{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-2-122.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-2-122.3","heading":"Ownership, training and use of canines","body":"A. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public\n\ninterest:\n\n1. For the Department of Public Safety to acquire, house and\n\ntrain canines to assist in explosives detection, to seek out and\n\ndiscover controlled dangerous substances, to perform drug\n\ninterdiction, to perform patrol activities, to perform article\n\nsearches, to provide officer protection, and to engage in tracking\n\nin order to assist in the apprehension and arrest of criminals or\n\nthose reasonably believed to be criminals or engaged in a criminal\n\nactivity; and\n\n2. To kennel each canine with its full-time trainer-handler,\n\nwho shall be the primary caregiver of the canine.\n\nB. The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized, and\n\nit is hereby deemed to be a public function of the Department of\n\nPublic Safety:\n\n1. To own, train and use canines for the purposes described in\n\nsubsection A of this section;\n\n2. To house each canine of the Department with the particular\n\ntrainer-handler of the canine; and\n\n3. To pay from any monies available to the Department for the\n\nconstruction and repair expenses of a kennel for each canine of the\n\nDepartment on the private property of the trainer-handler of the\n\ncanine.\n\nC. Construction and repair expenses of a kennel shall include,\n\nbut not be limited to, minor improvements to the real property of\n\nthe trainer-handler, such as a necessary concrete slab for the\n\nkennel floor, kennel water line and spigot, kennel fencing, and\n\nshelter, all of which may be affixed to the real property of the\n\ntrainer-handler. Fixtures to real property approved herein may also\n\ninclude a drainage and septic system for sanitary purposes, but only\n\nin the case which is the result of numerous canines, such as those\n\nused for tracking, kenneled at a particular location.\n\nD. Any kennel facilities authorized by this section shall only\n\nbe used for the kenneling of, caring for, and training of state-\n\nowned canines and shall be reasonable in both size and cost.\n\nE. Any expenditure made under the provisions of this section\n\nshall be overseen and approved by the Commissioner, or his or her\n\ndesignee, prior to being incurred, unless the Commissioner\n\nspecifically provides an exception; provided, under all\n\ncircumstances the Commissioner shall retain complete control over\n\nthe expenditures and shall establish internal procedures and\n\nguidelines for the expenditures and the eligibility of anyone to\n\nreceive such expenditures.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"7e45aff183180b0e7a7aa13e00154646896ee49cb02fe6640e459a161851fd4d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-2-122.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-2-123"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}