Title 63 — Title 63 — Public Health and Safety

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…

63 O.S. § 4203 Repealed by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 59, eff. Jan. 1, 1993

jurisdiction of Grand River Dam Authority - Authority as motor license agent - Remission of fees. A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act shall apply to the waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the Grand River Dam Authority, provided, the Departm…

rules - Permits - Filing of notification of event - Holding event in unsafe manner or unsafe environmental conditions. A. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation, and the Grand River Dam Authority may authorize the holding of s…

A. 1. The operator of a vessel less than twenty-six (26) feet in length, while under way, shall require each passenger who is twelve (12) years of age or younger to wear a personal flotation device. 2. Any person operating or manipulating, or who is a passenger on a personal wate…

A. This section shall be known and may be cited as "Andy's Law". B. Every vessel in all weathers between the hours from sunset to sunrise and during periods of restricted visibility shall carry and exhibit the lights prescribed by the United States Coast Guard when under way, inc…

A. No person shall operate upon the waters of this state any vessel or motor which is not equipped with a muffler or muffler system in good working order. The use of cutouts, removal of mufflers or muffler baffles, cutting or punching of holes in mufflers or otherwise modifying t…

A person not entitled to possession of a vessel or motor who, without the consent of the owner and with intent to deprive him of the vessel or motor or its possession, takes, uses, or operates the vessel or motor, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and …

of stolen or converted vessel or motor - Penalties. A person not entitled to the possession of a vessel or motor who receives, possesses, sells or disposes of such vessel or motor, knowing said vessel or motor to be stolen or converted under circumstances constituting a crime, up…

OS 63-4209.2v1 (SB 1108, Laws 2025, c. 171, § 64) OS 63-4209.2v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 551)

vessel or motor - Penalties. A. As used in this section: 1. “Identification number” includes any identifying number, serial number, motor serial number or other distinguishing number or mark, placed on a vessel or motor by its manufacturer or by authority of Service Oklahoma or i…

vessel or motor - Penalties. A. As used in this section: 1. "Identification number" includes any identifying number, serial number, motor serial number or other distinguishing number or mark, placed on a vessel or motor by its manufacturer or by authority of the Oklahoma Tax Comm…

of title or assignment thereof for stolen vessel or motor - Penalties. Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement of a material fact, either in his application for a certificate of title, as provided for in this title, or in any assignment thereof, or who, with inten…

OS 63-4209.4v1 (SB 1108, Laws 2025, c. 171, § 65) OS 63-4209.4v2 (HB 2104, Laws 2025, c. 486, § 553)

assignment thereof - Penalties. Any person who shall alter or forge, or cause to be altered or forged, any certificate of title issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission or Service Oklahoma, pursuant to the provisions of this title, or any assignment thereof, or who shall hold or use…

assignment thereof - Penalties. Any person who shall alter or forge, or cause to be altered or forged, any certificate of title issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, pursuant to the provisions of this title, or any assignment thereof, or who shall hold or use any such certificat…

accessories, appurtenances or attachments thereto - Climbing into or upon vessel with intent to commit crime. A. A person who, with intent and without right to do so, injures or tampers with any vessel or motor or in any other manner damages any part or portion of said vessel or …

motor. A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vessel or motor to any duly authorized peace officer of this state, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 41, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.

A. Except as otherwise authorized by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts: 1. To lend or to sell to, or knowingly permit the use of by, one not entitled thereto any certificate of title or certificate of registration issued to or in the cus…

related equipment. Any peace officer of the State of Oklahoma may inspect any vessel, motor, trailer, or related equipment in any public garage or repair shop or in any place where such vessel, motor, trailer or related equipment is being held for sale or wrecking, for the purpos…

Criteria for license – Monthly sales report. A. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall make available on its website in an easy-to-find location an application for a medical marijuana dispensary license. The application fee to be paid by the applicant shall be in the amou…

– Yielding to emergency vessels - Penalties. A. No person shall operate, manipulate or give permission to any person to operate or manipulate any parasails, water skis, surfboard, personal watercraft, or similar device, or any vessel in a reckless or negligent manner so as to end…

A. When the death of any person ensues within one (1) year as a proximate result of injury received by the operating of a vessel by any person sixteen (16) years of age or older in reckless disregard of the safety of others, the person so operating such vessel shall be guilty of …

A. Only a licensed medical doctor, licensed osteopathic physician, licensed chiropractic physician, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or physician's assistant, certified by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners or…

Exceptions. If a conscious person under arrest refuses to submit to testing of his or her blood or breath for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration thereof, or to a test of his or her blood, saliva or urine for the purpose of determining the presence or concentrati…

A. At any proceeding held relevant to this act, a report of the findings of the laboratory of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the medical examiner's report of investigation or autopsy report, or a laboratory report from a forensic laboratory operated by the State of O…

evidence. A. Upon the trial of any criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by any person while operating or in actual physical control of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance, or the combined in…

The provisions of Sections 3 through 7 of this act do not limit the introduction of any other competent evidence bearing on the question of whether the person was under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance, or the combined influence of alcohol and any othe…

peace officer - Arrests. Any operator of a vessel who has received a visual and audible signal, a red light and a siren, from any duly authorized peace officer of this state, operating a vessel showing the same to be a law enforcement vessel, directing the said operator to bring …

vessel - Exceptions - Penalties. It shall be unlawful to discharge a firearm from a vessel, except for the purposes of self-defense, hunting animals or fowl, and in compliance with existing state and federal laws. Anyone violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, …

vessel - Operation in wake zone - Parking, mooring or beaching in a swimming area - Violation. A. Any person who operates or gives permission to operate a vessel on any waters of this state shall operate the same at a careful and prudent speed not greater than nor less than is re…

vessel to waterway marker, navigational aid or buoy. No person shall remove, tamper or otherwise interfere with or attach or moor a vessel to the anchor cable or any other part of any waterway marker, navigational aid or buoy. Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 48, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.…

No person shall sit or ride on the sides of any vessel or the back of any seat of a vessel while under way at any speed greater than idle or trolling speed; provided, however, the operator of such vessel may stand if said vessel is specifically designed to be operated from a stan…

No operator shall allow any person to occupy the front or back deck of any vessel while under way at any speed greater than idle or trolling speed unless such vessel is equipped with factory-installed seating or is designed as such to allow access to the front or back deck by way…

alcohol or other intoxicating substance. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or be in actual physical control of a vessel upon the waters of this state, except privately owned waters, who: 1. Has a blood or breath alcohol concentration of eight- hundredths (0.08) or…