Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-596.14

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Denial of application for license

Official statutory text

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The Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle Commission may deny an

application for a license, revoke or suspend a license, impose a

fine against a manufacturer or distributor in an amount not to

exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per occurrence, or impose a

fine against a dealer in an amount not to exceed One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00) per occurrence if any provision of the

Recreational Vehicle Franchise Act is violated or for any of the

following reasons:

1. On satisfactory proof of unfitness of the applicant in any

application for any license under the provisions of the Recreational

Vehicle Franchise Act;

2. For any material misstatement made by an applicant in any

application for any license under the provisions of the Recreational

Vehicle Franchise Act;

3. For any failure to comply with any provision of the

Recreational Vehicle Franchise Act or any rule promulgated by the

Commission under authority vested pursuant to the Recreational

Vehicle Franchise Act;

4. A change of condition after a license is granted resulting

in the failure to maintain the qualifications for a license;

5. Being a new recreational vehicle dealer who:

a. has required a purchaser of a new recreational

vehicle, as a condition of sale and delivery thereof,

to also purchase special features, appliances,

accessories, or equipment not desired or requested by

the purchaser and installed by the dealer,

b. uses any false or misleading advertising in connection

with business as a new recreational vehicle dealer or

vehicle salesperson,

c. has committed any unlawful act which resulted in the

revocation of any similar license in another state,

d. has failed or refused to perform any written agreement

with any retail buyer involving the sale of a

recreational vehicle,

e. has been convicted of a crime involving moral

turpitude,

f. has committed a fraudulent act in selling, purchasing,

or otherwise dealing in new recreational vehicles or

has misrepresented the terms and conditions of a sale,

purchase, or contract for sale or purchase of a new

recreational vehicle or any interest therein including

an option to purchase such vehicle,

g. has failed to meet or maintain the conditions and

requirements necessary to qualify for the issuance of

a license, or

h. has employed an unregistered new recreational vehicle

salesperson;

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6. Being a new recreational vehicle dealer who:

a. does not have an established place of business,

b. does not provide for a suitable repair shop separate

from the display room with ample space to repair or

recondition one or more recreational vehicles at the

same time and equipped with tools, equipment, and

replacement parts as may be necessary for the

servicing of recreational vehicles in such a manner as

to make such vehicles comply with the safety laws of

this state and properly fulfill the warranty

obligation of the dealer or manufacturer,

c. does not hold a dealer agreement in effect with a

manufacturer or distributor of new or unused

recreational vehicles for the sale of the same and is

not authorized by the manufacturer or distributor to

render predelivery preparation of such vehicles sold

to purchasers and perform authorized postsale work

pursuant to the warranty of the manufacturer or

distributor, or

d. employs unregistered salespersons or employs or

utilizes the services of used recreational vehicle

lots, dealers, or other unregistered persons in

connection with the sale of new recreational vehicles;

7. Being a factory that has:

a. induced or attempted to induce by means of coercion or

intimidation any new recreational vehicle dealer:
he warranty of the manufacturer or

distributor, or

d. employs unregistered salespersons or employs or

utilizes the services of used recreational vehicle

lots, dealers, or other unregistered persons in

connection with the sale of new recreational vehicles;

7. Being a factory that has:

a. induced or attempted to induce by means of coercion or

intimidation any new recreational vehicle dealer:

(1) to accept delivery of any recreational vehicle or

vehicles, parts, or accessories for recreational

vehicles, or any other commodities including

advertising material which shall not have been

ordered by the new recreational vehicle dealer,

(2) to order or accept delivery of any recreational

vehicle with special features, appliances,

accessories, or equipment not included in the

list price of the recreational vehicles as

publicly advertised by the manufacturer of the

recreational vehicle, or

(3) to order or accept delivery of any parts,

accessories, equipment, machinery, tools,

appliances, or any commodity whatsoever,

b. induced under threat or discrimination by the

withholding from delivery to a recreational vehicle

dealer certain models of recreational vehicles,

changing or amending unilaterally the allotment of

recreational vehicles of a dealer or withholding and

delaying delivery of such vehicles out of the ordinary

course of business, in order to induce a dealer by

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such coercion to participate or contribute to any

local or national advertising fund controlled directly

or indirectly by the factory or for any other purposes

including contests, giveaways, other sales promotional

devices, or change of quotas in any sales contest, or

c. required recreational vehicle dealers, as a condition

of receiving the vehicle allotment of the dealer, to

order a certain percentage of the recreational

vehicles with optional equipment not specified by the

new recreational vehicle dealer; however, nothing in

this paragraph shall prohibit a factory from

supporting an advertising association which is open to

all dealers on the same basis; or

8. Has employed unlicensed factory representatives.

The Commission may deny any application for license, or suspend

or revoke a license issued, or impose a fine, only after a hearing

for which the applicant or licensee affected shall be given at least

ten (10) days’ written notice specifying the reason for denying the

applicant a license, or, in the case of a revocation or suspension

or imposition of a fine, the offense which the licensee is alleged

to have committed. The notice may be served as provided by law for

the service of notices or mailing a copy by registered mail to the

last-known residence or business address of the applicant or

licensee. The hearing on alleged violations shall be at such time

and place as the Commission may prescribe and the aforementioned

notice shall further specify the time and place. If the applicant

or licensee is a motor vehicle salesperson, factory representative,

or distributor representative, the Commission shall in like manner

additionally notify the person, firm, association, corporation, or

trust with whom he or she is associated, or in whose association he

or she is about to enter. The Commission shall have the power to

compel the production of all records, papers, and other documents

which may be deemed relevant to the proceeding bearing upon the

complaints. The Commission shall have the power to subpoena and

bring before it any person, or take testimony of any person by

deposition, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as

prescribed in the proceedings before courts of the state in civil

cases. Any party to the hearing shall have the right to the

attendance of witnesses on his or her behalf upon designating to the

Commission the person or persons sought to be subpoenaed.

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