Title 47, Motor Vehicles

A. The Commissioner, subject to the Merit System laws, if applicable, shall appoint a Chief of Administration and such other deputies, subordinates, officers, investigators and other employees as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this title. Any employee of the Depa…

- Reinstatement. A. The Commissioner of Public Safety, subject to the Oklahoma Personnel Act, shall appoint: 1. A Chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division with the rank of Colonel, Deputy Chiefs of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and…

The Department of Public Safety is authorized to conduct Highway Patrol Academies as may be required and within the funds available to the Department. Provided, however, that no such academy shall be commenced nor shall any funds be expended for an academy until: 1. The academy h…

A. Upon receipt from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation of an investigative report pursuant to paragraph 9 of Section 150.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Commissioner of Public Safety or a designee shall determine what, if any, executive security will be provi…

A. The annual salaries for the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Assistant Commissioner of Public Safety and the commissioned officers within the Highway Patrol Division shall be in accordance and conformity with the findings for Department of Public Safety law enforcement perso…

Training. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division the Size and Weight Enforcement Section. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall employ a minimum of twenty-five additional members of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, one Captain and eight Lieutenants and …

A. There is hereby created within the Highway Patrol Division the Bomb Squad Section which shall consist of such employees the Commissioner of Public Safety deems necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 122.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. B. The Commissioner is a…

Any Highway Patrol officer or other law enforcement officer employed as a full-time-equivalent (FTE) of the Department of Public Safety and otherwise prohibited by law or Department policy from obtaining part-time employment as a law enforcement officer with any other law enforce…

All applicants, including reinstatements, for all commissioned officer positions within the Department of Public Safety shall, prior to initial appointment or reinstatement, be required to submit to and successfully pass a controlled substance screening conducted by a National In…

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety a Marine Enforcement Section which shall consist of such employees as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of Section 4001 et seq., Section 4101 et seq., and Section 42…

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety a Capitol Patrol Section which shall consist of such employees as may be necessary to provide law enforcement services to all state buildings and properties, including ground…

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety, the Communications Section. B. An employee may be promoted to the position of Communications Coordinator. C. The annual salaries of personnel comprising this section shall b…

Subject to the availability of funds, the Commissioner of Public Safety or the Chief of the Highway Patrol Division is authorized to employ a Chaplain within the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of providing counseling services to employees or immediate family members …

All the powers, duties, functions, records, employees, property, matters pending, funds, and responsibilities of the Size and Weights Permits Division of the Department of Public Safety are hereby transferred to the Department of Transportation effective July 1, 2022. An accurate…

All the powers, duties, functions, records, employees, property, matters pending and funds of the Department of Highways, the Highway Safety Coordinating Committee and the Railroad Maintenance Authority are hereby transferred to the Department of Transportation. Effective July 1,…

All powers, duties, functions, records, employees, property, matters pending and funds of the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the former Oklahoma Highway Safety Coordinating Committee are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma Departmen…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office of the Department of Public Safety may provide incentives, as permitted by federal regulations, to the public and any law enforcement agencies of the state for the purpose of promoting increased partic…

A. Subject to the availability of funding, the Department of Public Safety shall establish an Identity Verification Unit (IVU) for the primary purpose of investigating and apprehending persons or entities that participate in the sale or distribution of fraudulent documents used f…

In addition to the salaries or wages of assistants or other employees in the Department of Public Safety when deemed necessary in connection with the discharge of their duties respectively assigned or delegated to them, such assistants or employees shall be allowed and paid trave…

A. The Commissioner is hereby vested with the power and is charged with the duty of observing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this title and of all laws regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways, the enforcement and administration of which ar…

The Commissioner of Public Safety may enter into interlocal agreements with any other government agency or any state educational institution that is a member of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, as prescribed in Section 3201 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for …

The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have the exclusive rights to enter into all contracts incident to real estate gifted to the state for use by the Department of Public Safety in rural Pottawatomie County adjacent to the Wes Watkins Reservoir, hereafter referred to as “the p…

A. In an effort to improve the public safety of all citizens of this state, a more uniform and expeditious method of obtaining ownership and registration information of all motor vehicles operating on the roads and highways of this state is required. Any method developed shall be…

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety the Oklahoma Incident Management Team Advisory Committee. The purpose of the Committee shall be to: 1. Advise and assist the Commissioner in the development of setting of goals, objectives and priorities w…

