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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-63: Fraudulent sales of timber – Failure to pay full price -

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Criminal penalties.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person willingly, knowingly, or

fraudulently to represent, make, issue, deliver, use or submit, or

to participate in representing, making, issuing, delivering, using,

or submitting any fictitious, false or fraudulent offer, agreement,

contract, or other instrument concerning:

1. The sale of timber or the right to cut or harvest or remove

timber from a site or from real property not owned or leased by that

person; or

2. The sale of timber or the right to cut or harvest or remove

timber that is not owned by that person.

B. It shall be unlawful for a timber owner to, knowingly or

with intent to defraud, fail to pay in a timely manner the

applicable owners the full price of all the purchased timber.

1. A timber owner acts with intent to defraud if the timber

owner disperses, uses, or diverts money with the intent to deprive

an owner of the purchase money.

2. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, a timber owner is

presumed to have acted with intent to defraud if the timber owner

does not pay all applicable owners for the purchase price of the

timber not later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the date

the timber owner collects money for the timber.

C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this

section shall be guilty of:

1. A Class D3 felony offense if the timber to be sold or right

to cut or harvest the timber pursuant to subsection A of this

section is valued at more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Upon

conviction the person shall be subject to the imposition of a fine

of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or to both; or

2. A misdemeanor if the timber to be sold or right to cut or

harvest the timber pursuant to subsection A of this section is

valued at Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or less. Upon conviction

the person shall be subject to the imposition of a fine of not more

than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the

county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or to both.

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