{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-5-104","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-104","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in the Oklahoma Farm Animal, Crop, and Research\n\nFacilities Protection Act:\n\n1. “Actor” means a person accused of any of the offenses in\n\nthis act;\n\n2. “Animal” means any warm or cold-blooded animal or insect\n\nwhich is being used in food or fiber production, agriculture,\n\nresearch, testing, or education, including, but not limited to,\n\nhogs, equines, mules, cattle, sheep, ratites, goats, dogs, rabbits,\n\npoultry, fish, and bees. The term “animal” shall not include any\n\nanimal held primarily as a pet;\n\n3. “Animal facility” includes any vehicle, building, structure,\n\npasture, paddock, pond, impoundment, or premises where an animal is\n\nkept, handled, housed, exhibited, bred, or offered for sale and any\n\noffice, building, or structure where records or documents relating\n\nto an animal or to animal research, testing, production, or\n\neducation are maintained;\n\n4. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture;\n\n5. “Consent” means assent in fact, whether express or implied,\n\nby the owner or by a person legally authorized to act for the owner\n\nwhich is not:\n\na. induced by force, threat, false pretenses, or fraud,\n\nb. given by a person the actor knows, or should have\n\nknown, is not legally authorized to act for the owner,\n\nc. given by a person who by reason of youth, mental\n\ndisease or defect, or intoxication is known, or should\n\nhave been known, by the actor to be unable to make\n\nreasonable decisions, or\n\nd. given solely to detect the commission of an offense;\n\n6. “Crop” means any fruits, vegetables, grains, or other\n\nproducts of annual or perennial plants, trees, or shrubs grown for\n\nconsumption by humans or animals or produced or grown for other\n\ncommercial or personal uses. Crop shall not include any plants,\n\ntrees, or shrubs used to produce or manufacture any illegal drug or\n\nother controlled dangerous substance;\n\n7. “Crop facility” means any field, building, greenhouse,\n\nstructure, or premises where crops are grown or offered for sale and\n\noffice, building, or structure where records, documents, or\n\nelectronic data relating to crops or crop research, testing,\n\nproduction, or education are maintained;\n\n8. “Deprive” means unlawfully to withhold from the owner,\n\ninterfere with the possession of, free, or dispose of an animal or\n\nother property;\n\n9. “Owner” means a person who has title to the property, lawful\n\npossession of the property, or a greater right to possession of the\n\nproperty than the actor;\n\n10. “Person” means any individual, corporation, association,\n\nnonprofit corporation, joint-stock company, firm, trust,\n\npartnership, two or more persons having a joint or common interest,\n\nor other legal entity;\n\n11. “Possession” means actual care, custody, or management;\n\n12. “Property” means any real or personal property and shall\n\ninclude any document, record, research data, paper, or computer\n\nstorage medium; and\n\n13. “State” means the State of Oklahoma.","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":"5a779ecdc9b7addd5d1286be3a940f56d3e1b88992530af5b91f48908510ca20","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-5-103","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-5-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}