{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1686","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1686","heading":"Abandoned animals – Euthanasia – Custody of animal","body":"following arrest.\n\nA. Any person owning or having charge or custody of a maimed,\n\ndiseased, disabled, or infirm animal who abandons the animal or who\n\nallows the animal to lie in a public street, road, or public place\n\none (1) hour after the person receives notice by a duly constituted\n\nauthority that the animal is disabled or dead, upon conviction,\n\nshall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n\nB. Any peace officer or animal control officer may humanely\n\ndestroy or cause to be humanely destroyed any animal found abandoned\n\nand for which no proper care has been given.\n\nC. When any person who is arrested is, at the time of the\n\narrest, in charge of any animal or of any vehicle drawn by or\n\ncontaining any animal, any peace officer, or animal control officer\n\nmay take custody of the animal or of the vehicle and its contents,\n\nor deliver the animal or the vehicle and its contents into the\n\npossession of the police or sheriff of the county or place where the\n\narrest was made, who shall assume the custody thereof. All\n\nnecessary expenses incurred in taking custody of the animal or of\n\nthe vehicle and its contents shall be a lien on such property.\n\nD. For the purpose of the provisions of this section and\n\nSection 1691 of this title, the term “abandon” means the voluntary\n\nrelinquishment of an animal and shall include but shall not be\n\nlimited to vacating a premises and leaving the animal in or at the\n\npremises, or failing to feed the animal or allowing it to stray or\n\nwander onto private or public property with the intention of\n\nsurrendering ownership or custody over the animal.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 2747. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 104, § 1, operative\n\nJuly 1, 1984; Laws 2006, c. 188, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e1e38a4a4bf0c928ebe86d85d9be074deeb6ef119c08642c8925731c537d5333","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1685.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-1688"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}