{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-4-4-85.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-85.3","heading":"Taking up by landowner or lessee - Investigation -","body":"Reports.\n\nAny landowner or lessee of land may take up any domestic animal\n\nthat strays upon his premises or any public thoroughfare adjoining\n\nthe same. When any person shall take up any stray animal, he shall\n\nmake a reasonable investigation immediately to ascertain the owner\n\nof such animal and, within seven (7) days, he shall report such\n\ntaking up to the county sheriff of the county in which the animal\n\nwas taken up, giving a description of the animal, setting forth the\n\nbrand, sex, and approximate age of such animal. When the identity\n\nof the owner of any stray animal is known to the taker-up he shall\n\ncommunicate to the said owner that the animal has strayed and that\n\nhe has taken it up. The taker-up may require the owner of any\n\nstrayed animal he has taken up to pay the actual cost of its keep\n\nwhile so taken up plus all damages that the strayed animal caused to\n\nthe premises. When one who has taken up a strayed animal is unable,\n\nafter investigation, to ascertain by whom the animal is owned, or\n\nwhen an owner of a strayed animal is identified and known to be such\n\nbut neglects or fails to pay the cost of the animal's keep while\n\ntaken up plus all damages it caused to the premises of the taker-up\n\nand remove the animal from the possession of the taker-up the latter\n\nshall report all facts relative to the matter to the sheriff of the\n\ncounty in which the animal was taken up.","path":["OK Code","Title 4"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os4.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"17cd1225c757852a819e61463bf6e57161ff6b7acde0668f811e1b22173832f3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-4-4-85.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-4-4-85.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}