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 felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days and not to exceed ten (10) years, 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.
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.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
§64-1001. Commissioners of the Land Office - Personnel.
§64-1002. Administration of state school lands - Powers and duties.
§64-1002A. Exchange of land for other properties.
§64-1004. Retention of realtors to secure tenants in commercial leasing of trust property.
§64-1005. Administration of Office – Appointment and duties of Secretary.
§64-1006. Commissioners of the Land Office - Secretary - Employees.
§64-1007. Division heads under supervision of Secretary.
§64-1009. Commissioners of the Land Office Fund - Deposit of funds - Use of funds.
§64-1010. Employee real estate appraiser license - Payment of fee.
§64-1011. Revolving fund created - Payments into fund - Payments from fund – Cash fund.
§64-1012. Fees and resolutions.
§64-1013. Investment of permanent school funds and other educational funds.
§64-1015. Appraisals and determining fair market value.
§64-1016. Appraisers - Prohibited activities - Violations.
§64-1017. False statements or affidavits – Perjury - Penalty.
§64-1018. Destruction of timber or improvements - Unlawful entry - Damages.
§64-1019. Lien on crops to secure rentals.
§64-1020. Sale of oil, gas or mineral leases.
§64-1021. Fee on natural gas sold to state or political subdivision.
§64-1022. Reservation and retention of oil, gas and other minerals under certain lands.
§64-1023. Trust property - Commercial, agricultural and mineral leases.
§64-1024. Bribes - Duty to report - Discharge for failure to report.
§64-1025. Embezzlement - Discharge upon conviction.
§64-1026. Records - Destroying or forging a felony.
§64-1027. Statutes of limitation - Prosecutions.
§64-1029. Cash Journal - Checks and drafts - Endorsement - Penalty.
§64-1033. Recordation of instruments - Fees.
§64-1034. Record of proceedings - Approval - Number of concurring members required.
§64-1035. Secretary - Duties - Financial statement to Governor and Legislature.
§64-1036. Accounts and records of Land Office – Audits – Filing copies of audits.
§64-1038. Power of Commissioners to sue and be sued – Attorney General to represent.
§64-1039. Checks, warrants or vouchers - Remaining unpaid for three years.
§64-1040. Certain lands to be sold.
§64-1041. Disposition of proceeds.
§64-1042. Limitations of purchase.
§64-1043. Preference right of lessees.
§64-1044. Record for taxation - Tax sales.
§64-1045. Cancellation of certificate - Redemption.
§64-1046. Conditions imposed follow land.
§64-1048. Irrigation and flood control projects - Sale of lands.
§64-1049. Oil and gas - Reservation - Lease.
§64-1050. Lessee - Preference right.
§64-1051. Failure to pay bid - Reimbursement of lessee.
§64-1053. Public auction - Extension of time.
§64-1054. Notice of sale - Publication.
§64-1055. Deed - Reservation of oil and gas.
§64-1056. All public lands subject to lease.
§64-1057. Commissioners of the Land Office - Delinquency – Collection procedures.
§64-1058. Assignment of lease as security.
§64-1059. Removal of crops and improvements.
§64-1060. Records made public.
§64-1062. Appraisement of land - Rules and regulations.
§64-1063. Leases authorized - Duration, terms and conditions - Public competition - Assignment.
§64-1064. School lands - Leasing for oil and gas.
§64-1065. Lease of surface interest to reserve mineral deposits.
§64-1066. Community oil and gas lease.
§64-1067. Lessee liable to surface holder for damages.
§64-1068. Condemnation under certain conditions.
§64-1072. Contracts authorized.
§64-1073. Royalty proceeds from sale of oil and gas production.
§64-1074. Division of proceeds of sales and leases.
§64-1075. New College Fund - Designation.
§64-1076. Proceeds made available.
§64-1078. Apportionment of income among institutions.
§64-1079. Receipts to constitute Public Building Fund - Transfer from General Revenue Fund.
§64-1081. Lease for oil and gas development.
§64-1082. Notice by publication.
§64-1083. Abandoned municipality - Definition - Oil and gas leases thereon.
§64-1084. County separate school lands - Leases.
§64-1085. State lands - Contracts for use - Damages.
§64-1086. Execution of instruments - Approval by Governor.
§64-1087. Negotiations and conveyances in lieu of condemnation proceedings.
§64-1089. Rights and powers cumulative.
§64-1090. Prospecting - Permits.
§64-1091. Notice and sale of lease.
§64-1092. Prospectors liable for damages to surface.
§64-1093. Rules and regulations.