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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 2-509 (2026)

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deferred sentences or probation. A. All species of plants from which controlled dangerous substances in Schedules I and II may be derived are hereby declared inimical to health and welfare of the public, and the intent of the Legislature is to control and eradicate these species of the plants in the State of Oklahoma.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to cultivate or produce, or to knowingly permit the cultivation, production, or wild growing of any species of such plants, on any lands owned or controlled by such person, and it is hereby declared the duty of every such person to destroy all such plants found growing on lands owned or controlled by the person. C. 1. Whenever any peace officer of the state shall receive information that any species of any such plants has been found growing on any private lands in the State of Oklahoma, the peace officer shall notify the sheriff and county commissioners of the county wherein such plants are found growing. Within five (5) days of receipt of such notice, the county commissioners shall notify the owner or person in possession of such lands that such plants have been found growing on the lands and that the same must be destroyed or eradicated within fifteen (15) days. When the fifteen (15) days have elapsed, the reporting peace officer shall cause an investigation to be made of the aforesaid lands, and if any such plants be found growing thereon, the county commissioners shall cause the same to be destroyed or eradicated by either cutting and burning or by applications of herbicides approved for such purpose and registered for use in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in accordance with Section 2-505 of this title. 2. Whenever any such plants are destroyed or eradicated by order of the county commissioners as provided herein, the cost of the same shall, if the work or labor be furnished by the county commissioners, be taxed against the lands whereon the work was performed, and shall be a lien upon such land in all manner and respects as a lien of judgment, if the owner is charged with a violation of subsection B of this section. If the violation of subsection B of this section is by a person other than the owner of the land, without the knowledge of the owner, the costs shall be paid by the initiating law enforcement agency. D. Knowingly violating the provisions of subsection B or subsection H of this section is hereby declared, as to the owner, or person in possession of such lands, to be a felony and upon conviction punishable as such by a fine not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) and imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years. The fine provided for in this subsection shall be in addition to other punishments provided by law and shall not be in lieu of other punishment. Any person convicted of a second violation of subsection B or subsection H of this section is, upon conviction, punishable by a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years and by twice the fine otherwise authorized. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of

subsection B or subsection H of this section is punishable by a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than ten (10) years nor more than life. E. It shall be the duty of any peace officer of the State of Oklahoma who receives information of such plants growing in the State of Oklahoma, to make notice, in writing, to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control and the future destruction or eradication of the annual growth of such plants shall be supervised by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Any destruction or eradication of the annual growth of such plants supervised by the Bureau shall be by cutting and burning the same or by destruction and eradication through applications of herbicides approved for such purpose and registered for use in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. F. Any application of herbicides authorized by this section shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 2-505 of this title. G. In lieu of the eradication procedures provided for in subsections B and C of this section, all species of plants from which controlled dangerous substances in Schedules I and II of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act may be derived, may be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of subsection C of Section 2- 505 of this title. H. Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, it shall be unlawful, and a Class B4 felony offense, for any person to manufacture or attempt to manufacture any controlled dangerous substance by cooking, burning, or extracting and converting or attempting to extract and convert marihuana or marihuana oil into hashish, hashish oil or hashish powder. Added by Laws 1971, c. 119, § 2-509, operative Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 259, § 16, operative July 1, 1976; Laws 1987, c. 138, § 12, emerg. eff. June 19, 1987; Laws 1990, c. 220, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 335, § 2, emerg. eff. June 8, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 536, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 387, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2011, c. 136, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2017, c. 25, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 130, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 147, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1997, c. 110, § 2 repealed by Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 452, eff. July 1, 1999. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 536 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1975–2026 · leading case: Fite v. State, 873 P.2d 293 (Okla. Crim. App. 1994).
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Fite v. State, 873 P.2d 293 (Okla. Crim. App. 1994). · cites it 7× “CRF-88-89, with Unlawful Cultivation of Marijuana, After Two or More Felonies, in violation of 63 O.S.Supp. 1987, § 2-509. Fite was tried by a jury before the Honorable Rocky L.”
Dale v. State, 2002 OK CR 1, 38 P.3d 910. · cites it 2× “CF-1999-118, for Count 1: Unlawful Cultivation of Marijuana (63 O.S.Supp.1999, § 2-509) and Count 2: Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony (21 O.”
Stewart v. State, 1999 OK CR 9, 989 P.2d 940. · cites it 2× “1998, § 2-401(B) and (F), and 63 O.S.Supp.1998, § 2-509.”
Champeau v. State, 678 P.2d 1192 (Okla. Crim. App. 1984). “The evidence was also sufficient to establish that appellant unlawfully cultivated marijuana on land under his control, 63 O.S.1981, § 2-509(1), or aided and abetted such activity, 21 O.”
