Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-7-335
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Duration of proof - When proof may be canceled or
Official statutory text
returned.
A. The Department of Public Safety shall upon request consent
to the immediate cancellation of any certificate of insurance or the
Department shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return to the
person entitled thereto any money or securities deposited pursuant
to this article or Article II of this chapter as proof of financial
responsibility, or the Department shall waive the requirement of
filing proof of financial responsibility, in any of the following
events:
1. In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf the
proof of financial responsibility was filed or the permanent
incapacity of the person to operate a motor vehicle; or
2. In the event the person who has given proof of financial
responsibility surrenders his or her driver license to the
Department.
B. Provided, however, that the Department shall not consent to
the cancellation of any certificate of insurance and the Department
shall not consent to the return of any money or securities in the
event any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof
of financial responsibility is then pending or any judgment upon any
such liability is then unsatisfied, or in the event the person who
has filed such bond or deposited such money or securities has within
one (1) year immediately preceding such request been involved as a
driver or owner in any accident resulting in injury or damage to the
person or property of others. An affidavit of the person as to the
nonexistence of such facts, or that the person has been released
from all liability, or has been finally adjudicated not to be
liable, for any injury or damage, shall be sufficient evidence
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 424
thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of
the Department.
A. The Department of Public Safety shall upon request consent
to the immediate cancellation of any certificate of insurance or the
Department shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return to the
person entitled thereto any money or securities deposited pursuant
to this article or Article II of this chapter as proof of financial
responsibility, or the Department shall waive the requirement of
filing proof of financial responsibility, in any of the following
events:
1. In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf the
proof of financial responsibility was filed or the permanent
incapacity of the person to operate a motor vehicle; or
2. In the event the person who has given proof of financial
responsibility surrenders his or her driver license to the
Department.
B. Provided, however, that the Department shall not consent to
the cancellation of any certificate of insurance and the Department
shall not consent to the return of any money or securities in the
event any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof
of financial responsibility is then pending or any judgment upon any
such liability is then unsatisfied, or in the event the person who
has filed such bond or deposited such money or securities has within
one (1) year immediately preceding such request been involved as a
driver or owner in any accident resulting in injury or damage to the
person or property of others. An affidavit of the person as to the
nonexistence of such facts, or that the person has been released
from all liability, or has been finally adjudicated not to be
liable, for any injury or damage, shall be sufficient evidence
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 424
thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of
the Department.
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