Oklahoma § 47-1133 - Registration of commercial vehicles

§ 47-1133. Registration of commercial vehicles

A. The following license fees shall be paid annually to Service

Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission, as applicable, upon the

registration of the following vehicles:

Except as provided in this subsection, for each commercial

vehicle over eight thousand (8,000) pounds as defined in Section

1102 of this title, the license fee shall be based on the combined

laden weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles. The license

fees shall be computed and assessed at the following rates:

1. From 8,001 pounds to 15,000 pounds

$ 95.00

2. From 15,001 pounds to 18,000 pounds

120.00

3. From 18,001 pounds to 21,000 pounds

155.00

4. From 21,001 pounds to 24,000 pounds

190.00

5. From 24,001 pounds to 27,000 pounds

225.00

6. From 27,001 pounds to 30,000 pounds

260.00

7. From 30,001 pounds to 33,000 pounds

295.00

8. From 33,001 pounds to 36,000 pounds

325.00

9. From 36,001 pounds to 39,000 pounds

350.00

10. From 39,001 pounds to 42,000 pounds

375.00

11. From 42,001 pounds to 45,000 pounds

400.00

12. From 45,001 pounds to 48,000 pounds

425.00

13. From 48,001 pounds to 51,000 pounds

450.00

14. From 51,001 pounds to 54,000 pounds

475.00

15. From 54,001 pounds to 57,000 pounds

648.00

16. From 57,001 pounds to 60,000 pounds

681.00

17. From 60,001 pounds to 63,000 pounds

713.00

18. From 63,001 pounds to 66,000 pounds

746.00

19. From 66,001 pounds to 69,000 pounds

778.00

20. From 69,001 pounds to 72,000 pounds

817.00

21. From 72,001 pounds to 73,280 pounds

857.00

22. From 73,281 pounds to 74,000 pounds

870.00

23. From 74,001 pounds to 75,000 pounds

883.00

24. From 75,001 pounds to 76,000 pounds

896.00

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25. From 76,001 pounds to 77,000 pounds

909.00

26. From 77,001 pounds to 78,000 pounds

922.00

27. From 78,001 pounds to 79,000 pounds

935.00

28. From 79,001 pounds to 80,000 pounds

948.00

29. From 80,001 pounds to 81,000 pounds

961.00

30. From 81,001 pounds to 82,000 pounds

974.00

31. From 82,001 pounds to 83,000 pounds

987.00

32. From 83,001 pounds to 84,000 pounds

1000.00

33. From 84,001 pounds to 85,000 pounds

1013.00

34. From 85,001 pounds to 86,000 pounds

1026.00

35. From 86,001 pounds to 87,000 pounds

1039.00

36. From 87,001 pounds to 88,000 pounds

1052.00

37. From 88,001 pounds to 89,000 pounds

1065.00

38. From 89,001 pounds to 90,000 pounds

1078.00

For the purposes of this section, the license fee of a wrecker

or tow vehicle shall be based on the gross weight of the wrecker or

tow vehicle alone without any inclusion of weight for a vehicle

towed by the wrecker or tow vehicle.

B. After the fifth year’s registration in this or any other

state, the license fee upon any truck registered on a basis of the

combined laden weight not in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000)

pounds shall be assessed at fifty percent (50%) of the fee computed

and assessed for each of the first five (5) years. On the seventh

and all subsequent years of registration in this or any other state,

on such truck, such license fees shall be assessed and computed at

fifty percent (50%) of the amount due on the sixth year’s

registration. In no event shall such annual license fee on any

truck be less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor shall the annual license

fee of any truck-tractor be less than Ninety-five Dollars ($95.00).

C. In addition to the fees required by subsection A of this

section, there shall be paid a registration fee of Forty Dollars

($40.00) upon the first registration in this state after July 1,

1985, and upon the transfer of ownership of any frac tank, as

defined by Section 54 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

construction machinery, as defined by Section 1102 of this title,

rental trailer, commercial trailer, or semitrailer designed to be

pulled and usually pulled by a truck or truck-tractor.

Thereafter, a fee of Four Dollars ($4.00) shall be paid annually

for each frac tank, construction machinery, rental trailer,

commercial trailer, or semitrailer. The fee of Four Dollars ($4.00)

shall be due and payable on January 1 of each year on any frac tank,

construction machinery, rental trailer, commercial trailer, or

semitrailer registered under this section.

Upon the payment of the registration fee of Forty Dollars

($40.00), a nonexpiring registration certificate and identification

plate shall be issued for each frac tank, construction machinery,

rental trailer, commercial trailer, or semitrailer. The nonexpiring

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identification plate shall remain displayed on the frac tank,

construction machinery, rental trailer, commercial trailer, or

semitrailer for which the identification plate is issued until such

frac tank, construction machinery, trailer, or semitrailer is sold

or removed from service.

