Oklahoma Code § 2-6-404

Title 2. Agriculture: Court action against persons not abiding by disease
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control measures – Hearing – Violation.
A.  If the State Board of Agriculture determines that a person
has not or is not reasonably likely to abide by the disease control
measures established by the Board, the Board may request a court
hearing to determine if the emergency temporary restrictions should
continue.  The court shall schedule the hearing as expeditiously as
possible.  When the Board requests a court hearing under this
section, restrictions pursuant to Section 17 of this act shall
continue to apply to the person until the court has held the
temporary emergency restrictions hearing and issues an order either
continuing the emergency disease control measures established by the
Board or removing the emergency disease control measures.
B.  If the Board requests a court hearing pursuant to this
section, notice of the hearing must be served upon any person
restricted at least twenty-four (24) hours before the hearing.
C.  The notice must contain the following information:
1.  The time, date, and place of the hearing;
2.  The grounds and underlying facts upon which continued
restrictions are sought;
3.  The person's right to appear by electronic means at the
hearing and the right to have a representative appear in person at
the hearing;
4.  The person's right to present and cross-examine witnesses;
and

5.  The person's right to counsel, including the right, if the
person is indigent, to representation by counsel designated by the
court or county of venue.
D.  1.  The court may order the continued restriction on the
movement of the person if it finds, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that travel outside of the quarantine zone by the person
would pose an imminent threat of transporting a dangerous,
infectious, or communicable disease outside of the boundaries of the
quarantine zone.
2.  If the person agrees to sign and comply with the
acknowledgment form referred to in Section 17 of this act, the
temporary restrictions shall not continue longer than thirty (30)
days.
3.  If the person refuses to sign and comply with the
acknowledgment form, the temporary restrictions shall continue for a
longer time as specified by the court.  Refusal by the person to
sign and comply with the acknowledgment form constitutes a knowing
violation of the Animal Disease Outbreak Temporary Emergency Act.

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