Oklahoma § 47-116.14 - Vehicles not registered or improperly registered

§ 47-116.14. Vehicles not registered or improperly registered

In the event any vehicle is found with no registration, not

properly registered for the load carried, or improperly registered

in any manner under the provisions of Section 116.2a et seq. of this

title or any provisions of the motor vehicle license and

registration laws of this state, Corporation Commission enforcement

officers shall be authorized to seize and take such vehicle into

custody until such time as such vehicle is properly registered and

the license fee thereon is paid in full together with any penalty

provided by law plus the cost of seizure, including the reasonable

cost of taking such vehicle into custody and storing it. Any load

on such vehicle shall be disposed of by the owner or operator of

such vehicle. In the event such license fee and penalty together

with the cost of seizure and storage is not paid, the enforcement

officer shall proceed to sell such vehicle by posting not less than

five notices of sale in five different public places in the county

where such property is located, one of such notices to be posted at

the place where the vehicle is stored; provided, a copy of such

notice shall also be sent by registered mail, return receipt

requested, to the last-known address of the registered owner of such

vehicle in question. Such vehicle shall be sold at such sale

subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. In the event the sale price is equal to, or greater than,

the total cost of sale, seizure and the fee and penalty, the

purchaser shall be issued a certificate of purchase, license plate

and registration certificate;

2. In the event the sale price is less than the total costs of

sale, seizure, and the fee and penalty, such vehicle shall be sold

as junk to the highest bidder, whereupon the bidder shall receive a

certificate of purchase; and if such vehicle be dismantled, the

record to such junked vehicle shall be canceled. If not dismantled,

the same shall forthwith be registered anew; and

3. Any residual amount remaining unclaimed by the delinquent

owner shall be administered in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed

Property Act (1981).

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles

Added by Laws 1949, p. 321, § 14, emerg. eff. May 31, 1949. Amended

by Laws 1991, c. 331, § 51, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Amended by Laws

2004, c. 522, § 9, eff. July 1, 2004.