{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-601.7","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-601.7","heading":"Permits for harvesting of hay along right-of-way public","body":"roads.\n\nA. The boards of county commissioners are authorized to issue\n\npermits which authorize and regulate the harvesting of hay along the\n\nright-of-way of public roads of the county highway system within\n\ntheir respective counties. Each permit shall authorize the\n\npermittee to harvest hay for the duration of the calendar year.\n\nB. The applicant for a permit shall be informed in writing and\n\nshall sign a release acknowledging that he or she will assume all\n\nrisk and liability for hay quality and for any accidents and damages\n\nthat may occur as a result of the work and that the county and State\n\nof Oklahoma assume no liability for the hay quality or for work done\n\nby the permittee.\n\nC. Any person who stores the harvested hay along the right-of-\n\nway for later removal shall store the harvested hay at the outer\n\nedge of the right-of-way and shall remove the harvested hay within\n\ntwo (2) days after harvesting.\n\nD. The county shall obtain consent from the owner whose land\n\nabuts the right-of-way before issuing or reissuing a permit to\n\nharvest hay. The owner may revoke his or her consent at any time.\n\nE. The owner or the owner's assignee of land abutting the\n\nright-of-way shall have priority to receive a permit for such land\n\nunder this section.\n\nF. The county may charge a permit fee in an amount calculated\n\nonly to defray the actual costs of administering this section;\n\nprovided, that any owner or owner's assignee shall be granted a\n\npermit at no cost when harvesting hay on the right-of-way abutting\n\nthat owner's land. All fees received under this section shall be\n\nremitted to the county treasurer for credit to the county highway\n\nfund.\n\nG. Counties shall require permitees to carry and keep in force\n\nliability insurance during the permit period. Counties shall\n\ndetermine required minimum amounts of such coverage, which shall be\n\nat least Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for each\n\noccurrence of bodily injury and One Hundred Thousand Dollars\n\n($100,000.00) for each occurrence of property damage.\n\nH. Counties may establish regulations to carry out this\n\nsection.","path":["OK Code","Title 69"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os69.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"015afba5cbaca74cae2f849bf7601e4de1d1cd59aab58a175b80929cced4140b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-601.6","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-69-69-601.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}