Oklahoma Code § 4-30.6

§ 4-30.6.

Requirements for licensure.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 4. Animals

A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry

shall issue an animal shelter or commercial pet breeder license to

each applicant who:

1. Meets the requirements of the Commercial Pet Breeders and

Animal Shelter Licensing Act;

2. Applies to the Department on the form prescribed by the

Department; and

3. Pays the required fee.

B. An animal shelter operator or commercial pet breeder shall

obtain a separate license for each facility where animals are kept.

A separate license shall be issued for each facility, regardless of

the number of animals at each facility.

C. If a single facility is shared by more than one person, each

person shall be required to become individually licensed if:

1. For commercial pet breeders, eleven or more intact females

used for breeding are housed at the facility; or

2. For animal shelter operators, ten or more cats and dogs are

maintained at the facility.

D. A license issued under the Commercial Pet Breeders and

Animal Shelter Licensing Act is valid until July 1 for a commercial

pet breeder and January 1 for an animal shelter operator in each

calendar year and is nontransferable.

E. The nonrefundable animal shelter license and renewal fee

shall be the same as the fee for a commercial pet breeder with

eleven to twenty intact female animals.

Added by Laws 2012, c. 302, § 6, eff. July 1, 2012. Amended by Laws

2013, c. 289, § 6; Laws 2014, c. 14, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014.