Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-952

subdivisions - Official rotation logs.

A. Except for the rates established by the Corporation

Commission and other provisions as provided for by law, the

Department of Public Safety shall have the power and authority

necessary to license, supervise, govern and control wrecker vehicles

and wrecker or towing services.

B. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt and prescribe

such rules as are necessary to carry out the intent of Section 951

et seq. of this title.

The rules shall state the requirements for facilities, for

storage of vehicles, necessary towing equipment, the records to be

kept by operators, liability insurance and insurance covering the

vehicle and its contents while in storage in such sum and with such

provisions as the Department deems necessary to adequately protect

the interests of the public, and such other matters as the

Department may prescribe for the protection of the public.

C. Unless otherwise regulated by the governing body of the

political subdivision, the wrecker vehicle used to perform wrecker

or towing services requested by a political subdivision of this

state for removal of a vehicle from public property for reasons

listed in Section 955 of this title shall be from the licensed

wrecker or towing service whose location is nearest to the vehicle

to be towed. Requests for service may be alternated or rotated

among all such licensed wrecker or towing services which are located

within a reasonable radius of each other. In cities of less than

fifty thousand (50,000) population, all such licensed wrecker or

towing services located near or in the city limits of such cities

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shall be considered as being equal distance and shall be called on

an equal basis as nearly as possible. The police chief of any

municipality and the county sheriff of each county shall keep

rotation logs on all requested tows, except where there are

insufficient licensed wrecker or towing services available to rotate

such services or services are contracted after a competitive bid

process. Rotation logs shall be made available for public

inspection upon request. Any calls made from cell phones or two-way

radios by any law enforcement officer or employee of any

municipality or county to any wrecker service shall be listed on the

rotation or call logs and made available for public inspection. A

wrecker service shall not be removed from rotation without

notification to the wrecker operator stating the reason for removal

from the rotation log. All notification for removal from a rotation

log shall be mailed to the wrecker service owner at least ten (10)

days before removal from the rotation log and shall state the

procedure and requirements for reinstatement.

D. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the

Department and any municipality, county or other political

subdivision of this state shall not place any wrecker or towing

service upon an official rotation log for the performance of

services carried out pursuant to the request of or at the direction

of any officer of the Department or municipality, county or

political subdivision unless the service meets the following

requirements:

1. Principal business facilities are located within Oklahoma;

2. Tow trucks are registered and licensed in Oklahoma; and

3. Owner is a resident of the State of Oklahoma or the service

is an Oklahoma corporation.

In the event a licensed wrecker or towing service is not located

within a county, a wrecker or towing service that is located outside

of the county or this state and does not meet the above

qualifications may be placed on the rotation log for the county or

any municipality or political subdivision located within the county.

When performing services at the request of any officer, no

operator or wrecker or towing service upon the rotation logs shall

charge fees in excess of the maximum rates for services performed
ed outside

of the county or this state and does not meet the above

qualifications may be placed on the rotation log for the county or

any municipality or political subdivision located within the county.

When performing services at the request of any officer, no

operator or wrecker or towing service upon the rotation logs shall

charge fees in excess of the maximum rates for services performed

within this state, including incorporated and unincorporated areas,

as established by the Commission.

E. The Department shall place a licensed Class AA wrecker

service on the Highway Patrol Rotation Log in a highway patrol troop

district in which the place of business and the primary storage

facility of the wrecker service are located upon written request

filed by the wrecker service with the Department. Upon further

request of the wrecker service, the Commissioner of Public Safety or

the Department employee with statewide responsibility for

administration of wrecker services may place a wrecker service on

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the Highway Patrol Rotation Log in a district adjacent to the

district in which the place of business and the primary storage

facility of the wrecker service are located if the wrecker service

is in proximity to and within a reasonable radius of the boundary of

the district. When a wrecker service is placed on the rotation log

in a district, the Department shall notify the wrecker service and

the troop commander of the district.

F. The Commissioner of Public Safety or the Department employee

with statewide responsibility for administration of wrecker services

shall be responsible for establishing geographical areas of rotation

within the troop districts and for notifying each wrecker service of

the geographical areas of rotation to which the service is assigned.

G. The Department shall make all rotation logs available for

public inspection at the state office and shall make rotation logs

for a highway patrol troop district available for public inspection

at the district office.