Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-1109

Construction - Penalty for violation.

A. All information contained in certificates of title,

applications therefor, vehicle registration records, records related

to boats and motors, and computer data files is hereby declared to

be confidential information and shall not be copied by anyone or

disclosed to anyone other than employees of Service Oklahoma or the

Corporation Commission in the regular course of their employment,

except as provided in subsection B of this section. As used in this

section, “personal information” means information that identifies an

individual including name, address (excluding the five-digit ZIP

code) and telephone number, but does not include information on

vehicular accidents, driving violations and driver’s status.

B. Personal information referred to in subsection A of this

section shall be disclosed for use in connection with matters of

motor vehicle or driver safety and theft, motor vehicle emissions,

motor vehicle product alterations, recalls or advisories, and

removal of non-owner records from the original owner records of

motor vehicle manufacturers to carry out the purpose of Titles I and

IV of the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, the Automobile Information

Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C., Section 1231 et seq.), the Clean Air Act

(42 U.S.C., Section 7401 et seq.) and Chapters 301, 305 and 321-331

of Title 49 of the United States Code and may be disclosed as

follows:

1. For use by any governmental agency, including but not

limited to any court or law enforcement agency, in carrying out its

functions, or any private person or entity acting on behalf of a

federal, state or local governmental agency in carrying out its

functions. Information relating to motor vehicle insurance,

including the insurer and insurance policy numbers, may be released

to law enforcement officers investigating an accident pursuant to

the provisions of Section 10-104 of this title;

2. For use by any motor vehicle manufacturer or an authorized

representative thereof in connection with matters of motor vehicle

or driver safety and theft, motor vehicle emissions, motor vehicle

product alterations, recalls or advisories, performance monitoring

of motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts and dealers, motor vehicle

market research activities, including survey research, and removal

of non-owner records from the original owner records of motor

vehicle manufacturers. The confidentiality of the information shall

be protected, as set out above, and used only for the purpose

stated; provided, further, that Service Oklahoma or the Corporation

Commission shall be authorized to review the use of and the measures

employed to safeguard the information; and provided, further, that

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the manufacturer or representative shall bear the cost incurred by

Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission in the production of

the information requested. If the confidentiality provisions, as

set out above, are violated, the provisions of subsection D of

Section 205 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall apply and the

privilege of obtaining information shall be terminated. Any

manufacturer or representative violating the provisions of this

paragraph, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not to

exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);

3. For use by any person compiling and publishing motor vehicle

statistics, provided that such statistics do not disclose the names

and addresses of individuals. Such information shall be provided

upon payment of a reasonable fee as determined by Service Oklahoma

or the Corporation Commission;

4. For use by a wrecker or towing service licensed pursuant to

the provisions of Section 951 et seq. of this title for use in

providing notice to the owners and secured parties of towed or

impounded vehicles, upon payment of a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per
als. Such information shall be provided

upon payment of a reasonable fee as determined by Service Oklahoma

or the Corporation Commission;

4. For use by a wrecker or towing service licensed pursuant to

the provisions of Section 951 et seq. of this title for use in

providing notice to the owners and secured parties of towed or

impounded vehicles, upon payment of a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per

vehicle record page to Service Oklahoma, the Corporation Commission

or any licensed operator;

5. For use by a legitimate business or its agents, employees,

or contractors for use in the normal course of business, upon

payment of a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per vehicle record page to

Service Oklahoma, the Corporation Commission or any licensed

operator, but only:

a. to verify the accuracy of personal information

submitted by the individual to whom the information

pertains to the business or its agents, employees, or

contractors, or

b. to obtain the correct information, if such information

submitted by the individual to whom the information

pertains to the business is not correct, or is no

longer correct, but only for the purposes of

preventing fraud by, pursuing legal remedies against,

or recovering on a debt or security interest against

the individual;

6. For use in connection with any civil, criminal,

administrative or arbitral proceeding in any federal, state or local

court or agency or before any self-regulatory body, including the

service of process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and

the execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to

an order of a federal, state or local court, upon payment of a fee

of One Dollar ($1.00) per vehicle record page to Service Oklahoma,

the Corporation Commission or any licensed operator;

7. For use by any insurer or insurance support organization, or

by a self-insured entity, or its agents, employees, or contractors,

in connection with claims investigation activities, anti-fraud

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activities, rating or underwriting, upon payment of a fee of One

Dollar ($1.00) per vehicle record page to Service Oklahoma, the

Corporation Commission or any licensed operator;

8. For use by any licensed private investigative agency or

licensed security service for any purpose permitted under this

subsection, upon payment of a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per vehicle

record page to Service Oklahoma, the Corporation Commission or any

licensed operator;

9. For use by a requester, upon payment of a fee of One Dollar

($1.00) per vehicle record page to Service Oklahoma, the Corporation

Commission or any licensed operator, if the requester demonstrates

that it has obtained the written consent of the individual to whom

the information pertains;

10. For use in connection with the operation of private toll

transportation facilities; or

11. For furnishing the name and address of all commercial

entities who have current registrations of any particular model of

vehicle; provided, this exception shall not allow the release of

personal information pursuant to the provisions of the Driver’s

Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C., Sections 2721 through 2725.

