Oklahoma § 68-1625 - License fees

§ 68-1625. License fees

The following license fees shall be due and payable on or before

March 1 of each year to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Any

licensed manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler permitted to sell

fireworks at wholesale or retail, pursuant to Section 1623 of this

title, may apply for a license.

1. A license fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) annually

shall be charged for the license to do business within this state as

a manufacturer. Provided, no manufacturer's license shall be issued

without:

a.

proof of inspection by the State Fire Marshal pursuant

to Section 1633 of this title, and

b.

proof of workers' compensation coverage pursuant to

the provisions of Title 85 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation

2. A license fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) annually

shall be charged for the license to do business within this state as

a distributor.

3. A license fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) annually

shall be charged for the license to do business within this state as

a wholesaler.

4. Any person operating a retail location where fireworks are

sold directly to the consumer shall be required to purchase a retail

fireworks license. The retail license fee shall be Ten Dollars

($10.00) annually and may be purchased from any licensed wholesaler,

manufacturer or distributor. These serially numbered licenses shall

be made available at any time to the licensed wholesalers,

manufacturers or distributors in books of twenty licenses to a book.

Retail licenses which are unsold may be exchanged for new licenses.

Any person purchasing a retail fireworks license pursuant to this

paragraph shall, at the time of purchasing such license, sign an

affidavit attesting to the fact that the name, mailing address and

telephone number of the purchaser as it appears on such license is

correct and that the purchaser operates a retail location where

fireworks are sold directly to the consumer. Said affidavit shall

be an integral but easily detachable part of the application form

for a retail fireworks license. Any person who signs said affidavit

as required by this paragraph when such person knows that it is not

true, upon conviction, shall be guilty of the felony of perjury, a

Class D3 felony offense, and shall be punished by imprisonment as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Any person engaged in more than one of the licensed activities

provided in this section shall only pay one fee to be based on the

classification requiring the higher fee.

Added by Laws 1969, c. 337, § 5, operative June 1, 1969. Amended by

Laws 1981, c. 268, § 5, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981; Laws 1985, c.

308, § 1, emerg. eff. July 24, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 239, § 1,

operative Aug. 1, 1986; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 563, eff. July 1, 1999;

Laws 2010, c. 408, § 4, emerg. eff. June 8, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 238,

§ 10, eff. May 1, 2012; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 746, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 563 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.