{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-426","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-426","heading":"Bingo faces, game sets, or breakopen ticket cards declared","body":"contraband - Confiscation, forfeiture, and destruction.\n\nA. On and after January 1, 1993, any bingo faces, U-PIK-EM\n\nbingo game sets, or breakopen ticket cards that are not purchased\n\nfrom a licensed distributor are declared to be contraband, unless\n\nsuch items are:\n\n1. Purchased by an exempt organization, exempt hospital,\n\nnursing home, residential care facility, senior citizens' center,\n\nretirement center or convalescent facility;\n\n2. Purchased by a federally recognized Indian tribe or nation;\n\nor\n\n3. Sold or given by a licensed organization to another licensed\n\norganization, an exempt organization, or exempt hospital, nursing\n\nhome, residential care facility, senior citizens' center, retirement\n\ncenter or convalescent facility, if written permission is obtained\n\nfrom the Director of the ABLE Commission and proper notification is\n\ngiven to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.\n\nB. On and after January 1, 1993, any bingo faces, U-PIK-EM\n\nbingo game sets, or breakopen ticket cards sold or offered for sale\n\nby a business entity which is not a licensed distributor is declared\n\nto be contraband.\n\nC. Any bingo faces, U-PIK-EM bingo game sets, or breakopen\n\nticket cards which were not in the possession of an organization or\n\nbusiness entity on December 31, 1992, on which the taxes have not\n\nbeen paid are declared to be contraband unless the items are being\n\ntransported through this state from another state to be sold or\n\ndistributed in another state.\n\nD. On and after January 1, 1993, any bingo faces, U-PIK-EM\n\nbingo game sets, or breakopen ticket cards in the possession of an\n\norganization or business entity which has not been licensed or\n\nobtained an exemption pursuant to the Oklahoma Charity Games Act,\n\nSection 401 et seq. of this title, shall be declared contraband.\n\nE. Such contraband shall be subject to confiscation,\n\nforfeiture, and destruction in the following manner:\n\n1. The Commission, its agent, or the district attorney of the\n\ncounty wherein the alleged contraband is located shall seize any\n\nsuch item and maintain it for safekeeping pending a final\n\nadjudication of the legality of the sale or purchase;\n\n2. The Commission, its agent, or the district attorney seizing\n\nthe alleged contraband shall apply to the district court for an\n\norder forfeiting the alleged contraband and directing its\n\ndestruction;\n\n3. The court clerk shall give the owner of the alleged\n\ncontraband fourteen (14) calendar days' written notice of the\n\nhearing on the request for the order for destruction; and\n\n4. Upon obtaining an order from the court ordering destruction,\n\nthe Commission or the district attorney shall destroy the contraband\n\nin the manner they deem most appropriate.","path":["OK Code","Title 3A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os3A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"724b89eb3db48315427e9bac4e58817037132bb992355cacfa1f7669f0476642","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-425","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-427"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}