Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-15-115

A. A city, town or municipality may, by adoption of a local law

or ordinance, establish a civilian volunteer disabled parking

violation unit to assist in the enforcement of disabled parking laws

or ordinances. Persons appointed to such units shall be volunteers,

shall serve without compensation, and shall be authorized to provide

evidence of violations of disabled parking laws or ordinances to the

appropriate law enforcement authority. Such evidence may include

photographing a violation, provided that such photograph is taken in

compliance with the requirements of this section. The civilian

volunteer disabled parking violation unit shall have the authority

to report violations of disabled parking ordinances or rules on both

public and private property where the public is invited as provided

for in Section 15-116 of this title.

B. A local law or ordinance enacted in accordance with the

provisions of this section shall:

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1. Establish a training program of no less than two (2) hours

in length and require each volunteer to participate in and complete

such training program;

2. Provide for the assignment of an identification number to

each volunteer, and provide official identification and equipment to

assist volunteer personnel in the conduct of their duties;

3. Establish uniform procedures for volunteers to follow in

determining whether a violation has occurred;

4. Establish procedures for the uniform reporting of

violations, which shall include the identification number of the

volunteer making the report;

5. If such local law or ordinance provides for the taking of

photographs of violations:

a. grant only the local law enforcement agency the

authority to process or to contract for the processing

of all film or digital files submitted by volunteers,

b. require any photographs evidencing a violation to be

available for inspection in any proceeding to

adjudicate the liability for such violation,

c. provide that a certificate, sworn to or affirmed by a

technician employed by the municipality in which the

charged violation occurred, or a facsimile thereof,

based upon inspection of photographs produced from

film or digital files submitted by volunteers, shall

be prima facie evidence of the facts contained

therein, and

d. prohibit the use of such a photograph for any purpose

other than as evidence of a disabled parking

violation; and

6. Provide the following with respect to notices of violation:

a. a notice of violation shall be sent by first class

mail to each person alleged to be liable as an owner

for a violation of a disabled parking law or

ordinance. A manual or automatic record of mailing

prepared in the ordinary course of business shall be

prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein,

b. a notice of violation shall reference the law which

was allegedly violated, and shall contain the name and

address of the person alleged to be liable as an owner

for a violation of a disabled parking law or

ordinance, the license tag number of the vehicle

involved in such violation, the location where such

violation took place, the date and time of such

violation, and the identification number of the

volunteer who recorded the violation,

c. a notice of violation shall contain information

advising the person charged of the manner and the time

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in which he or she may contest the violation alleged

in the notice, and shall also contain a warning to

advise the persons charged that failure to contest in

the manner and time provided shall be deemed an

admission of liability and that a default judgment may

be entered thereon.

C. Upon a conviction of a local law or ordinance which complies

with the provisions of subsection B of this section, notwithstanding

any other law, the local law enforcement entity shall have the
contain a warning to

advise the persons charged that failure to contest in

the manner and time provided shall be deemed an

admission of liability and that a default judgment may

be entered thereon.

C. Upon a conviction of a local law or ordinance which complies

with the provisions of subsection B of this section, notwithstanding

any other law, the local law enforcement entity shall have the

authority to dedicate not less than twelve and one-half percent (12

1/2%) of any fine that resulted from citations or for violations of

the disabled parking regulations in accordance with subsection B of

Section 15-113 and subsection B of Section 11-1007 of this title, to

be deposited in a special dedicated fund to be used by the local

municipality for the sole purpose of establishing, maintaining and

perpetuating a citizen volunteer disabled parking violation unit.