§ 59-1220. Violations - Penalties.

Any person who shall practice or offer to practice the profession of forestry as a registered forester in this state, without being registered in accordance with the provisions of Section 1201 et seq. of this title, or any person who shall use or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that the person is a registered forester, without being registered in accordance with the provisions of this act, or any person who shall present or attempt to use as his or her own the license of another, or any person who shall give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, or any member thereof, in obtaining a license, or any person who shall attempt to use an expired or revoked license, or any person, firm, partnership, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and such monies shall be collected by the Department.  The Department, or such person or persons as may be designated by the Department to act in its stead, is empowered to prefer charges for any violations of this act in any court of competent jurisdiction.  It shall be the duty of all duly-constituted officers of the law of this state to enforce the provisions of this act and to prosecute any persons, firms, partnerships, or corporations violating the same.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 92, § 20, emerg. eff. May 27, 1963.  Amended by Laws 2013, c. 118, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.