A. 1. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State Award Program Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to create, establish eligibility requirements and make recommendation for awarding the Oklahoma Medal of Valor for meritorious service, the Oklahoma Distinguished Meritorious…

The Commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms requisite or deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and any other laws the enforcement and administration of which are vested in the Department. Added by Laws 1961, p. 327, § 2-109, eff. Sept. 1, 1961…

A. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall charge and collect the fees required to be paid to the Department of Public Safety. B. Payments for any fees required to be paid by any person to the Department of Public Safety, except as otherwise provided by law, may be made by: 1. Th…

A. The Commissioner and such officers of the Department as the Commissioner may designate are hereby authorized to prepare under the seal of the Department and deliver upon request a certified copy of any record of the Department, charging a fee of Three Dollars ($3.00) for each …

A. All records of the Department, other than those declared by law to be confidential for the use of the Department, shall be open to public inspection during office hours. B. The Commissioner shall supervise the maintaining of all records of the Department and shall adopt rules …

A. The Department shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity and legality of every application lawfully made to the Department, and may in all cases make investigation as may be deemed necessary or require additional information, and shall reject any such application…

Service Oklahoma is hereby authorized to take possession of any certificate of title, registration card, permit, license or registration plate issued by the State of Oklahoma upon expiration, revocation, cancellation or suspension thereof, or which is fictitious, or which has bee…

The Department may publish a synopsis or summary of the laws of this state regulating the operation of vehicles and may deliver a copy thereof to any person. Added by Laws 1961, p. 328, § 2-114, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 23, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

(a) The Commissioner and officers of the Department designated by him shall have authority to summon witnesses to give testimony under oath or to give written deposition upon any matter under the jurisdiction of the Department. Such summons may require the production of relevant …

A. Whenever the Department of Public Safety or the Oklahoma Insurance Department is authorized or required to give any notice under this act or other law regulating the operation of vehicles, unless a different method of giving such notice is otherwise expressly prescribed, such …

A. The Commissioner of Public Safety and each officer of the Department of Public Safety, as designated and commissioned by the Commissioner, are hereby declared to be peace officers of this state and shall be so deemed and taken in all courts having jurisdiction of offenses agai…

A. It shall be the duty of Service Oklahoma to investigate and report to the Corporation Commission and the Department of Public Safety violations of their rules and regulations and the laws governing the transportation of persons and property by motor transportation companies an…

(a) The Commissioner shall require that the Division of Highway Patrol properly patrol the highways of this state and cooperate with sheriffs and police officers in enforcing the laws regulating the operation of vehicles and the use of highways. (b) The Commissioner may establish…

The Commissioner shall issue to each member of the Division of Highway Patrol a badge of authority with the seal of this state in the center thereof, with the words "Oklahoma Highway Patrol" encircling said seal and below the designation of the position held by the member to whom…

The Department of Public Safety is authorized to provide radio- equipped transportation for the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma. Laws 1971, c. 227, § 4, emerg. eff. June 12, 1971.

The Department of Public Safety shall establish or provide for a Legal Division and the Commissioner may employ attorneys as needed, which may be on full-time or part-time basis, which attorneys, in addition to advising the Commissioner, Highway Patrol and other Department person…

A. The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to receive funds from gifts, federal and state agency sources, state and local agency employees, and tuition and fees for room and meals from users of the Robert R. Lester Training Center and other training facilities of the Depa…

All funds appropriated to the Department of Public Safety may be used and expended in conjunction or cooperation with any federal agency or instrumentality under such terms and conditions considered appropriate or necessary by the Commissioner of Public Safety to obtain grants or…

A. The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to establish an employee performance recognition program that encourages outstanding job performance and productivity within the Department of Public Safety. The Commissioner is authorized to expend funds for: 1. The purchase of …

A. The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest: 1. For the Department of Public Safety to acquire, house and train canines to assist in explosives detection, to seek out and discover controlled dangerous substances, to perform drug interdiction, to perfor…

A. The Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to make available for sale used vehicles and used emergency vehicle equipment to any federal, state, county or municipal agency, public school district, or any reserve deputy, reserve officer, or firefighter who furnishes th…

A. There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety an Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunication Systems Division. B. The Division shall: 1. Operate and maintain an on-line, realtime computer system and a statewide law enforcement data communication network; 2. Uti…