Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-85.6: Sale of unclaimed animals

A. If a peace officer is unable to determine the owner or

probable owner of any strayed animal from brand records and other

reports of lost, strayed and stolen livestock, the sheriff shall

cause to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in

the county in which the strayed animal has been taken up, a

description of the animal which shall contain sex, age and brand or

brands but shall not contain color, or marks or other descriptive

information. The notice shall be published for two (2) consecutive

weekly issues. If after such publication the sheriff is still

unable to determine the owner, the animal shall be sold by the

sheriff, at either the nearest approved and licensed slaughter

facility or the nearest approved and licensed or federally inspected

livestock auction market from where taken up, inside the State of

Oklahoma.

B. The approved selling firm shall forward by mail to the

sheriff a check for the proceeds and other sales information,

listing a description, sex, weight, selling price per pound and

total sales price less normal and customary marketing fees.

C. The sheriff shall pay to the taker-up of an unclaimed stray

animal the actual cost for keeping it, together with the actual

amount of any damages suffered by the taker-up as a result of the

strayed animal being upon the premises.

D. All remaining money, if any, shall be deposited with the

county treasurer to be held by the treasurer in a special fund from

which payment may be made to a claimant who has been determined by

the district court to be the owner of the stray animal. If not

expended pursuant to court order within one (1) year the funds so

deposited shall be credited to the County General Fund.