Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-4-107a

Exceptions - Penalties - Civil remedies - Definitions.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to:

1. Knowingly and intentionally destroy, remove, cover, alter or

deface, or cause to be destroyed, covered, removed, altered or

defaced the trim tag plate of a motor vehicle manufactured from 1953

to 1977;

2. Knowingly affix a counterfeit trim tag plate to a motor

vehicle;

3. Manufacture, offer for sale, sell, introduce, import or

deliver for sale or use in this state a counterfeit trim tag plate;

or

4. Offer for sale, sell, introduce, import or deliver for sale

or use in this state a trim tag plate that was affixed to a motor

vehicle at the time of manufacture but has since been removed or

become dislodged.

B. Paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section shall not apply

to:

1. Any person who engages in repair of a motor vehicle,

provided that removal of the vehicle's trim tag plate is reasonably

necessary for repair of a part of the vehicle to which the trim tag

plate is affixed, and provided that such trim tag plate is not

intentionally destroyed, altered or defaced; or

2. Removal of a trim tag from a motor vehicle which is being

junked or otherwise destroyed, if the removal is being done for

historical documentation purposes by a person actively involved in

judging events or for historical documentation of classic motor

vehicles and reasonable precaution is taken to ensure that the tag

is not sold or affixed to another motor vehicle.

C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this act

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of violating

the provisions of this act a second or subsequent time shall be

guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished as

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

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. In addition to any other civil remedy available, a person

defrauded as a result of a violation of this act may bring a civil

action against any person who knowingly violated this act regardless

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of whether that person has been convicted of a violation of this

act. A person defrauded as a result of a violation of this act may

recover treble their actual compensatory damages. In any action

brought pursuant to this subsection, the court may award reasonable

costs, including costs of expert witnesses, and attorney fees to the

prevailing party.

E. As used in this section:

1. "Trim tag plate" means a plate or tag affixed to a motor

vehicle by the manufacturer which displays numbers, symbols, or

codes that identify characteristics of the vehicle including, but

not limited to, date of manufacture, body style, paint color, engine

option, transmission option, trim option, general option, interior

option, and interior color;

2. "Counterfeit trim tag plate" means:

a. any trim tag plate manufactured by a person or entity

other than the original manufacturer of a motor

vehicle upon which the trim tag plate is designed to

be affixed, unless the trim tag has been permanently

stamped, in the same manner as other information on

the trim tag, with the words “REPLACEMENT TAG” in

letters measuring at least one-eighth (1/8) of an inch

in height, or

b. any trim tag plate which has been altered from its

original manufactured condition so as to change any of

its numbers, symbols, or codes; and

3. "Motor vehicle" means the same as defined in Section 1-134

of this title.