Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-701

associations.

(a) Any automobile club or other association may issue

guaranteed arrest bond certificates valid for one (1) year from date

of issue as provided in this act in an amount not to exceed Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00) on each undertaking, provided such

certificates have been fully guaranteed or reinsured by an insurer

then licensed by the Insurance Commissioner to transact surety

business in this state and such guarantee or reinsurance by the

insurer covers all certificates issued by the automobile club or

other association during the term of the guarantee or reinsurance

written by the insurer. Such insurer shall first file with the

Insurance Commissioner an undertaking thus to become surety. Such

guaranteed arrest bond certificates may be issued also in

conjunction with automobile liability insurance policies by any

insurer authorized to then write automobile liability insurance

within this state upon such insurer filing with the Insurance

Commissioner an undertaking thus to become such surety.

(b) Such undertaking shall be in the form prescribed by the

Commissioner of Insurance and shall state the following:

(1) The name and address of the automobile clubs, association or

companies with respect to the quaranteed arrest bond certificates of

which the surety company undertakes to be surety.

(2) The unqualified obligation of the surety company to pay the

fine or forfeiture in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) of any person who, after posting a guaranteed arrest bond

certificate with respect to which the surety company has undertaken

to be surety, fails to make the appearance to guarantee which, the

guaranteed arrest bond certificate was posted.

(3) The term "guaranteed arrest bond certificate" as used herein

means any printed card or other certificate issued by an automobile

club, association or insurance company to any of its members or

insureds, which card or certificate is signed by the member or

insured and contains a printed statement that such automobile club,

association or insurance company and a surety company or an

insurance company authorized to transact both automobile liability

insurance and surety business, guarantee the appearance of the

person whose signature appears on the card or certificate and that

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they will in the event of failure of the person to appear in court

at the time of trial, pay any fine or forfeiture imposed on the

person in an amount not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

(c) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which

a surety company has become surety, or a guaranteed arrest bond

certificate issued by an insurance company authorized to transact

both automobile liability insurance and surety business within this

state, as herein provided, shall, when posted by the person whose

signature appears thereon, be accepted in lieu of cash bail or other

bond in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) as a

bail bond, to guarantee the appearance of such person in any court

in this state, including all municipal courts in this state, at such

time as may be required by such court, when the person is arrested

for violation of any motor vehicle law of this state or any motor

vehicle ordinance of any municipality in this state, except for the

offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquors or of

drugs or for any felony committed prior to the date of expiration on

such guaranteed arrest bond certificates; provided, that any such

guaranteed arrest bond certificates so posted as bail bond in any

court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and

enforcement provisions with respect to bail bonds in criminal cases

as otherwise provided by law or as hereafter may be provided by law,

and that any such guaranteed arrest bond certificate posted as a
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such guaranteed arrest bond certificates; provided, that any such

guaranteed arrest bond certificates so posted as bail bond in any

court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and

enforcement provisions with respect to bail bonds in criminal cases

as otherwise provided by law or as hereafter may be provided by law,

and that any such guaranteed arrest bond certificate posted as a

bail bond in any municipal court of this state shall be subject to

the forfeiture and enforcement provisions, if any, of the charter or

ordinance of the particular municipality pertaining to bail bonds

posted.

(d) The State Insurance Commissioner shall notify in writing

each chief of municipal police department, each county sheriff and

each judge of the district court of this state, the name of each

surety, insurance company, automobile club or association authorized

to issue guaranteed arrest bond certificates, as provided in this

act. The Insurance Commissioner shall also inform such officials of

each additional organization which may thereafter become qualified

to issue such certificates and in the event any such organization

shall be disqualified from issuing such certificates, the

Commissioner shall forthwith inform such officials of such

disqualification.