Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-4-105
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Stolen, converted, recovered and unclaimed vehicles
Official statutory text
A. It shall be the duty of every sheriff, chief of police or
peace officer to make immediate report to the Department of Public
Safety of all vehicles reported to their respective jurisdictions as
being stolen or recovered. Such report shall be made as prescribed
by the Department.
B. An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle,
or its conversion if a crime, to the Department, but the Department
may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been
issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A
person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle
shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery
to the Department.
C. An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing,
parking or storing vehicles for the public, in which a vehicle
remains unclaimed for a period of thirty (30) days, shall, within
five (5) days after the expiration of that period, report the
vehicle as unclaimed to the Department. Such report shall be on a
form prescribed by the Department.
A vehicle left by its owner whose name and address are known to
the operator or employee of the operator is not considered
unclaimed. A person who fails to report a vehicle as unclaimed in
accordance with this subsection forfeits all claims and liens for
its garaging, parking or storing and is guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine or not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
for each day the failure to report continues.
D. The Department shall maintain and appropriately index
cumulative public records of stolen, converted, recovered and
unclaimed vehicles reported to it pursuant to this section. The
Department may make and distribute weekly lists of such vehicles so
reported to it to peace officers upon request without fee and to
others for the fee, if any, the Department prescribes.
E. Any peace officer who has reason to believe or upon
receiving information that a motor vehicle has been stolen shall
have and is hereby vested with authority to confiscate and hold such
vehicle until satisfactory proof of ownership is established.
Provided, any vehicle that is towed by a licensed wrecker operator
pursuant to the provisions of Section 954A of this title shall be
returned to the licensed wrecker operator prior to any other claim
or assertion of ownership.
peace officer to make immediate report to the Department of Public
Safety of all vehicles reported to their respective jurisdictions as
being stolen or recovered. Such report shall be made as prescribed
by the Department.
B. An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle,
or its conversion if a crime, to the Department, but the Department
may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been
issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A
person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle
shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery
to the Department.
C. An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing,
parking or storing vehicles for the public, in which a vehicle
remains unclaimed for a period of thirty (30) days, shall, within
five (5) days after the expiration of that period, report the
vehicle as unclaimed to the Department. Such report shall be on a
form prescribed by the Department.
A vehicle left by its owner whose name and address are known to
the operator or employee of the operator is not considered
unclaimed. A person who fails to report a vehicle as unclaimed in
accordance with this subsection forfeits all claims and liens for
its garaging, parking or storing and is guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine or not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
for each day the failure to report continues.
D. The Department shall maintain and appropriately index
cumulative public records of stolen, converted, recovered and
unclaimed vehicles reported to it pursuant to this section. The
Department may make and distribute weekly lists of such vehicles so
reported to it to peace officers upon request without fee and to
others for the fee, if any, the Department prescribes.
E. Any peace officer who has reason to believe or upon
receiving information that a motor vehicle has been stolen shall
have and is hereby vested with authority to confiscate and hold such
vehicle until satisfactory proof of ownership is established.
Provided, any vehicle that is towed by a licensed wrecker operator
pursuant to the provisions of Section 954A of this title shall be
returned to the licensed wrecker operator prior to any other claim
or assertion of ownership.
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