Oklahoma § 47-1135.4 - Personalized license plates

§ 47-1135.4. Personalized license plates

A. Service Oklahoma is hereby authorized to design and issue

personalized license plates. The personalized license plates shall

be issued on a staggered system except for vintage decals.

Personalized special license plates shall not be transferred to

any other person but shall be removed from the vehicle upon transfer

of ownership and retained. The personalized special license plate

may then be used on another vehicle but only after such other

vehicle has been registered for the current year.

Personalized special license plates shall be renewed each year

by Service Oklahoma or a licensed operator, unless authorized by

Service Oklahoma to be renewed for a period greater than one (1)

year. Service Oklahoma shall notify by mail all persons issued

special license plates. Service Oklahoma shall send the

notifications to the electronic mail address provided by the person.

If a person does not provide an electronic mail address, Service

Oklahoma shall notify the person by mail. The notice shall contain

all necessary information and shall contain instructions for the

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renewal procedure upon presentation to a licensed operator or

Service Oklahoma. Until December 31, 2022, licensed operator fees

for renewals shall be paid out of the Oklahoma Tax Commission

Reimbursement Fund. Beginning January 1, 2023, the licensed

operator fees for acceptance of applications and renewals shall be

paid out of the Service Oklahoma Reimbursement Fund.

On and after January 1, 2022, if a personalized license plate is

issued pursuant to this section, any registration fee required for

such plate pursuant to this section and the fee required pursuant to

Section 1132 of this title shall be remitted at the same time and

subject to a single registration period. Service Oklahoma shall

determine, by rule, a method for making required fee and

registration period adjustments if a special license plate is

obtained during a twelve-month period for which a registration fee

has already been remitted pursuant to Section 1132 of this title.

The combination of fees in a single remittance shall not alter the

apportionment otherwise provided for in this section.

B. Such plates shall be designed and issued for the following:

1. Any person in any combination of numbers or letters from one

to a maximum of seven;

2. Persons eligible for two or more of the military decoration

special license plates provided for in this title. Such plates may

be issued in any combination of emblems. However, such plates shall

only display up to three emblems and shall also display any

combination of letters or numbers from one to a maximum of three;

3. Motorcycles in any combination of numbers or letters from

one to a maximum of six;

4. Persons eligible for Korean War Veteran license plates

provided for in this title. Such plates may display any combination

of letters or numbers up to three on each side of the insignia or

emblem;

5. Persons eligible for World War II Veteran license plates

provided for in this title. Such plates may display any combination

of letters or numbers up to three on each side of the insignia or

emblem; and

6. Persons owning vehicles which are twenty-one (21) years and

older are qualified to submit for approval by Service Oklahoma or a

licensed operator a vintage but expired official Oklahoma license

plate which is twenty-one (21) years and older. Upon approval of

such personalized plate, the owner shall be issued the annual

registration decal which Service Oklahoma or the licensed operator

shall direct to be affixed.

C. The fee for such plates shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per

year of renewal and shall be in addition to all other registration

fees provided by the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act.

Eight Dollars ($8.00) per year of renewal of the personalized tag

fee shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tax Commission Reimbursement

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Fund to be used for the administration of the Oklahoma Vehicle

License and Registration Act. Twelve Dollars ($12.00) per year of

renewal of the personalized tag fee shall be apportioned as provided

in Section 1104 of this title. Beginning January 1, 2023, Eight

Dollars ($8.00) per year of renewal of the personalized tag fee

shall be deposited by Service Oklahoma in the Service Oklahoma

Reimbursement Fund to be used for the administration of the Oklahoma

Vehicle License and Registration Act. Twelve Dollars ($12.00) per

year of renewal of the personalized tag fee shall be apportioned by

Service Oklahoma as provided in Section 1104 of this title.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 504, § 13, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by

Laws 2018, c. 69, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2021, c. 276, § 6,

eff. Jan. 1, 2022; Laws 2022, c. 282, § 163, emerg. eff. May 19,

2022; Laws 2024, c. 452, § 89, emerg. eff. June 14, 2024; Laws 2025,

c. 171, § 51, eff. July 1, 2026.