Oklahoma § 47-1115.1 - Seizure of vehicles not bearing or displaying proper

§ 47-1115.1. Seizure of vehicles not bearing or displaying proper

license plate - Sale.

In addition to the penalties provided in the Oklahoma Vehicle

License and Registration Act, after ninety (90) days from the

expiration date for annual registration of a vehicle, the

Corporation Commission, Department of Public Safety, county

sheriffs, and all other duly authorized peace officers of this state

may seize and take into custody every vehicle owned within this

state not bearing or displaying a proper license plate required by

the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act. The vehicle

shall not be released to the owner until it is duly registered and

the license, registration, or title fee and penalties due are paid

in full, proof of security or an affidavit that the vehicle will not

be used on public highways or public streets, as required pursuant

to Section 7-600 et seq. of this title, is furnished, and the cost

of seizure, including the reasonable cost of taking the vehicle into

custody and storing the vehicle, have been paid. In the event the

owner of any vehicle seized fails to pay such fees and penalties

due, together with cost of seizure and storage, and fails to provide

proof of security or an affidavit that the vehicle will not be used

on public highways or public streets, the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services shall proceed to sell the vehicle by posting not

fewer than five notices of sale in five different public places in

the county where the vehicle is located, one of such notices to be

posted at the place where the vehicle is stored. A copy of the

notice shall also be sent by certified mail, restricted delivery,

with return receipt requested, to the last-known address of the

registered owner of the vehicle. The 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 costs of sale, seizure and the fee and penalty, the

purchaser shall be issued a certificate of purchase, license plate,

manufactured home registration receipt and decal and registration

certificate;

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

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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles

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

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

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

the vehicle shall be immediately registered; and

3. Any residual amount remaining unclaimed by the delinquent

owner shall be administered in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed

Property Act.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 144, § 10, emerg. eff. April 21, 1986.

Amended by Laws 1987, c. 6, § 7, emerg. eff. March 16, 1987; Laws

1991, c. 331, § 52, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 153, § 5, eff.

Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 423, § 1; Laws 1999, c. 1, § 15, emerg.

eff. Feb. 24, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 522, § 14, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws

2009, c. 181, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 201.

NOTE: Laws 1998, c. 293, § 2 repealed by Laws 1999, c. 1, § 45,

emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999.