Oklahoma § 63-4009.1 - Serial numbers for outboard motors – Rules - Penalties

§ 63-4009.1. Serial numbers for outboard motors – Rules - Penalties

A. 1. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rules specifying the

location and manner in which serial numbers for outboard motors

shall be affixed. In promulgating such rules, Service Oklahoma

shall consider the existence of voluntary industry standards, the

current state of technology and the overall process of reducing

vessel and motor thefts in this state.

2. Any outboard motor manufactured on or after October 1, 1985,

which is for sale in this state shall comply with the rules

promulgated pursuant to this section.

3. Any person, firm or corporation which sells or offers to

sell any outboard motor or outboard motor part manufactured on or

after October 1, 1985, which does not comply with this subsection

shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a

fine of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), imprisonment in the

county jail for a period of up to one (1) year, or both such fine

and imprisonment.

B. 1. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly possess any

outboard motor or outboard motor part upon which the serial number

required by subsection A of this section has been removed, erased,

defaced or otherwise altered to prevent identification.

2. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly possess,

manufacture, sell or exchange, offer to sell or exchange, aid in

sale or exchange, supply in blank, authorize or direct, give away,

or to conspire to or attempt to commit any of the previously

mentioned acts, any counterfeit manufacturer's outboard motor or

outboard motor part serial number plate or decal, used for the

purpose of identification of any outboard motor or outboard motor

part, or to conspire or attempt to commit any of these acts.

3. Any person violating any provision of this subsection shall

be, upon conviction, guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall

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be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through

F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. If any serial number required by this section to identify

ownership of an outboard motor or outboard motor part does not exist

or has been removed, erased, defaced or otherwise altered to prevent

identification, and the true identity cannot be determined, the

outboard motor or outboard motor part may be seized by any peace

officer in this state and shall be subject to forfeiture pursuant to

the procedures established for the law enforcement agency by which

the seizing officer is employed. Such outboard motor or outboard

motor part may not be sold or used to propel a vessel on the waters

of this state unless and until Service Oklahoma issues to the

outboard motor or outboard motor part a replacement identifying

number which shall be affixed to the motor or part and shall

thereafter be used for identification purposes of the motor or part.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 332, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1999. Amended by Laws

2022, c. 282, § 206, emerg. eff. May 19, 2022; Laws 2025, c. 486, §

738, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.