Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-116.14
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Vehicles not registered or improperly registered
Official statutory text
In the event any vehicle is found with no registration, not
properly registered for the load carried, or improperly registered
in any manner under the provisions of Section 116.2a et seq. of this
title or any provisions of the motor vehicle license and
registration laws of this state, Corporation Commission enforcement
officers shall be authorized to seize and take such vehicle into
custody until such time as such vehicle is properly registered and
the license fee thereon is paid in full together with any penalty
provided by law plus the cost of seizure, including the reasonable
cost of taking such vehicle into custody and storing it. Any load
on such vehicle shall be disposed of by the owner or operator of
such vehicle. In the event such license fee and penalty together
with the cost of seizure and storage is not paid, the enforcement
officer shall proceed to sell such vehicle by posting not less than
five notices of sale in five different public places in the county
where such property is located, one of such notices to be posted at
the place where the vehicle is stored; provided, a copy of such
notice shall also be sent by registered mail, return receipt
requested, to the last-known address of the registered owner of such
vehicle in question. Such vehicle shall be sold at such sale
subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. In the event the sale price is equal to, or greater than,
the total cost of sale, seizure and the fee and penalty, the
purchaser shall be issued a certificate of purchase, license plate
and registration certificate;
2. In the event the sale price is less than the total costs of
sale, seizure, and the fee and penalty, such vehicle shall be sold
as junk to the highest bidder, whereupon the bidder shall receive a
certificate of purchase; and if such vehicle be dismantled, the
record to such junked vehicle shall be canceled. If not dismantled,
the same shall forthwith be registered anew; and
3. Any residual amount remaining unclaimed by the delinquent
owner shall be administered in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed
Property Act (1981).
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 720
properly registered for the load carried, or improperly registered
in any manner under the provisions of Section 116.2a et seq. of this
title or any provisions of the motor vehicle license and
registration laws of this state, Corporation Commission enforcement
officers shall be authorized to seize and take such vehicle into
custody until such time as such vehicle is properly registered and
the license fee thereon is paid in full together with any penalty
provided by law plus the cost of seizure, including the reasonable
cost of taking such vehicle into custody and storing it. Any load
on such vehicle shall be disposed of by the owner or operator of
such vehicle. In the event such license fee and penalty together
with the cost of seizure and storage is not paid, the enforcement
officer shall proceed to sell such vehicle by posting not less than
five notices of sale in five different public places in the county
where such property is located, one of such notices to be posted at
the place where the vehicle is stored; provided, a copy of such
notice shall also be sent by registered mail, return receipt
requested, to the last-known address of the registered owner of such
vehicle in question. Such vehicle shall be sold at such sale
subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. In the event the sale price is equal to, or greater than,
the total cost of sale, seizure and the fee and penalty, the
purchaser shall be issued a certificate of purchase, license plate
and registration certificate;
2. In the event the sale price is less than the total costs of
sale, seizure, and the fee and penalty, such vehicle shall be sold
as junk to the highest bidder, whereupon the bidder shall receive a
certificate of purchase; and if such vehicle be dismantled, the
record to such junked vehicle shall be canceled. If not dismantled,
the same shall forthwith be registered anew; and
3. Any residual amount remaining unclaimed by the delinquent
owner shall be administered in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed
Property Act (1981).
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 720
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