Okla. Stat. tit. 29 § 4-130

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 4-130 - Waterfowl hunting stamp - Fee - Duration - Violations - Exemptions

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code, no person may hunt or take any waterfowl during the open season on waterfowl unless the person has first obtained an Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license from the Director or authorized agents of the Director. Each person shall have the stamp or license in their possession when hunting or taking any waterfowl.

B. Persons excepted from the Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license requirement of this section are:

1. Legal residents of Oklahoma under eighteen (18) years of age; and

2. Legal residents of Oklahoma sixty-five (65) years of age or older.

C. The Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp fee and waterfowl license shall be for:

1. Residents eighteen (18) years of age or older - Twenty Dollars ($20.00); and

2. Nonresidents eighteen (18) years of age or older - Thirty Dollars ($30.00).

1. The collection and remittance procedures applicable to hunting license fees under this title shall apply to waterfowl stamp or license fees.

2. The waterfowl stamp or license issued pursuant to this section shall expire on June 30 of each year.

E. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission may prescribe, by regulation, the form, design and manner of issuance, if any, of the waterfowl stamp, which could include the selection of art for such stamp from an art contest regulated by the Commission.

1. Any person arrested for hunting or taking any waterfowl during the open season on waterfowl without a valid Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license as required by the provisions of subsection A of this section may purchase a substitute temporary thirty-day stamp or license from the arresting game warden in lieu of posting bond. Proof of hunter safety certification shall not be required for the temporary substitute stamp or license. The fee for a substitute stamp or license purchased pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be:

a. for legal residents - One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and

b. for nonresidents - One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00).

2. The fees from the temporary stamp and license purchased pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited in the Wildlife Conservation Fund, to be used exclusively in this state, for the purpose of developing, managing, preserving, restoring and maintaining wetland habitats and for the conservation and management of waterfowl and ecologically related species.

G. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

H. Nothing in this title shall prohibit a person from hunting waterfowl exclusively on their own property without an Oklahoma waterfowl hunting stamp or license.

Okla. Stat. tit. 29, § 4-130

Amended by Laws 2024, c. 6,s. 7, eff. 7/1/2024.

Amended by Laws 2018 , c. 235, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2018.

Laws 1980, SB 249, c. 5, § 1, eff. 9/1/1980; Amended by Laws 1981, HB 1315, c. 195, § 8, eff. 1/1/1982; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1753, c. 154, § 9, eff. 1/1/1983; Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1142, c. 38, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1989; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 715, c. 402, § 8, eff. 12/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1998 , HB 2457, c. 216, §3, emerg. eff. 7/1/1998; Amended by Laws 2003 , HB 1663, c. 160, §9, emerg. eff. 7/1/2003; Amended by Laws 2004 , SB 1617, c. 284, §3, emerg. eff. 5/10/2004; Amended by Laws 2010 , HB 2963, c. 317, §9, eff. 1/1/2011.