rules. - A. Every dealer appointed to issue licenses as provided for...

§29-5-101. Hunting, trapping, killing etc., of propagated wildlife or domesticated animals - Licenses - Permits - Invoices - Records - Violations - Penalties. - A. Except as otherwise provided for in this title, commercial...

§29-5-102. Tagging wildlife or domesticated animals hunted for sport to be removed from commercial hunting areas. - A. No person may remove any propagated or released wildlife...

§29-5-103. Liberation of propagated and other birds. - All wildlife or domesticated animals hunted for sport commercially propagated...

§29-5-201. Means of taking wildlife - Exceptions - Fines and punishments. - A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section or...

§29-5-202. Permission to hunt, take, fish or engage in recreational activity upon land of another. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may hunt or...

§29-5-202.1. Revocation of hunting or fishing license. - A. Any hunting or fishing license issued to a person...

§29-5-203. Carrying firearms while training dogs. - A. A hunting dog trainer may carry shotguns or firearms...

§29-5-203.1. "Headlighting" - Hunting from boat with firearm - Harassment, attempt to capture, take or kill with aid of motor-driven land, air or water conveyance. - A. Except as provided in Section 3 of this act,...

§29-5-203.2. Restrictions on laser sighting devices - Exceptions. - A. Except for battery-powered scoping devices that project a light...

§29-5-204. Hunting or discharge of firearm near public place - Shooting from or across highway or railroad right-of-way. - A. No person may hunt, pursue game or discharge firearms...

§29-5-205. Required clothing for hunting. - A. No person after January 1, 1980, may hunt any...

§29-5-206. Falconry provisions – Use – Transportation - Fine. - A. Falconry is a legal method for hunting and taking...

§29-5-207. Nest or eggs of game birds - Taking or destroying. - It shall be unlawful to willfully and intentionally take or...

§29-5-208. Falconry field meets. - Nothing in this Code shall prevent an organized group from...

§29-5-212. Obstruction of shooting, hunting, fishing and trapping prohibited - Landowner's rights - Penalties - Exemptions. - A. A person may not willfully obstruct or impede the...

§29-5-213. Crossbow and longbow - Mechanical assistance to hold at full or partial draw – Air bows – Stamp required. - A. The use of crossbows and conventional longbows with a...

§29-5-301. Limitation on predator control devices - Procedures for use. - A. No person may set or use at any time...

§29-5-401. Wildlife Conservation Commission - Seasons - Rules. - A. The Wildlife Conservation Commission is authorized to declare an...

§29-5-401A. Determination of overpopulation of deer - Implementation of plan pursuant to Section 5-401. - The Wildlife Conservation Commission shall immediately develop a plan to...

§29-5-402. Punishment for violations of this article. - A. Any person convicted of violating any provision of Section...

§29-5-403. Bullfrogs. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may take, kill...

§29-5-404. Cottontail or swamp rabbits. - Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may ship...

§29-5-405. Furbearers. - A. A person may hunt, kill, capture or otherwise take...

§29-5-406. Migratory birds. - No person may hunt, capture or kill any species of...

§29-5-406.1. Double-crested Cormorant - Nuisance. - The Double-Crested Cormorant, often popularly referred to as a "water...

§29-5-407. Quail. - A. The hunting or killing of quail may be only...

§29-5-408. Raccoons. - No person may cut down or remove a tree being...

§29-5-409. Squirrels. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall...

§29-5-410. Hawks, falcons, owls, eagles. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may knowingly and...

§29-5-411. Antelope, moose, whitetail or mule deer, bear, elk, mountain lion, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, wild turkey or subspecies - Hunting, selling, buying - Seizure of meat, head, hide or any part of carcass. - A. 1. Except for owners and operators of farmed or...

§29-5-411.1. Taxidermist sale of unclaimed specimen - Requirements. - A. Any taxidermist may sell any unclaimed specimen left in...

§29-5-411.2. Taxidermy specimen of native wildlife - Estate sale. - A. A taxidermy specimen of native wildlife may be sold...

