Title 47, Motor Vehicles

A. Unless otherwise provided in this section, any motor vehicle service station in this state which offers gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel for sale to the public from the service station facility may, on a voluntary basis, participate in the refueling service program and upo…

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Household Goods Act of 2009”. The purpose of this act is to regulate intrastate transportation by motor carriers of household goods in such manner as to establish standards for public safety, fair competitive practices, adequate…

A. The Corporation Commission is authorized to: 1. Supervise and regulate every motor carrier of household goods; 2. Protect the shipping and general public by requiring liability insurance and cargo insurance of all motor carriers of household goods; 3. Ensure motor carriers of …

The Corporation Commission is authorized to promulgate rules necessary to enable this state to participate in the Unified Carrier Registration System for interstate motor carriers, brokers, forwarders and leasing companies and interstate motor carriers holding intrastate authorit…

A. No person shall transport household goods for compensation or other consideration in intrastate commerce without a valid certificate issued by the Corporation Commission. B. The Commission shall promulgate rules ensuring consumer protection and loss and damage claim procedures…

A. Upon the filing of an application to operate as a motor carrier of household goods, the applicant shall pay to the Corporation Commission a filing fee as set by Commission rule. B. Upon the filing by an interstate motor carrier of an application to register interstate authorit…

A. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to transport household goods in intrastate commerce without a valid certificate issued by the Corporation Commission. B. Motor carriers engaged in intercorporate hauling must obtain a certificate in the motor carrier’s name. C. App…

If this act or the Motor Carrier Act of 1995 or any provision hereof is, or may be deemed to be, in conflict or inconsistent with any of the provisions of Section 18 through Section 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, then, to the extent of …

A. As used in this section: 1. "Authorized carrier" means a motor carrier of household goods; 2. "Equipment" means a motor vehicle, straight truck, tractor, semitrailer, full trailer, any combination of these and any other type of equipment used by authorized carriers in the tran…

A. No certificate shall be issued by the Corporation Commission to any motor carrier of household goods until after such motor carrier shall have filed with the Commission a liability insurance policy or bond covering public liability and property damage, issued by some insurance…

Every motor carrier of household goods shall be liable for all loss, damage or injury to goods or property due to any negligence while the same is entrusted to it during operations as a household goods carrier. Added by Laws 1982, c. 24, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982. Amended by La…

Every motor carrier of household goods, upon receipt of a claim in writing for loss of or damage to cargo during transportation, some portion of which was performed by that carrier, regardless of the form in which the claim is presented, shall: 1. Acknowledge receipt of the claim…

Where shipments of household goods are received by the carrier from the shipper in apparent good order and with no exceptions noted on the bill of lading, and delivered by the carrier with written exceptions covering loss or damage thereto, the carrier shall have the burden of pr…

Where shipments of household goods are received by the carrier from the shipper in apparent good order and with no exceptions noted on the bill of lading, and delivered by the carrier in the same manner, with no exceptions noted, such concealed loss or damage claims must be submi…

If the carrier fails to process loss or damage claims as provided in Sections 169.2 through 169.4 of this title, or to express declinations of the claims in writing with proof of nonliability, the carrier may be found in contempt by the Corporation Commission after proper notice …

Nothing in Sections 169.1 through 169.5 of this title shall deprive any holder of a receipt of bill of lading any remedy or right of action under existing law. Where litigation is pursued under other existing rights, the prevailing party shall be allowed reasonable attorney fees …

A motor carrier shall not be required to sign any statement of liability or enter into any contract for the indemnification of any person for any acts or omissions not arising from damage or loss from a wrongful or negligent act or omission from the motor carrier. The provisions …

A. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to authorize the operation of any freight vehicle in excess of the gross weight, width, length or height authorized by law. B. Any person who willfully advertises to perform transportation services for which the person does not …

A. Upon any complaint in writing under oath being made by any person, or by the Commission of its own motion, setting forth any act or thing done or omitted to be done by any person in violation, or claimed violation, of any provision of law, or of any order or rule of the Commis…

A. The Department of Public Safety, monthly, shall notify the Oklahoma Corporation Commission of any ticket issued for a violation of the provisions of Section 14-119 of this title, or any provisions of Chapter 14 of this title or the terms of any special permit authorized pursua…

This act shall be known as the "Oklahoma Driving Automation System Uniformity Act". Added by Laws 2019, c. 316, § 1.

