{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-16-61","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-61","heading":"Notice to adjoining property owners of harvesting","body":"operations.\n\nA. 1. Any timber owner involved in a logging or timber\n\nharvesting operation shall clearly mark any established property\n\nlines which are within one hundred (100) feet of the area to be cut.\n\n2. If there is no established property line, the timber owner\n\nauthorizing the logging or timber harvesting operation shall send by\n\ncertified mail, return receipt requested, written notice of the\n\nlogging or timber harvesting operation to the owner of record in the\n\noffice of the county assessor or records of the county treasurer of\n\nany real property adjoining the cutting area at least ten (10) days\n\nprior to the commencement of the operation.\n\n3. If the timber owner is unable to ascertain the address of\n\nthe legal residence of the owner of record as recorded in the office\n\nof the county assessor or records of the county treasurer of any\n\nreal property adjoining the cutting area, notice of the logging or\n\ntimber harvesting operation shall be given by publication. The\n\nnotice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation\n\nin the county in which the operation is to occur specifying the\n\nowner of the property and the legal description. The notice shall\n\nbe published at least ten (10) days prior to commencement of the\n\noperation.\n\nB. If the timber owner fails to clearly mark any established\n\nproperty lines or fails to mail or publish any notice to the\n\nabutting real property owners as required by this section and, as a\n\nresult of that failure, timber is harvested or other damage occurs\n\non any abutting real property without the consent of the owner, the\n\ntimber owner shall be liable in damages pursuant to Section 72 of\n\nTitle 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes to the owner of the abutting real\n\nproperty.\n\nC. The provisions of this section shall not relieve the owner\n\nof the real property on which the timber is located from liability\n\npursuant to Section 72 of Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes for\n\nfailing to clearly mark or mismarking any property lines required by\n\nthis section.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"932b7a15037dc31d93e8d8608e56364ec492289ed092d1231780b3ac915938cc","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-16-60","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-16-62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}