Title 63, Title 63 — Public Health and Safety

A. The title of a vessel or motor that is not subject to any lien or other encumbrance may be transferred in transfer-on-death form by filing with Service Oklahoma a written notice of transfer signed by the transferor and designating the transferee. Such notice shall transfer own…

12A - Surrender of certificate or application to secured party - Delivery to Commission - Satisfaction and release - Penalty - New certificate - Security interests perfected prior to effective date of act. A. 1. Except for a security interest in vessels or motors held by a dealer…

A. The charge for each certificate of title for any vessel or motor issued shall be Two Dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25), which charge shall be in addition to any excise taxes or fees imposed by law for such vessel or motor. One Dollar ($1.00) of each such fee shall be depos…

Except as otherwise provided by Sections 4005 and 4024 of this title, every owner of a vessel or motor possessing a certificate of title shall make an application for the registration of such vessel or motor with Service Oklahoma or with a licensed operator within thirty (30) cal…

Issuance of certificate and assignment of permanent number - Availability and inspection of certificate and bill of sale. A. Every owner of a vessel, when making application for registration, shall furnish the following information: 1. A full description of the vessel including t…

Issuance of certificate - Availability and inspection of certificate and bill of sale. A. Every owner of an outboard motor in excess of ten (10) horsepower, when making application for registration, shall furnish the following information: 1. A full description of the outboard mo…

requirements. A. Any vessel or motor in this state which is not registered and licensed for the current year in the state of residence or domicile of any person who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the spouse of such member owning a vessel or motor must be …

dates - Proportional fees. A. 1. The registration fees herein levied upon vessels and motors located within this state shall be due on the first day of July each year and shall become delinquent on the first day of August thereafter. 2. Any person owning a vessel or motor subject…

Service Oklahoma shall notify through the mail, or via electronic mail, all persons who have not opted out of the notification system within the state who have previous vessel or motor registrations on record of the period for registration that are due to be registered in July of…

A. The application required for the initial and subsequent registration of a vessel or a motor shall be accompanied by payment of the following fees: 1. Where the manufacturer's factory delivered price, or in the absence of such price being published in a recognized publication f…

Copies - Fees. A. In addition to the registration fees required by Section 4021 of this title, when any such application for registration is made directly to Service Oklahoma or to any licensed operator, a One Dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) fee for each year the vessel or m…

The registration fees herein imposed upon vessels and motors shall be for the purpose of reimbursing and providing funds for general governmental functions of the state, and when paid in full such fees shall be in lieu of all ad valorem taxes, general or local, to which such vess…

application - Penalties. A. In the event a new vessel or a new motor is not registered within thirty (30) calendar days from the date purchased in this state by a resident of this state, the penalty shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), provided that in no event shall the penalt…

- Cancellation of title and registration - Credit of motor license agent's account - Collection - Penalties. A. When, at the time of titling and registration of any vessel or motor payment is made by check for fees and taxes and the check is not paid by the bank on which drawn fo…

registration. At any time that a mortgagee repossesses a vessel or motor on which the registration has become delinquent as of the date of such repossession, the mortgagee shall not be required, as a condition for registration of said vessel or motor to pay any of the penalties w…

Priority - Seizure - Costs of taking into custody and storage - Foreclosure. All title and registration fees and penalties levied by the terms and provisions of the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act shall become and remain a first lien upon any vessel or motor on which s…

All titling and registration fees, taxes, and penalties collected by Service Oklahoma pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4014 and 4021 of this title shall be apportioned by Service Oklahoma as provided in Section 1104 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 1989, …

title or registration. A. If Service Oklahoma shall determine at any time that an applicant for a certificate of title of or registration for a vessel or motor is not entitled thereto, it may refuse to issue such certificate or to register such vessel or motor. Service Oklahoma m…

A. 1. Service Oklahoma shall, and each federally recognized Indian tribe of this state may, develop and implement a permanent number system for vessels which is consistent with United States Coast Guard statutes and regulations. The system shall be effective upon the effective da…

with act. A. The owner of a boat livery shall cause to be kept a record of the name and address of the person or persons hiring any vessel, the identification number of such vessel, the number of occupants of said vessel, the departure date and time, and the expected date and tim…

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to: 1. Lend or to sell to, or knowingly permit the use of by one not entitled thereto, any certificate of title or registration issued to or in the custody of the person so lending or permitting the use thereof; 2. Alter or in any manner cha…

dealer status - Applications - Report of transfer of ownership - Posting license - Authority granted by license - Compliance with act. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling, or to serve in the capacity of, or act as a dealer of new or used ve…

The schedule of license fees to be charged and received by Service Oklahoma for the licenses issued pursuant to Section 4033 of this title shall be as follows: 1. For the license issued initially to each dealer of new vessels or new motors, the fee shall be Two Hundred Dollars ($…

A. Upon issuance of a license to sell new vessels or new motors, there shall be assigned and issued to such dealer three demonstration permits for vessels, three demonstration permits for motors, or three demonstration permits for each such class the dealer has been authorized to…

