{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-5-202","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 29-5-202","heading":"Permission to hunt, take, fish or engage in recreational","body":"activity upon land of another.\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided, no person may hunt or take by\n\nany means or method upon the land of another without the consent of\n\nthe owner, lessee or occupant of such land.\n\nB. For purposes of this section, consent shall be presumed to\n\nbe valid for not more than one (1) year, unless the owner, lessee,\n\nor occupant specifically grants consent for a specified period of\n\ntime.\n\nC. Excluding land primarily devoted to farming, ranching, or\n\nforestry purposes as set forth in Section 1835.2 of Title 21 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, areas exempt from the provisions of subsection A\n\nof this section are lands belonging to this state which are not\n\nleased and occupied by a resident, excluding school land.\n\nD. Any game warden investigating a hunter in the field has the\n\nduty to inform the hunter that it is necessary to obtain the consent\n\nof the landowner, lessee or occupant to hunt or take on the\n\nparticular property. Prosecution for violations of the provisions\n\nof this section may be commenced only upon written complaint of such\n\nowner, lessee or occupant filed before any court authorized to\n\npunish such violation, or upon written complaint to any game warden\n\nor officer authorized to make arrest for such offenses.\n\nE. No person shall operate a motor-driven conveyance on lands\n\nthat are fenced and posted or are in cultivation without permission\n\nof the landowner, lessee or occupant.\n\nF. The consent of any owner, lessee or occupant of land\n\nauthorizing a person to hunt, take, fish or engage in any\n\nrecreational activity upon the land of any such owner, lessee or\n\noccupant shall not be construed to create any additional duty of\n\ncare or impose any additional liability other than specified by\n\nSections 16-71.2 and 16-71.3 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nG. The obtaining of consent from any owner, lessee or occupant\n\nof land authorizing a person to hunt, take, fish or engage in any\n\nrecreational activity shall not relieve the authorized person using\n\nthe land from any obligation which the person may have in the\n\nabsence of obtaining such consent to exercise care in the use of\n\nsuch land and in activities thereon, or from the legal consequences\n\nof failure to employ such care.\n\nH. 1. It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under\n\nsubsection A of this section that the accused had express or implied\n\npermission or legal authority to be on the property.\n\n2. If an accused reasonably believed he or she was upon\n\nproperty for which they had permission to be upon, it shall be an\n\naffirmative defense to prosecution under subsection A of this\n\nsection that the accused had with him or her, on his or her person,\n\nwritten permission from the surface owner, surface lessee, hunting\n\nlessee, or lawful occupant to be upon such person's land while the\n\naccused was upon any adjoining property. This defense shall not be\n\navailable to the accused if:\n\na. the accused has previously pled guilty, nolo\n\ncontendere, or has been convicted of any act of\n\ntrespass or has been found civilly liable of any act\n\nof trespass, or\n\nb. the accused, while the accused was upon the adjoining\n\nproperty, does not have with him or her, on his or her\n\nperson, the written permission specified in this\n\nparagraph.\n\nI. Any person convicted for the first time of violating any\n\nprovisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and\n\npunished by the imposition of 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 for thirty (30)\n\ndays, or by both fine and imprisonment.\n\nJ. Any person convicted for the second or subsequent time of\n\nviolating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a\n\nmisdemeanor and punished by the imposition of a fine of not less\n\nthan One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two\nThousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($1,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for thirty (30)\n\ndays, or by both fine and imprisonment.\n\nJ. Any person convicted for the second or subsequent time of\n\nviolating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a\n\nmisdemeanor and punished by the imposition of a fine of not less\n\nthan One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two\n\nThousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the\n\ncounty jail for not less than six (6) months, or by both fine and\n\nimprisonment.","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":"4364f5340b7f8562fb699fe4d9fb78d49a08a811850df20b1518187cdad96551","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-5-201","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-29-29-5-202.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}