A receipt shall be issued upon the payment of the annual fee.

The receipt shall show the total fee paid for one or more frac

tanks, construction machinery units, rental trailers, commercial

trailers, or semitrailers. The receipt shall be retained by the

owner of any frac tank, construction machinery, rental trailer,

commercial trailer, or semitrailer for a period of three (3) years

and shall be subject to audit by Service Oklahoma or the Corporation

Commission.

Any frac tank, construction machinery, commercial trailer, or

semitrailer licensed pursuant to this section shall not be permitted

to be operated on the highways of this state when such frac tank,

construction machinery, commercial trailer, or semitrailer is being

operated by a resident of this state, or is being operated by a

person operating a vehicle or vehicles domiciled in this state and

required by law to be licensed in Oklahoma, unless the pulling truck

or truck-tractor has been licensed pursuant to this section or is

twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds or less and operating under a

valid temporary license plate provided by Section 1137.1 or 1137.3

of this title. In no event shall any truck, truck-tractor, frac

tank, construction machinery, trailer, or semitrailer used in the

furtherance of any commercial enterprise be permitted to operate on

the highways of this state or register at a smaller license fee than

that prescribed in this section except as provided in this section.

D. For each fiscal year, notwithstanding the provisions of

Section 1104 of this title, the first Four Hundred Thousand Dollars

($400,000.00) of all monies collected pursuant to subsections A, B,

and C of this section shall be paid by Service Oklahoma to the State

Treasurer who shall deposit same each fiscal year, or such lesser

amount as may accrue each fiscal year, under the provisions of this

section to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the State

Treasury. All monies collected in excess of Four Hundred Thousand

Dollars ($400,000.00) each fiscal year shall be apportioned as

provided in Section 1104 of this title.

E. If any vehicle is used for a purpose other than that for

which it has been registered, the owner of the vehicle shall be

required to immediately reregister the vehicle at the appropriate

rate. If any vehicle is placed or operated upon any street, road,

or highway of this state with a laden weight in excess of that for

which it is licensed, the license fee for such increased laden

weight shall become due, and the owner of the vehicle shall be

required to immediately reregister the vehicle at the increased

rate. Provided, that in either event there shall be credited upon

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the increased license fee for such reregistration for any portion of

the year or period remaining after the change in use or increase in

laden weight shall have occurred a proportionate part of the license

fees previously paid. If this reregistration is made voluntarily by

the owner, the ratable proportion of the credit allowed shall be

determined as of the date the reregistration is voluntarily made.

If the reregistration is not voluntarily made but occurs as a result

of the discovery by any enforcement officer of an improper operation

of the vehicle, that shall be considered prima facie evidence that

it has been improperly registered for the entire portion of the year

covered by the improper registration. Provided further, that the

ratable credit shall be allowed only on the first reregistration of

any vehicle during any calendar year. If, during the calendar year,

subsequent changes of license plate are desired, the ratable credit

shall not be allowed but the owner of the vehicle shall be required

to pay the license fee due for that portion of the calendar year

remaining without benefit of any additional credits. No owner of a

motor vehicle shall possess at any time more than one license plate

for any vehicle owned by such person. No reregistration shall be

made until the current license plate previously issued has been

surrendered.

Any person who has paid a fee under the terms and provisions of

this subsection may at any time within one (1) year after the

payment of such fee file with Service Oklahoma or the Corporation

Commission a claim under oath for refund stating the grounds

therefor. However, Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission

shall allow refunds only where the amount of tax paid has been

erroneously computed or determined through clerical errors or

miscalculations. No refund shall be allowed by Service Oklahoma or

the Corporation Commission of a tax paid by the person where such

payment is made through a mistake as to the legal misinterpretation

or construction of the provisions of this section. Any refunds made

by Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission pursuant to this

subsection shall be made out of any monies collected pursuant to

this subsection and which have not been apportioned.

F. The annual license fee required by this section is intended

to cover only the motor vehicle for which it is issued. Service

Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission upon application, when a

licensed truck-tractor has been destroyed by fire or accident, shall

credit the unused portion of the annual license fee of the vehicle

toward the license fee of a replacement vehicle of equal registered

weight. The amount of credit shall not exceed the license fee due

on the replacement vehicle. Service Oklahoma or the Corporation

Commission shall not be required to make a refund. If the

replacement vehicle is to be registered at a greater weight, the

applicant shall pay an additional sum equivalent to the difference

between the unused portion of the annual license fee for the

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original motor vehicle and the license fee due for the replacement

motor vehicle.

G. The license fees provided for in this section shall be paid

each year whether or not the vehicle is operated on the public

highway.

