{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-4-101","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-101","heading":"License usage - Application - Termination and revocation","body":"- Duplication - Check-in of certain wildlife carcasses - Violation\n\nand penalty.\n\nA. All licenses and permits issued by the Director of Wildlife\n\nConservation, the Department of Wildlife Conservation or by any of\n\nits agents shall be used only in conformity with the provisions of\n\nthis title and the rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife\n\nConservation Commission.\n\nB. All persons making application for any licenses required by\n\nthis section shall produce a valid license to operate a motor\n\nvehicle or other positive proof of identification, age and\n\nresidency, and any such license issued shall show such data as well\n\nas the date and time of issuance.\n\nC. All licenses are nontransferable. No person shall alter,\n\nchange, lend or transfer any license. No person shall use or borrow\n\na license which has not been issued to that person by the Director,\n\nthe Department or by any of its agents pursuant to the provisions of\n\nthis section.\n\nD. No person may engage in activities requiring a license\n\nwithout that person's carrying such license on their person and\n\nproducing the same for an inspection upon the demand of any Oklahoma\n\ncitizen or game warden.\n\nE. Any person required to produce a license must also identify\n\nthemselves as the person to whom such license was issued, and\n\nfailure or refusal to comply shall be deemed prima facie evidence of\n\na violation of this section.\n\nF. Unless otherwise provided in this Code:\n\n1. Licenses issued pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection C and\n\nparagraphs 1 and 2 of subsection E of Section 4-112 of this title\n\nand paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection B of Section 4-113 of this\n\ntitle and paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection C and paragraph 1 of\n\nsubsection E of Section 4-110 of this title shall expire one (1)\n\nyear after the date issued. Unless otherwise specified, all other\n\nlicenses shall expire December 31 for the year issued; and\n\n2. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of\n\nthis title may have any or all licenses held by that person or the\n\nprivilege of applying for, purchasing or exercising the benefits\n\nconferred by the licenses revoked by the Department in accordance\n\nwith rules promulgated by the Commission or by a court of competent\n\njurisdiction for a period of not less than one (1) year. For\n\npurposes of this paragraph, a court conviction, a plea of guilty, a\n\nplea of nolo contendere, the imposition of a deferred or suspended\n\nsentence by a court, or forfeiture of bond shall be deemed a\n\nconviction.\n\nG. Should any license or permit issued pursuant to Part 1 of\n\nArticle IV of this title be lost or destroyed, duplicates will be\n\nissued by the Department at a fee of One Dollar and fifty cents\n\n($1.50).\n\nH. Upon harvesting any whitetail or mule deer, or any other\n\nwildlife where the hunter, according to Commission rules, is\n\nrequired to check the wildlife in at a Department check station, the\n\ntaker of the wildlife shall:\n\n1. Securely attach the name of the taker, time of harvest, date\n\nof harvest and license number to the carcass of the wildlife;\n\n2. Check in the carcass of the wildlife electronically using\n\nthe online check station provided on the official website of the\n\nOklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation or as prescribed by\n\nrule of the Commission, within twenty-four (24) hours of leaving the\n\nhunt area and in all cases prior to processing the carcass; and\n\n3. Not remove evidence of the sex of the animal until after the\n\ncarcass of the animal has been checked in.\n\nI. It shall be unlawful for any license or permit holder to\n\nknowingly make a false statement or give false information to any\n\nauthorized hunter check station or to an authorized Department\n\nemployee when complying with the provisions of subsection H of this\n\nsection. Information which may be collected at a Department check\n\nstation shall include but not be limited to the name, address,\ncked in.\n\nI. It shall be unlawful for any license or permit holder to\n\nknowingly make a false statement or give false information to any\n\nauthorized hunter check station or to an authorized Department\n\nemployee when complying with the provisions of subsection H of this\n\nsection. Information which may be collected at a Department check\n\nstation shall include but not be limited to the name, address,\n\nlicense or permit number and signature of the taker, the date, time,\n\ncounty, method or weapon of the kill, sex and weight of carcass,\n\nwhether or not the animal was taken on public hunting land and if so\n\nin what area, or any other information which may be required by the\n\nCommission.\n\nJ. 1. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this\n\nsection or of making a false statement or giving any false\n\ninformation in order to acquire any license or permit, pursuant to\n\nthe provisions of this section, shall be punishable by a fine of not\n\nless than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred\n\nFifty Dollars ($250.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a\n\nperiod not to exceed ten (10) days, or by both such fine and\n\nimprisonment. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent\n\nviolation of the provisions of this section or of making a false\n\nstatement or giving any false information in order to acquire any\n\nlicense or permit, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall\n\nbe punishable by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars\n\n($250.00) nor more than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), or by\n\nimprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ten (10)\n\ndays, or by both such fine and imprisonment.\n\n2. Any hunting or fishing license issued to a person by the\n\nDepartment of Wildlife Conservation shall be automatically revoked\n\nupon conviction of the person of violating the provisions of this\n\nsection. The revocation shall be for a period set by the court of\n\nnot less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. If the\n\ncourt does not set a period, the revocation shall be for one (1)\n\nyear from the date of the conviction. During this period of\n\nrevocation, the Department shall not issue the person a hunting or\n\nfishing license. If the court does not set a revocation period, the\n\nDepartment shall not issue that person a license within one (1) year\n\nof the conviction of the person pursuant to this section. A person\n\nwho has a license or permit revoked pursuant to this section shall\n\nsurrender the revoked license or permit to the court, or the court\n\nmay order the defendant to surrender the license or permit directly\n\nto an officer from the Department of Wildlife Conservation present\n\nat the hearing. If the license or permit is surrendered to the\n\ncourt, the court shall send the Department of Wildlife Conservation\n\nthe revoked license. The court shall also send the Department a\n\ncopy of the judgment of conviction. For purposes of this section,\n\n\"conviction\" shall include a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to an\n\noffense or the imposition of deferred adjudication for an offense.\n\nIn lieu of sending a paper copy of the documents and information\n\nrequired by this subsection, the court clerk may transmit the\n\nconviction information by using an electronic method authorized by\n\nthe Department of Wildlife Conservation.\n\nK. Any person who has had their license privileges revoked\n\nshall not be entitled to purchase, apply for, or exercise the\n\nbenefits conferred by any license until the revocation period has\n\nexpired or the person has obtained approval from the Director. Any\n\nperson violating the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction,\n\nshall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($500.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not\n\nmore than ninety (90) days or by both the fine and imprisonment.\n\nUpon conviction under this subsection, the previously granted\nexpired or the person has obtained approval from the Director. Any\n\nperson violating the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction,\n\nshall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($500.00), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a term of not\n\nmore than ninety (90) days or by both the fine and imprisonment.\n\nUpon conviction under this subsection, the previously granted\n\nlicense revocation period shall be extended by two (2) additional\n\nyears.","path":["OK Code","Title 29"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os29.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"fb8548d95101a7b5334542a9cd4b03a20ec071b119e3f36e5d2d1ca3d27cf944","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-3-315","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-4-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}