Box v. State, 541 P.2d 262 (Okla. Crim. App. 1975). “To so construe 63 O.S.1971, § 2-509(1), which reads in relevant portions, as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to cultivate or produce, or to knowingly permit the cultivation, production, or *267 wild growing of any species of such plants, on any lands owned or…”
Merry v. State, 766 P.2d 1377 (Okla. Crim. App. 1988). “1981 , § 2-402) and Unlawful Cultivation of Marijuana (63 O.S.1981, § 2-509), in Se-quoyah County District Court, Case No.”
Pfaff v. State, 830 P.2d 193 (Okla. Crim. App. 1992). “OPINION JOHNSON, Judge: Terry Don Pfaff, appellant, was tried by jury for the crime of Unlawful Cultivation of Marijuana, in violation of 63 O.S.1981, § 2-509, in Case No. CRF-89-73 in the District Court of Atoka County.”
Lyons v. State, 787 P.2d 460 (Okla. Crim. App. 1990). “OPINION LUMPKIN, Judge: Appellant Ronald Glen Lyons was convicted in a non-jury trial in the District Court of Tulsa County of Cultivation of Marijuana (63 O.S.1981, § 2-509(1)), Unlawful Possession of Controlled Drug ( 63 O.”
Bu v. State, 2025 OK CR 17, 579 P.3d 1044. · cites it 8× “CF-2022-65, for Cultivation of Controlled Substance (Count 1), in violation of 63 O.S.2021, § 2-509. 1 The Honorable Steve Kessinger, District Judge, presided over Bu's jury trial and sentenced him to four years imprisonment and a $50,000.”
Capehart v. State, 559 P.2d 861 (Okla. Crim. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “CRF-75 — 255, with the offense of Unlawful Cultivation of Marijuana, in violation of 63 O.S.1971, § 2-509. He was tried by a jury and convicted of the aforementioned crime, his punishment being fixed at ten (10) years’ imprisonment.”
Dyer v. State, 815 P.2d 689 (Okla. Crim. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “OPINION PARKS, Judge: Marty Ray Dyer, appellant, was tried by jury and convicted of Cultivation of Marijuana (63 O.S.Supp.1987, § 2-509(B)), in Beckham County District Court Case No.”
Anderson v. State, 657 P.2d 659 (Okla. Crim. App. 1983). “OPINION BRETT, Judge: David Anderson was convicted of Cultivation of Marijuana, pursuant to 63 O.S.1981, § 2-509, in LeFlore County District Court, Case No.”
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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 2-509(1): 4 cases
Champeau v. State, 678 P.2d 1192 (Okla. Crim. App. 1984). “The evidence was also sufficient to establish that appellant unlawfully cultivated marijuana on land under his control, 63 O.S.1981, § 2-509(1), or aided and abetted such activity, 21 O.”
Box v. State, 541 P.2d 262 (Okla. Crim. App. 1975). “To so construe 63 O.S.1971, § 2-509(1), which reads in relevant portions, as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to cultivate or produce, or to knowingly permit the cultivation, production, or *267 wild growing of any species of such plants, on any lands owned or…”
Lyons v. State, 787 P.2d 460 (Okla. Crim. App. 1990). “OPINION LUMPKIN, Judge: Appellant Ronald Glen Lyons was convicted in a non-jury trial in the District Court of Tulsa County of Cultivation of Marijuana (63 O.S.1981, § 2-509(1)), Unlawful Possession of Controlled Drug ( 63 O.”
Grider v. State, 743 P.2d 678 (Okla. Crim. App. 1987).
Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 2-509(B): 2 cases
State v. Swicegood, 795 P.2d 527 (Okla. Crim. App. 1990).
Dyer v. State, 815 P.2d 689 (Okla. Crim. App. 1991). “OPINION PARKS, Judge: Marty Ray Dyer, appellant, was tried by jury and convicted of Cultivation of Marijuana (63 O.S.Supp.1987, § 2-509(B)), in Beckham County District Court Case No.”
Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 2-509(C)(1): 1 case
Earth Rsch. Labs LLC v. Oklahoma State of, No. 5:23-cv-00520 (W.D. Okla. Sept. 26, 2023).
Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 2-509(D): 1 case
Dyer v. State, 815 P.2d 689 (Okla. Crim. App. 1991). “OPINION PARKS, Judge: Marty Ray Dyer, appellant, was tried by jury and convicted of Cultivation of Marijuana (63 O.S.Supp.1987, § 2-509(B)), in Beckham County District Court Case No.”
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