§29-5-412. Endangered or threatened species or subspecies. - Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may possess,...

§29-5-412.1. Publication of listing of endangered or threatened species or subspecies. - The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shall print a listing...

§29-5-413. Mounted specimens of wildlife - Seizure of items, equipment, vehicles or other property. - A. Mounted specimens of wildlife shall be considered as the...

§29-5-415. Release of unclaimed, processed, lawfully harvested venison. - A person or business operating as a meat processor in...

§29-5-504. Fur dealers' register reports. - A. All persons engaged in the business of buying raw...

§29-5-601. Wildlife breeders' sale and transportation of wildlife - Tags for selling - Invoices - Records. - A. All licensed wildlife breeders may sell and transport any...

§29-5-602. Confinement of wildlife to premises. - A. Except for native cats or bears which are exhibited...

§29-6-201. Operating provisions for commercial fishermen. - A. No person may net, trap or seine for commercial...

§29-6-202. Contract commercial fishing. - A. Contracts may be awarded by the Department to commercial...

§29-6-203. Setting of seasons. - Seasons on any and all types of commercial fishing shall...

§29-6-204. Operating provisions for commercial turtle harvesters. - A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this...

§29-6-301. Prohibited means of taking game or nongame fish - Trotline, throwline, limbline, or jugline. - A. Except as specifically provided, no person may use at...

§29-6-301a. Prohibited means of taking game or nongame fish - Poison, explosive, or electrical shock devices. - A. No person may use at any time in the...

§29-6-302. The taking of game fish - Bag limits - Penalty. - A. No person may take, kill or catch from any...

§29-6-303. Taking of nongame fish. - A. No person may take, kill, or catch or attempt...

§29-6-303.1. Paddlefish products. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person shall possess: 1....

§29-6-304. Permission to fish upon the land of another. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may fish upon...

§29-6-305. Stocking of private ponds. - A. The Department may stock fish in privately owned ponds...

§29-6-306. Taking of nongame fish. - A. Any boat or vessel, boat trailer, motor, fishing device,...

§29-6-401. Operating provisions for minnow dealers. - A. No person may seine, trap, transport and/or sell any...

§29-6-501. Blocking minnow and fish movement - Commercial minnow harvesting restrictions - Seizure and forfeiture of certain items - Fines and penalties. - A. No person may place or cause to be placed...

§29-6-502. Closing the waters of this state. - A. Any of the waters of this state may be...

§29-6-503. City and town wildlife commissions - Powers. - A. Any city council or board of town trustees in...

§29-6-504. Release of fish in public waters. - A. No person shall release, deposit, place or permit to...

§29-6-601. Controls on noxious aquatic plants. - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to: 1....

§29-7-101. Dams constructed by the U.S.; safety zones. - A. Except as otherwise provided for in subsection E of...

§29-7-102. Pensacola Dam - Fishing limitations after closing dam. - Whenever the gates of the Pensacola Dam, commonly called the...

§29-7-102.1. Harvesting of shad by licensed bait dealers. - Licensed Oklahoma bait dealers may harvest shad immediately below Pensacola...

§29-7-103. Gates Creek Dam. - The Gates Creek Dam, created under 29 O.S.1971, Section 741,...

§29-7-201. Punishment for violations not otherwise provided for. - Any person convicted of violating any section of this Code,...

§29-7-202. Attempted violation. - Every person who attempts to violate any provision or section...

§29-7-203. Aiding and/or abetting. - Every person who counsels, aids or abets another in the...

§29-7-204. Ownership of wildlife. - All wildlife found in this state is the property of...

§29-7-205. Killing, capturing, mutilating or destroying wildlife protected by law - Abandoning body without appropriate disposal - Revocation of licenses. - A. Excluding furbearers and coyotes, no person may capture, kill,...

§29-7-206. Seizure and forfeiture of certain items, equipment, vehicles and property relating to hunting and fishing violations. - A. Any game warden, sheriff, deputy sheriff or other peace...