As used in this act: A. "Automated driving system or ADS" means hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain. B. "Dynamic driving task" o…

A. Only the State of Oklahoma may enact a law or take any other action to regulate the operation of motor vehicles equipped with automated driving systems in Oklahoma. B. Pursuant to subsection A of this section, the State of Oklahoma: 1. Preempts the authority of a county or mun…

A. A person, as defined in Section 1701 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets the following conditions: 1. I…

Before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on public roads in this state without a human driver, a person shall submit proof of financial responsibility satisfactory to the Department of Public Safety that the fully autonomous vehicle is covered by insurance or proof of self-ins…

In the event of an accident: 1. The fully autonomous vehicle shall remain on the scene of the accident when required by Section 10-107 or 10-108 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, consistent with its capability under Section 1 of this act; and 2. The owner of the fully autonom…

An on-demand autonomous vehicle network shall be permitted to operate pursuant to state laws governing the operation of transportation network companies, taxis, or any other ground transportation for hire of passengers, with the exception that any provision of the Oklahoma Transp…

A. A fully autonomous vehicle shall be properly registered in accordance with the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act pursuant to Section 1101 et seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If a fully autonomous vehicle is registered in this state, the vehicle shall be i…

A. A person may operate a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task if: 1. Such automated driving system will issue a request to intervene whenever the automated driving system is not capable of performing the en…

A fully autonomous vehicle that is also a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to Sections 161A through 230.34b of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes may operate pursuant to state laws governing the operation of commercial motor vehicles, except that any provision that by its nature …

All monies accruing to the "Corporation Commission Revolving Fund" are hereby appropriated to the Corporation Commission. The Corporation Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such extra help as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act for the en…

In addition to other uses authorized by law, funds provided to the Corporation Commission Revolving Fund pursuant to Sections 165, 177.2 and 180h of this title shall be expended as follows: 1. The Corporation Commission Transportation Division shall employ four special motor carr…

Motor carrier enforcement officers as authorized in Section 171.1 of this title shall have authority and powers as provided for those motor carrier officers authorized under the provisions of Section 172 of this title. Added by Laws 1983, c. 151, § 4, emerg. eff. May 26, 1983.

A fully autonomous vehicle that is designed to be operated exclusively by the automated driving system for all trips is not subject to motor vehicle equipment laws or regulations of this state that: 1. Relate to or support motor vehicle operation by a human driver seated in the v…

Unless otherwise provided in this title and notwithstanding any other provision of law, fully autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems are governed exclusively by this act. The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation are authorized to promulgate …

A. Every owner of any motor vehicle, the agents or employees of the owner, and every other person who violates or fails to comply with or procures, aids, or abets in the violation of Sections 161 through 180m of this title or the Motor Carrier Act of 1995, or who fails to obey, o…

A. Future applicants for the position of enforcement officer shall be high school graduates and shall have had at least three (3) years' practical experience in the transportation industry or in the field of law enforcement and be certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Educa…

Any action against a motor carrier for damages by reason of any breach of duty, whether contractual or otherwise, may be brought, in addition to the other counties in which such action may be brought, in the county where the cause of action or some part thereof arose, and summons…

A. There is hereby created, until July 1, 2024, the State Task Force on Motor Carrier Regulation and Enforcement. The Task Force shall be composed of the following seven (7) members: 1. The Commissioner of Public Safety or designee; 2. One member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commi…

carrier laws. A. No motor carrier shall engage in the business of transporting any salt water, mineral brines, waste oil and other deleterious substances produced from or obtained or used in connection with the drilling, development, producing and operating of oil and gas wells a…

A. It shall be unlawful for a motor carrier, whether private, common, or contract, to dump, disperse, or otherwise release substances described in Section 177.2 of this title upon a public highway or elsewhere except on property or in wells, reservoirs, or other receptacles owned…

The following words and phrases, when used in this act, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to like words and phrases by the motor carrier statutes of Oklahoma, except as herein provided: 1. The term "identification application" shall mean the application as provided by…

A. As used in this section: 1. "Agent" means any person charged with the responsibility of navigating and operating the personal delivery device, as defined in this section. Agent does not mean a person who requests or receives the services of a personal delivery device; 2. "Pers…

A. Notwithstanding any other law of this state, a personal delivery device may operate on any sidewalk, crosswalk, road or street of any county or municipality in this state. B. A personal delivery device shall have a unique identifying device number and identifies the name and c…

A. A personal delivery device is exempt from motor vehicle licensing and registration requirements under the laws of this state. B. A personal delivery device operator shall maintain an insurance policy that provides general liability coverage of at least One Hundred Thousand Dol…

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, a political subdivision shall not enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution relating to any of the following: 1. The design, manufacture, maintenance, certification, licensing, registration, taxation, assessment or insurance requirements …