{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-4-107.2v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-4-107.2v1","heading":"Permit - Management of depredating animals by use of","body":"aircraft - Violations.\n\nA. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry\n\nis authorized to issue a permit to a person who holds a big game\n\ncommercial hunting area license issued pursuant to Section 4-106 of\n\nthis title, to any landowner or to any person who has contracted\n\nwith a landowner to manage depredating animals to engage in the\n\nmanagement of depredating animals by use of aircraft only on land\n\nlisted in the commercial hunting area license for a person who holds\n\na big game commercial hunting area license or only on land owned by\n\nthe landowner. The permit may be issued without limitation by\n\nstatewide season regulations or bag limits. The permit shall be\n\ncarried in the aircraft when performing management by the use of\n\naircraft.\n\nB. A pilot of an aircraft used for the management of\n\ndepredating animals shall maintain a daily flight log and report.\n\nThe daily flight log shall be current and available for inspection\n\nby employees of the Department at reasonable times. Each permit\n\nholder and pilot shall comply with all Federal Aviation Regulations\n\nfor the specific type of aircraft.\n\nC. Applications for a permit shall be submitted to the\n\nDepartment and shall contain all information as required by the\n\nDepartment. The Department may issue a permit if it finds that it\n\nwill aid in the management of depredating animals. The Department\n\nmay deny the permit if it finds that it will have a deleterious\n\neffect on indigenous species. The permit shall include, but is not\n\nlimited to, the following information:\n\n1. The name and address of each authorized person;\n\n2. A description of the animals and number of animals\n\nauthorized to be taken;\n\n3. A description of the area from which the animals are\n\nauthorized to be taken; and\n\n4. The issue and expiration date of the permit.\n\nD. A permit to manage depredating animals issued pursuant to\n\nthis section shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from the\n\ndate of issuance. Permits may be renewed by filing an application\n\nfor renewal with the Department.\n\nE. The annual fee for a permit to manage depredating animals\n\nissued pursuant to this section shall be Two Hundred Dollars\n\n($200.00).\n\nF. Not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to managing\n\ndepredating animals by use of an aircraft, a permit holder shall\n\nnotify the Department of the date, time, and area on which\n\nmanagement will occur. Notification may be made by telephone, fax,\n\nor electronic means, as determined by the Department.\n\nG. The holder of a permit to manage depredating animals issued\n\npursuant to this section shall file with the Department within\n\nthirty (30) days following the end of each calendar quarter or on\n\ntermination of the permit, whichever occurs first, a report on a\n\nform prescribed by the Department showing:\n\n1. The name, address, and permit number of the permit holder;\n\n2. The name and address of the pilot and any other person\n\nparticipating in the flights;\n\n3. The number and description of the depredating animals\n\nmanaged under the permit;\n\n4. The types of depredating animals authorized to be managed\n\nunder the permit;\n\n5. Dates and times of authorized flights; and\n\n6. Any other information required by the Department.\n\nH. It shall be unlawful for a person issued a permit to manage\n\ndepredating animals pursuant to this section to:\n\n1. Hunt, shoot, shoot at, kill, or attempt to kill from an\n\naircraft any wildlife, domesticated animal, or livestock other than\n\nthe depredating animals authorized by the permit;\n\n2. Intentionally disturb, haze, or buzz any wildlife,\n\ndomesticated animal, or livestock by the use of an aircraft other\n\nthan the depredating animals authorized by the permit; or\n\n3. Take or attempt to take any depredating animal for any\n\npurpose other than is necessary for the protection of land, water,\n\nwildlife, livestock, domesticated animals, human life, or crops.\nauthorized by the permit;\n\n2. Intentionally disturb, haze, or buzz any wildlife,\n\ndomesticated animal, or livestock by the use of an aircraft other\n\nthan the depredating animals authorized by the permit; or\n\n3. Take or attempt to take any depredating animal for any\n\npurpose other than is necessary for the protection of land, water,\n\nwildlife, livestock, domesticated animals, human life, or crops.\n\nI. During designated deer hunting seasons as specified in rules\n\npromulgated by the Department of Wildlife Conservation, it shall be\n\nunlawful to take or attempt to take depredating animals without\n\nfirst obtaining a special permit from the local game warden or other\n\nauthorized employee of the Department of Wildlife Conservation.\n\nJ. 1. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this\n\nsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred\n\nDollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($1,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed\n\nsixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person\n\nconvicted of violating the provisions of this section shall have the\n\npermit issued pursuant to this section revoked. No new permit shall\n\nbe issued for a period of six (6) months from and after the date on\n\nwhich the revocation order becomes effective.\n\n2. In addition to the criminal penalties specified by this\n\nsection, the Department may:\n\na. assess an administrative penalty of not more than Ten\n\nThousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day of\n\nnoncompliance, or\n\nb. bring an action for injunctive relief granted by a\n\ndistrict court.\n\n3. A district court may grant injunctive relief to prevent a\n\nviolation of, or to compel compliance with, any of the provisions of\n\nthis section or any rule promulgated pursuant to this section, or\n\norder, license or permit issued pursuant to this section.\n\n4. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department from\n\nseeking penalties in district court in the maximum amount allowed by\n\nlaw.\n\n5. Any person assessed an administrative penalty may be\n\nrequired to pay, in addition to the penalty amount and interest,\n\nattorney fees and costs associated with the collection of the\n\npenalties.\n\n6. The Department or the district attorney of the appropriate\n\ndistrict of Oklahoma may bring an action in district court for the\n\ncriminal prosecution of a violation by any person of a provision of\n\nthis section or any rule promulgated pursuant to this section, or\n\norder, license or permit issued pursuant to this section. The\n\nassessment of penalties in an administrative enforcement proceeding\n\nshall not prevent the subsequent assessment by a court of the\n\nmaximum criminal penalties for violations of this section.\n\nK. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Section\n\n4-106 of this title shall have the permit issued pursuant to this\n\nsection revoked. No new permit shall be issued for a period of six\n\n(6) months from and after the date on which the revocation order\n\nbecomes effective.\n\nL. As used in this section:\n\n1. \"Depredating animal\" means feral hogs, coyotes, and\n\ncrossbreeds between coyotes and dogs;\n\n2. \"Management by the use of aircraft\" means to manage\n\ndepredating animals by counting, photographing, relocating,\n\ncapturing, or hunting by the use of aircraft; and\n\n3. \"Aircraft\" means non-fixed-wing aircraft.","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":"3261e72078575fabcf515ca95b9a5f6d73d71d5a315b8b77874e16d0ac63e2aa","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-4-107.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-4-107.2v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}