Any person who prospects for minerals owned by the State of Oklahoma, under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioners of the Land Office, without a prospecting permit, or who removes any such minerals without a lease contract, contrary to the provisions of this act, or who violates any other terms or provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) and not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Added by Laws 1955, p. 374, § 9, emerg. eff. June 7, 1955. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 547, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 398, eff. July 1, 1999. Renumbered from § 459 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 146, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 555, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 547 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.