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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 964 By: Bergstrom
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to property rights; amendi ng 21 O.S.
66	66	2011, Sections 1835 and 1835.2 , as last amended by
67	67	Section 1, Chapter 185, O.S.L. 2018 (21 O.S. Supp.
68	68	2020, Section 1835.2), whic h relate to trespass on
69	69	private property; authorizing certain officers or
70	70	employees to enter land under specified
71	71	circumstances; modifying certain exceptions; amending
72	72	22 O.S. 2011, Section 1221, as amended b y Section 1,
73	73	Chapter 75, O.S.L. 2014 (22 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
74	74	1221), which relates to search w arrants; modifying
75	75	definition; updating statutory reference; and
76	76	providing an effective date.
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA :
82	82	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2011, Section 1835, is
83	83	amended to read as follows:
84	84	Section 1835. A. Whoever shall willfully or maliciously enter
85	85	the garden, yard, pasture or fie ld of another after being exp ressly
86	86	forbidden to do so or without permission by the owner or lawful
87	87	occupant thereof when such property is posted shall be deemed guilty
88	88	of trespass and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum
89	89	not to exceed Two Hun dred Fifty Dollars ($250.00); provided, that
90	90	this provision shall not apply to registered land surveyors and
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142	142	registered professional engin eers for the purpose of land surveying
143	143	in the performance of their professional services; and, provided
144	144	further, that anyone who willfully or malic iously enters any such
145	145	garden, yard, pasture or field, and therein commits or attempts to
146	146	commit waste, theft, or damage shall be deemed guilty of a
147	147	misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum
148	148	not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred
149	149	Dollars ($500.00), or by confinement in the county jail for not less
150	150	than thirty (30) days nor more than s ix (6) months, or both such
151	151	fine and imprisonment. For purposes of this section, “posted” means
152	152	exhibiting signs to read as fol lows: “PROPERTY RESTRICTED”; “POSTED
153	153	- KEEP OUT”; “KEEP OUT”; “NO TRESPASSING”; or similar signs which
154	154	are displayed. Property that is fenced or not fenced must have such
155	155	signs placed conspicuously and at all places where en try to the
156	156	property is normally expected.
157	157	B. No provisions of this act section shall conflict with
158	158	Section 5-202 or 6-304 of Title 29 of the Oklaho ma Statutes.
159	159	C. Whoever shall willfully enter the pecan grove of another
160	160	without the prior consent of the o wner or occupant thereof to so do
161	161	shall be deemed guilty of trespass and up on conviction thereof shall
162	162	be fined in any sum not to exceed Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00);
163	163	provided, that anyone who willfully enters any such pecan grove and
164	164	therein commits or at tempts to commit waste, theft , or damage shall
165	165	be deemed guilty of a misdem eanor and upon conviction thereof shall
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217	217	be fined in any sum not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or
218	218	by confinement in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days
219	219	nor more than six (6) months, or by both s uch fine and imprisonment.
220	220	D. Whoever shall willfully or maliciously enter upon property
221	221	owned or managed by the Grand River Dam Authority without permission
222	222	when such property is posted shall be deemed guilty of mis demeanor
223	223	trespass and upon conviction t hereof shall be fined in any sum not
224	224	to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00); provided, that this
225	225	provision shall not apply to registered land surveyors and
226	226	registered professional engineers for the purpose of l and surveying
227	227	in the performance of the ir professional services; and, provi ded
228	228	further, that anyone who willfully or maliciously enters upon
229	229	property owned or managed b y the Grand River Dam Authority without
230	230	permission and therein commits or attempts to co mmit waste, theft,
231	231	or damage shall be d eemed guilty of misdemeanor trespass , and upon
232	232	conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than Fif ty
233	233	Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by
234	234	confinement in the county jail for n ot less than thirty (30) days
235	235	nor more than six (6) months, or both such fi ne and imprisonment.
236	236	For purposes of this section, “posted” means exhibiting signs to
237	237	read as follows: “PROPERTY RESTRICTED”; “POSTED - KEEP OUT”; “KEEP
238	238	OUT”; “NO TRESPASSING”; or similar signs which are displayed.
239	239	Property that is fenced or not fenced must have such signs placed
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291	291	conspicuously and at all places where entry t o the property is
292	292	normally expected.
293	293	E. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the
294	294	Governor’s Mansion and its grounds and appurtenances s hall not be
295	295	required to be posted wi th signs warning against trespass. Any
296	296	person who shall willfully or mal iciously enter the g rounds of the
297	297	Governor’s Mansion within the State Capitol Park, as defined in
298	298	Section 1811.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statut es, except at a
299	299	place where entry to the property is normally expected shall be
300	300	deemed guilty of a misdemeano r and upon convictio n shall be fined in
301	301	a sum not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by
302	302	confinement in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days
303	303	nor more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
304	304	F. Notwithstanding the pro visions of this section, a peace
305	305	officer as defined by Section 99 of this title or any government
306	306	employee may only enter a garden, yard, pasture, field or other land
307	307	of another that is posted in acc ordance with this section with the
308	308	permission of the prope rty owner, with a search warrant authorizing
309	309	search of the property , or to respond to an emergency that pres ents
310	310	an immediate threat to life, property or publi c health.
311	311	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2011, Section 1835.2 , as
312	312	last amended by Section 1, Chapter 185, O.S.L. 2018 (21 O.S . Supp.
