Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-564v2

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,

corporation, or trust to engage in business as, or serve in the

capacity of, or act as a new motor vehicle dealer, powersports

vehicle dealer, or new motor vehicle manufacturer, or distributor ,

factory branch, distributor branch , factory representative, or

distributor representative, as defined in Section 562 of this title,

in this state without first obtaining a license therefor as provided

for by law. Any person, firm, association, corporation, or trust

engaging in more than one of such capacities or having more than one

place where such business is carried on or conducted in this state

shall be required to obtain and hold a current license for each

thereof. Provided that, a new motor vehicle dealer’s or powersports

vehicle dealer’s license shall authorize one person to sell without

the necessity of registering as a salesperson, so long as such

person is an owner of the dealership, or the person designated as

principal in the dealer’s franchise or the managing officer or one

partner if no principal person is named in the franchise. It is

further provided that a factory or an entity affiliated by any

ownership or control by the factory shall not be permitted to be

licensed as a new motor vehicle dealer in this state, except as

provided by subparagraph b of paragraph 12 of Section 565 of this

title.

B. Applications for licenses required to be obtained under the

provisions of Section 561 et seq. of this title shall be verified by

the oath or affirmation of the applicant and shall be on forms

prescribed by the Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle Commission and

furnished to the applicants, and shall contain information as the

Commission deems necessary to enable it to fully determine the

qualifications and eligibility of the several applicants to receive

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the license or licenses applied for. The Commission shall require

in such application, or otherwise, information relating to the

applicant’s current financial standing, the applicant’s business

integrity, the applicant’s criminal convictions or criminal or civil

court proceedings history, whether the applicant has an established

place of business and is primarily engaged in the pursuit,

avocation, or business for which a license, or licenses, are applied

for, and whether the applicant is able to properly conduct the

business for which a license, or licenses, are applied for, and such

other pertinent information consistent with the safeguarding of the

public interest and the public welfare. All applications for

license or licenses shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee or

fees therefor in accordance with the schedule thereof hereinafter

set out. In the event any application is denied and the license

applied for is not issued, the entire license fee shall be returned

to the applicant. All licenses issued under the provisions of

Section 561 et seq. of this title shall expire on June 30, following

the date of issue and shall be nontransferable. All applications

for renewal of a license for a new motor vehicle dealer, powersports

vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, factory branch,

distributor branch, or manufacturer’s or distributor’s

representative shall be submitted by June 1 of each year, and such

license or licenses will be issued by July 1. If applications have

not been made for renewal of licenses at the times described in this

subsection, it shall be illegal for any person to represent himself

or herself and act as a dealer, manufacturer, distributor, or

manufacturer’s or distributor’s representative. Service Oklahoma

and licensed operators will be notified not to accept manufacturers’

statements or certificates of origin for unlicensed dealers until

such time as their licenses have been issued by the Commission.

C. The schedule of license fees to be charged and received by
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or herself and act as a dealer, manufacturer, distributor, or

manufacturer’s or distributor’s representative. Service Oklahoma

and licensed operators will be notified not to accept manufacturers’

statements or certificates of origin for unlicensed dealers until

such time as their licenses have been issued by the Commission.

C. The schedule of license fees to be charged and received by

the Commission for the licenses issued hereunder shall be as

follows:

1. For each manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or

distributor branch of new motor vehicles or powersports vehicles,

Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) initial fee with annual renewal fee

of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00);

2. For each factory representative or distributor

representative, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) annually;

3. For each new motor vehicle dealer, initial fee of Three

Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per franchise sold at each location

licensed, with an annual renewal fee of One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) per franchise sold at each location licensed per year; and

4. For each powersports vehicle dealer, initial fee of Three

Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per manufacturer represented by the dealer

at each location licensed, with an annual renewal fee of One Hundred

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Dollars ($100.00) per manufacturer represented by the dealer at each

location licensed per year.

D. The licenses issued to each new motor vehicle dealer, new

powersports vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, factory

branch, or distributor branch shall specify the location thereof.

In case such location is changed, the Commission may endorse the

change of location on the license without charge unless the change

of address triggers a relocation of a new motor vehicle dealer or

new powersports vehicle dealer pursuant to the provisions of Section

578.1 of this title. The licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous

place in the licensee’s place or places of business.

Every representative of a factory or distributor shall

physically possess the license when engaged in business and shall

display such upon request. The name of the employer shall be stated

on the representative’s license.

E. The new powersports vehicle dealer license shall only allow

the sale of the specific types of powersports vehicles authorized by

the manufacturer and agreed to by the powersports dealer.