§29-7-207. Unlawful offenses related to wildlife - Restitution. - A. When a person is convicted of a wildlife offense...

§29-7-208. Payment of administrative fine in lieu of bond – Deposit and use of fines. - A. Any person arrested for violation of any rule promulgated...

§29-7-209. Trespassing of facility licensed pursuant to Oklahoma Farmed Cervidae Act or commercial hunting area - Punishment. - A. Any person who willfully enters a facility licensed pursuant...

§29-7-302. State fish hatcheries - Disturbing waters, ponds, property. - A. Except for Departmental employees pursuant to their duties, or...

§29-7-303. Private parks, preserves, clubs or resorts. - The owner or lessee in possession of any private park,...

§29-7-304. Wildlife refuges or Wildlife Management Areas - Entry with dog or gun prohibited - Exceptions. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may...

§29-7-304.1. Lyndol Fry Waterfowl Refuge. - The waterfowl refuge portion of the Hugo Oklahoma Wildlife Management...

§29-7-305. Cooperative wildlife restoration projects. - A. The State of Oklahoma hereby assents to the provisions...

§29-7-401. Deleterious, noxious or toxic substances. - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person...

§29-7-401a. Violation of state environmental regulatory agency provision or rule causing death of fish or wildlife. - A. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision...

§29-7-402. Activities in other states injurious. - It shall be the duty of the Commission to initiate...

§29-7-403. Removal and disposition of dead fish. - A. Any person who catches or obtains fish in any...

§29-7-502. General prohibition on possession of wildlife - Exceptions. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may...

§29-7-503. Prohibition on buying, bartering, trading, selling, or offering or exposing for sale protected fish or wildlife - Exceptions - Penalties. - A. Except as otherwise provided for by law, no person...

§29-7-504. Importation, sale, possession of aigrettes, plumes, feathers, quills, wings, etc. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may import, sell...

§29-7-601. Common carrier requirements. - A. Except as provided by law, no railroad, express company...

§29-7-602. General prohibition against transporting wildlife - Exceptions. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may...

§29-7-701. Lands contained in the wilderness area. - A tract of land, legally described as: All of Sections...

§29-7-702. Ingress and egress. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may enter any...

§29-7-703. Prohibition on motor-driven devices within the wilderness area. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may use any...

§29-7-704. Prohibition of commercial operations. - A. No person may mine, remove any sand and/or gravel...

§29-7-705. Prohibition on removal of wildlife and plants. - A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may collect, remove,...

§29-7-706. Prohibition on permanent structures. - With the exception of internal fences and existing Department buildings,...

§29-7-801. Exotic wildlife - Penalties for releasing. - A. No exotic wildlife may be released into the wilds...

§29-8-101. Liberal interpretation. - The provisions of this Code, being necessary for the welfare...

§29-8-102. Effect of headings. - Article and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed...

§29-8-103. Short title. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§29-8-104. Resolution penalty provision. - It shall be a misdemeanor to violate any Commission rule...

§29-9-111. Wildlife Bail Procedure Act. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§29-9-112. Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code – Violations - Bail. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person arrested...

§29-9-113. Wildlife citation – Failure to comply. - A. For purposes of the Wildlife Bail Procedure Act, "failure...

§29-9-114. Penalties. - A. 1. In addition to any other penalties provided for...

§29-10-101. Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. - The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is hereby enacted into law...

§29-10-102. Enforcement and administration of Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. - A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall enforce the Interstate...

§29-10-103. Forfeiture of hunting, trapping, or fishing licenses – Notice - Penalties. - A. When the Department of Wildlife Conservation receives notice of...

§29-10-104. Suspension of hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges – Notice - Penalties. - A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation may suspend the hunting,...

§29-10-105. Procedures for suspension hearing. - A. Upon suspending the hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges of...

§29-1001. Use of certain mechanical fishing devices prohibited - Penalties. - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish...

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Oklahoma Statutes Title 29. Game and Fish

Oklahoma Statutes
Title 29. Game and Fish