313	313	2020, Section 1835.2), is amended to read as fo llows:
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365	365	Section 1835.2. A. Notwithstanding the pro visions of Section
366	366	1835 of this title, the foll owing provisions apply to private land
367	367	that is primarily devoted to farming, ranching, or forest ry
368	368	purposes:
369	369	1. Except as provided in this section, whoever w illfully enters
370	370	private land of another that is pri marily devoted to farmi ng,
371	371	ranching, or forestry purposes without permission by the su rface
372	372	owner, surface lessee, hunting lessee , or lawful occupant thereof
373	373	shall be deemed guilty of trespass and, upon co nviction thereof,
374	374	shall be fined in any sum not les s than Seven Hundred Fi fty Dollars
375	375	($750.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,00 0.00), and in
376	376	addition, the court shall order restitution for actual damages
377	377	incurred. Persons convicted of a second o r subsequent offense under
378	378	this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
379	379	punished by a fine in any sum not less than One T housand Five
380	380	Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Tw o Thousand Five Hundred
381	381	Dollars ($2,500.00), or by confinement in the county jail for not
382	382	less than thirty (30) d ays nor more than six ( 6) months, or by both
383	383	such fine and imprisonment, and in additi on, the court shall order
384	384	restitution for actual damages incurred;
385	385	2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not
386	386	apply to peace officers as defined in Se ction 99 of this title or
387	387	any federal, state, o r local government employees engaged in the
388	388	performance of their duties, or except that peace officers or
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440	440	government employees may only enter private land wit h the permission
441	441	of the property owner or wi th a search warrant authorizin g the
442	442	search of the property. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this
443	443	subsection shall not apply to any firefighters, emergency medical
444	444	personnel, or public utility employees engaged in addressing an
445	445	emergency that presents an imminen t danger to health, saf ety, or the
446	446	environment in the performance of their duties, or to parties
447	447	engaged in oil and gas operations, which s hall include, without
448	448	limitation, exploration, drilling, productio n and sales activities,
449	449	under authority of mineral ownership, an oil and g as lease, seismic
450	450	agreement or permit, gas gathering, purchase, transportation, or
451	451	treating contracts, Corporation C ommission order, or other lawful
452	452	authority from persons entitled t o give the same. The provisions of
453	453	paragraph 1 of this subsection shall n ot prohibit railroad emp loyees
454	454	and emergency equipment from ent ering such land to restore rail
455	455	service following an accident, derailment or natural disaster; nor
456	456	the entrance of util ity employees or contractors while acting in the
457	457	scope of their employment ; nor employees or contr actors of valid
458	458	easement or license hol ders while acting in the scope of their
459	459	employment;
460	460	3. The following persons may enter such land of another unless
461	461	forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing, by th e owner or
462	462	lawful occupier thereof: registered land surveyors and registered
463	463	professional engineers for the purpose of land surveying in th e
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515	515	performance of their professional services, persons making a
516	516	delivery, selling a product or service, conducting a s urvey or poll,
517	517	working on behalf of a candidate for political office, or who
518	518	otherwise have a legitimate reason for entering and who, immed iately
519	519	upon entering, seek to conduct such business; and
520	520	4. Anyone who willfully or maliciously enters any such land of
521	521	another and therein commits or attempts to commit waste, theft, or
522	522	damage shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
523	523	thereof, shall be fined not less than One Thousand Dollars
524	524	($1,000.00), or by confinement in the county jail for not less than
525	525	thirty (30) days nor more than six (6 ) months, or by both such fine
526	526	and imprisonment, and in addition, the court shall order rest itution
527	527	for actual damages incurred. Persons convicted of a secon d or
528	528	subsequent offense under this paragraph shall be guilty of a
529	529	misdemeanor and shall be punishe d by a fine of not less than Two
530	530	Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by confinemen t in the
531	531	county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more t han six (6)
532	532	months, or by both such fine and impris onment, and in addition , the
533	533	court shall order restitution for actual damages.
534	534	B. This section shall not be construed to prohibit acts tha t
535	535	are permitted pursuant to Section 5 -202 or 6-304 of Title 29 of the
536	536	Oklahoma Statutes.
537	537	C. 1. It shall be an affir mative defense to prose cution under
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590	590	express or implied permission or legal authority to be on the
591	591	property.
592	592	2. If an accused reasonably bel ieved he or she was upon
593	593	property for which they ha d permission to be upon , it shall be an
594	594	affirmative defense to prosecution under parag raph 1 of subsection A
595	595	of this section that the accus ed had with him or her, on his or her
596	596	person, written permission f rom the surface owner, surface lessee,
597	597	hunting lessee, or lawful occupant to be upon such person ’s land
598	598	while the accused was upon any ad joining property. This defense
599	599	shall not be availabl e to the accused if:
600	600	a. the accused has previously pled guilty, no lo
601	601	contendere, or has been convicted of any act of
602	602	trespass or has been fo und civilly liable of an y act
603	603	of trespass, or
604	604	b. the accused, while the accused was upon the adjoining
605	605	property, does not have with him or her, on his or her
606	606	person, the written perm ission specified in this
607	607	paragraph.
608	608	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2011, Section 1221, as
609	609	amended by Section 1, Chapter 75, O.S.L. 2014 (22 O.S. Supp. 2020,
610	610	Section 1221), is amended to read as follows:
611	611	Section 1221. A. A search warrant is an order i n writing, in
612	612	the name of the state, signed by a magistrate, directed to a pe ace
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664	664	officer, commanding him to search f or personal property and bring it
665	665	before the magistrate.
666	666	B. For purposes of Sections 1221 through 1241 of this title,
667	667	the term “personal property” or “property” shall mean items and
668	668	information that can be analyzed, seen, weighed, measured, felt or
669	669	touched or that are in any oth er manner perceptible to the senses ,
670	670	and that are privately owned . Property includes private l and, which
671	671	shall mean land that is used or occupied , or fenced, posted with
672	672	signs to prevent trespassing at places where entry to the property
673	673	is normally expected, or conspicuously marked a s private.
674	674	SECTION 4. This act shall become effec tive November 1, 2021.
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