Upon application, there shall be assigned and issued up to ten manufacturer's testing permits to manufacturers of new boats or motors. Such permits shall be displayed upon each vessel or motor owned by the manufacturer when the vessel or motor is driven or tested on the waters of…

of demonstration permit - Purchase or transfer of ownership of out- of-state used vessel or motor - Application for certificate of title - Sale or transfer of ownership - Tax stamp - Registration by purchaser. A. When a registration expires on a used vessel or motor while in the …

A. The following are the subjects that shall be covered by a dealer agreement: 1. Length of term of dealer agreement; 2. Performance and marketing standards; 3. Notice provisions relative to termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a dealer agreement; 4. The parties' respectiv…

market area where same product line is represented. In the event that a dealer seeks to establish a new vessel or new motor dealership or relocate an existing vessel or motor dealership within or into a relevant market area where the same product line is then represented, the dea…

same product line - Circumstances considered. In determining whether good cause has been established for not entering into or relocating an additional dealership for the same product line, Service Oklahoma shall take into consideration the existing circumstances, including, but n…

vessel dealer - Continuation of existing dealer agreement - Refusal to honor succession - Notice. A. A designated successor of a deceased or incapacitated new vessel dealer may succeed the dealer in the ownership or operation of the dealership under the existing dealer agreement,…

parts. After the termination of the dealer agreement by the manufacturer, the manufacturer shall continue to sell parts to the dealer in order that the dealer may continue to service any ofthe manufacturer's products which the dealer may have sold to customers prior to terminatio…

Any currently licensed Oklahoma vessel dealer owning a commercial marina on the waters of this state may dock his vessels for sale at his marina. Added by Laws 1991, c. 126, § 7, emerg. eff. April 29, 1991. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 21, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

A. It shall be unlawful to be a broker. B. For the purposes of this section, "broker" means a person who, for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, arranges or offers to arrange a transaction involving the sale, for purposes other than resale, of a new or used vessel…

- Fine. Service Oklahoma may deny an application for a license, or revoke or suspend a license or impose a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) against a dealer for each day that any provision of this section or Sections 4033 through 4040 of this title is violated or…

Notice - Production of documents - Subpoena - Witnesses. Service Oklahoma may deny any application for license, or suspend or revoke a license issued or impose a fine, only after a hearing of which the applicant, or licensee affected, shall be given at least ten (10) days' writte…

Service Oklahoma is hereby authorized, without cost, bond or deposit, to institute injunctive actions in courts of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the State of Oklahoma on the relation of Service Oklahoma, to enforce the provisions of Sections 4033 through 4042 of this tit…

held off premises of licensed dealer. Service Oklahoma shall issue permits for displays and sales of new vessels or motors which are held off the premises of a licensed dealer thereof as follows: 1. A promotion by an individual new vessel or motor dealer which is held off the pre…

A. This section and Sections 4102 through 4108 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Excise Tax Act". B. The terms used in the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Excise Tax Act shall have the same definitions as those terms are defined by the Okla…

A. Service Oklahoma is hereby granted authority and jurisdiction to administer the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Excise Tax Act, and Service Oklahoma is hereby authorized to promulgate, adopt, and enforce all necessary rules and regulations and to prescribe all forms which it deems n…

refusal to pay - Penalty - Exceptions - Credits. A. There is hereby levied an excise tax of three and one-fourth percent (3 1/4%) of the value of each vessel and motor upon the transfer of legal ownership of any such vessel or motor registered in this state and upon the use of an…

All revenue derived under the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Excise Tax Act, Section 4102 et seq. of this title, shall be apportioned and distributed by Service Oklahoma as provided for in Section 1101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes of the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registrati…

- Disputed value. A. The value of any vessel or motor for the purposes of the excise tax levied by Section 4103 of this title shall be determined as of the time the person applying for a certificate of title thereto obtained either legal ownership or possession of the vessel or m…

An original or a transfer certificate of title shall be issued without the payment of the excise tax levied by this act for: 1. Any vessel or motor owned by a nonresident which is already registered in another state and has been in Oklahoma for a period in excess of sixty (60) ca…

accessories. A. The excise tax levied by the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Excise Tax Act is in lieu of all other taxes on the transfer or the first registration in this state of vessels and motors, including the optional equipment and accessories attached thereto at the time of the …

Seizure - Hearing - Sale. A. In any case where the owner of a vessel or motor subject to the tax levied by the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Excise Tax Act fails or refuses to pay the same, after proper demand therefor by an officer or agent of Service Oklahoma, such officer or agent…

Application – Caregiver license. A. A person in possession of a state-issued medical marijuana patient license shall be able to: 1. Consume marijuana legally; 2. Legally possess up to three (3) ounces or eighty-four and nine-tenths (84.9) grams of marijuana on their person; 3. Le…

Section 4201 et seq. of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act". Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 52, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 28, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

In addition to the terms defined by the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act, for the purposes of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act: 1. "Buoy" means an anchored marker for marking a position on the water, or a hazard, shoal or mooring, or any other prohibitive acti…

rules - Forms. The Department of Public Safety is hereby granted authority and jurisdiction to administer and enforce all provisions of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act, Section 4201 et seq. of this title, and the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act, Section 4002…

privileges. A. The operator of an emergency vessel, when responding to an emergency call, when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not upon returning from a response to an emergency situation, may exercise the privilege set fort…