H. Notwithstanding the provision of any other statute in

respect to the time for payment of license fees on motor vehicles,

if the total amount of the annual license fees due from any resident

owner, either individual, partnership, or Oklahoma corporation, upon

the registration, on or before January 15 of any year, of commercial

trucks, truck-tractors, frac tanks, construction machinery, trailers

or semitrailers exceeds the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),

the license fees may be paid in equal semiannual installments. The

first installment shall be paid at the time of the application for

registration of the vehicles and not later than January 15 of each

year, and the second installment shall be paid on or before the

first day of July of such year.

This subsection shall not operate to reduce the amount of the

license fees due. If any installment is not paid on or before the

date due, all unpaid installments of license fees for such year on

each vehicle shall be deemed delinquent and immediately due and

payable, and there shall be added a penalty of twenty-five cents

($0.25) per day to the balance of the license fee due on each

vehicle for each day the balance remains unpaid up to thirty (30)

days, after which the penalty due on each vehicle shall be Twentyfive Dollars ($25.00). The penalty for vehicles registered by

weight in excess of eight thousand (8,000) pounds shall be an amount

equal to the license fee. On and after the thirtieth day each such

vehicle involved shall be considered as improperly licensed and as

not currently registered, and all of the provisions of the Oklahoma

Vehicle License and Registration Act relating to enforcement,

including the provisions for the seizure and sale of vehicles not

registered and not displaying current license plates, shall apply to

the vehicles.

All fees and taxes levied by the Oklahoma Vehicle License and

Registration Act shall become and remain a first lien upon the

vehicle upon which the fees or taxes are due until paid. The lien

shall have priority to all other liens. No title to any vehicle may

be transferred until the unpaid balance on the vehicle has been paid

in full. Provided, that any unpaid balance of the license fees

shall remain and become a lien against any and all property of the

owner, both real and personal, for so long as any license tag fee

balance shall remain unpaid. Any unpaid balance under these

provisions shall be immediately due and payable by the owner if any

vehicle is sold, wrecked, or otherwise retired from service.

Any person electing to pay license fees on a semiannual

installment basis, as herein authorized, shall be required to

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purchase a new license tag for the last half and shall pay the sum

of Four Dollars ($4.00) for each tag to cover the costs of the

license tags. The license tags for each half shall be plainly

marked in designating the half for which they were issued. A

validation sticker may be used in lieu of a metal tag where

appropriate. Such license tag fee shall be, in addition to the

license fees or any other fees, collected on each application as

provided by statute and shall be apportioned according to the

provisions of Section 1104 of this title.

I. Any person pulling or towing any vehicle intended to be

resold, into or through this state, shall pay a fee of Three Dollars

($3.00) for the vehicle towing and Three Dollars ($3.00) for the one

being towed. It shall be unlawful to operate any series of such

units on the public highways of this state at a distance closer than

five hundred (500) feet from each other. All fees and taxes levied

by the terms and provisions of this section shall become and remain

a first lien upon the vehicle upon which the fees or taxes are due

until paid. The lien shall be prior, superior, and paramount to all

other liens of whatsoever kind or character.

J. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, the

following penalty shall be imposed by enforcement officers upon any

owner or operator of a commercial vehicle registered under the

provisions of this section when the laden weight or combined laden

weight of such vehicle is found to be in excess of that for which

registered. The penalty shall be imposed each and every time a

vehicle is found to be in violation of the registered laden weight

or combined laden weight.

The penalty shall be not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) when

such vehicle exceeds the laden weight or combined laden weight by

two thousand one (2,001) pounds; thereafter, an additional penalty

of not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) shall be imposed for each

additional one thousand (1,000) pounds or fraction thereof of weight

in excess of the registered laden weight or combined laden weight.

Such penalty shall not exceed the amount established by the

Corporation Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of

Section 1167 of this title. Revenue from such penalties shall be

apportioned as provided in Section 1167 of this title.

K. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rules for the mass renewal

of commercial vehicle registration for businesses that possess at

least ten vehicles registered as commercial vehicles under the

provisions of this section, provided that such mass renewal shall

not be mandatory for such businesses. For such mass renewal, the

annual license fees described in subsections A and B of this section

shall be due and payable on January 1 of each year on such

commercial vehicles.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 179, § 36, operative July 1, 1985. Amended

by Laws 1987, c. 6, § 11, emerg. eff. March 16, 1987; Laws 1988, c.

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179, § 4, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 179, § 3, eff. July

1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 259, § 46, operative Sept. 1, 1993; Laws

1997, c. 294, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 5, § 15, emerg.

eff. March 4, 1998; Laws 2004, c. 555, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws

2005, c. 1, § 75, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005; Laws 2008, c. 168, §

6, emerg. eff. May 12, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 295, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2012; Laws 2013, c. 52, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 296, §

2, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2024, c. 167, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024;

Laws 2025, c. 171, § 46, eff. July 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1997, c. 13, § 2 repealed by Laws 1998, c. 5, § 29,

emerg. eff. March 4, 1998. Laws 2004, c. 522, § 19 repealed by Laws

2005, c. 1, § 76, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005.