Oklahoma § 47-1124 - Temporary permit - Fee

§ 47-1124. Temporary permit - Fee

A. Any person, firm or corporation owning or possessing a

commercial vehicle who:

1. Is a resident of the United States;

2. Is required to register the vehicle under the laws of this

state;

3. Is not authorized to drive the vehicle on the public roads

of this state for lack of registration or reciprocity of this

state’s laws with the laws of the state in which the vehicle is

registered; and

4. Operates the vehicle for commercial purposes;

may receive a temporary permit from the Corporation Commission. The

permit shall be recognized in lieu of registration in this state.

The permit shall indicate the time and date of its issuance and

shall be valid for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours

from such indicated time.

B. A fee of Twelve Dollars ($12.00) shall be charged for the

issuance of the temporary permit which shall be apportioned in the

same manner as other vehicle license fees are apportioned under the

terms of the motor vehicle license and registration laws of this

state.

C. The temporary permit shall not be issued to any person, firm

or corporation owning or possessing a commercial vehicle, truck,

truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer or motor bus, who has been

apprehended for violating the registration laws of this state. If

apprehended, the vehicle shall be immediately subject to such

registration laws. Possession of the temporary permit shall not

affect any liability or duty which the owner or operator of a

vehicle might otherwise have by law. An operator of a vehicle

possessing an expired, altered or undated temporary permit shall be

deemed to be operating an unregistered motor vehicle and shall be

subject to registration and penalties therefor as provided by law.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles

D. The Corporation Commission may enter into an agreement with

any person or corporation located within or without the state for

transmission of temporary permits for a commercial vehicle by way of

a facsimile machine or other device when the Corporation Commission

determines that such agreement is in the best interests of the

state.

E. The Corporation Commission may enter into an agreement with

any state for transmission of that state’s temporary permits for a

commercial vehicle by way of a facsimile machine or other device

when the Corporation Commission determines that such agreement is in

the best interests of the state.

F. Any provision of this act providing for proportional

registration under reciprocal agreements and the International

Registration Plan that relate to the promulgation of rules shall not

be subject to the provisions of Section 1151 of this title. The

Corporation Commission may promulgate such rules as it deems

necessary to administer the provisions of this section. The

Corporation Commission may prescribe an application form for the

temporary permit and such other forms as it deems appropriate.

G. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles

entering this state for the express purpose of transporting the

resources and equipment necessary to support production activities

of the motion picture, television and video film industries

operating within the state. Any such vehicle properly registered

under the laws of another state or not registered with this state

pursuant to the provisions of the International Registration Plan

and used for the above-stated purpose shall not be subject to the

registration requirements as set forth in Section 1101 et seq. of

this title while conducting said business.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 179, § 27, operative July 1, 1985. Amended

by Laws 1987, c. 6, § 8, emerg. eff. March 16, 1987; Laws 1989, c.

218, § 3, emerg. eff. May 9, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 11, § 1, emerg.

eff. Mar. 27, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 522, § 17, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws

2008, c. 168, § 3, emerg. eff. May 12, 2008; Laws 2009, c. 182, § 3,

eff. Nov. 1, 2009.