Service Oklahoma shall collect a reasonable fee to recover the

costs of providing the data. As used in this section, the term

“vehicle record page” means a computer-generated printout of the

motor vehicle inquiry screen. Information provided on the motor

vehicle inquiry screen printout shall include the current vehicle

owner name and address, vehicle make, model and year, identifying

numbers for the vehicle license plate, certificate of title and

vehicle identification number, relevant dates relating to the

vehicle registration and certificate of title, lienholder

information and lien status.

C. In addition to the information provided on the vehicle

record page, Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission may,
ame and address, vehicle make, model and year, identifying

numbers for the vehicle license plate, certificate of title and

vehicle identification number, relevant dates relating to the

vehicle registration and certificate of title, lienholder

information and lien status.

C. In addition to the information provided on the vehicle

record page, Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission may,

upon written request, release to any requester authorized by the

provisions of this section to obtain individual motor vehicle

information, corresponding copies of vehicle certificates of title,

applications therefor, vehicle registration records and computer

data files.

There shall be an informational search and retrieval fee of Five

Dollars ($5.00) per vehicle computer record search. If Service

Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission performs a manual search, the

fee shall be Seven Dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per vehicle.

Service Oklahoma is authorized to promulgate rules whereby licensed

operators, when requesting such documentation in the performance of

their duties, are exempt from this retrieval fee. Certified copies

of vehicle certificates of title and applications therefor shall be

included within the informational search and retrieval by Service

Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission for a fee of Ten Dollars

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($10.00). Such duly certified copies may be received in evidence

with the same effect as the original when the original is not in the

possession or under the control of the party desiring to use the

same.

D. Requesters authorized by this section to receive information

shall submit to Service Oklahoma, the Corporation Commission or any

licensed operator an affidavit supported by such documentation as

Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission may require, on a

form prescribed by Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission

certifying that the information is requested for a lawful and

legitimate purpose and will not be further disseminated.

E. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Service Oklahoma or the

Corporation Commission may allow the release of information from its

motor vehicle records upon magnetic tape consisting only of the

following information:

1. The date of the certificate of title;

2. The certificate of title number;

3. The type of title issued for the vehicle;

4. The odometer reading from the certificate of title;

5. The year in which the vehicle was manufactured;

6. The vehicle identification number for the vehicle;

7. The make of the vehicle; and

8. The location in which the vehicle is registered.

Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission shall allow the

release of such information upon payment of a reasonable fee to be

determined by Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission. The

information released as authorized by this subsection may only be

used for purposes of detecting odometer rollback or odometer

tampering, for determining the issuance in this state or any other

state of salvage or rebuilt titles for vehicles or for determining

whether a vehicle has been reported stolen in this state or any

other state.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or of Section

205 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Service Oklahoma or the

Corporation Commission may inform a secured party that taxes and

fees are delinquent with respect to a vehicle upon which the secured

party has a perfected lien.

G. Fees received by a licensed operator pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall not be included in the maximum sum

that may be retained by licensed operators as compensation pursuant

to the provisions of Section 1143 of this title.

H. All funds collected by the Tax Commission pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tax

Commission Revolving Fund. Beginning January 1, 2023, all funds
or pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall not be included in the maximum sum

that may be retained by licensed operators as compensation pursuant

to the provisions of Section 1143 of this title.

H. All funds collected by the Tax Commission pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tax

Commission Revolving Fund. Beginning January 1, 2023, all funds

collected by Service Oklahoma pursuant to the provisions of this

section shall be deposited in the Service Oklahoma Revolving Fund.

All funds collected by the Corporation Commission pursuant to the

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provisions of this section shall be apportioned as provided in

subsection C of Section 1161 of this title.

I. It is further provided that the provisions of this section

shall be strictly interpreted and shall not be construed as

permitting the disclosure of any other information contained in the

files and records of Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission.

J. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the

following acts:

1. To knowingly obtain or disclose personal information from a

motor vehicle record for any use not expressly permitted by this

section; or

2. To make false representation to obtain any personal

information from an individual’s motor vehicle record.

Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute

a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by the imposition of a fine

not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment

in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or by both

such fine and imprisonment. Where applicable, a person convicted of

a violation of the provisions of this section shall be removed or

dismissed from office or state employment. No liability whatsoever,

civil or criminal, shall attach to any member or employee of Service

Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission for any error or omission in

the disclosure of such information.