Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1151.3

Penalties – Enjoinment of prohibited acts or practices.

A. All roofing contractors shall be registered annually by the

Board. All registrations shall be nontransferable. It is unlawful

for any person to act as a roofing contractor without having a

current and valid roofing contractor's registration or act as a

commercial roofing contractor without a current and valid commercial

roofer endorsement issued pursuant to the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act, unless the person is exempt under the Roofing

Contractor Registration Act. Evidence of securing a permit,

including roofing work from a governmental agency or the employment

of a person on a roofing project, shall be accepted in any court as

prima facie evidence of the existence of a contract.

Each copy of a roofing contractor's record, which would include

responses to any complaints, that is from and verified by the

registrar, or a verified statement from the registrar that there is

no record as no application was made, shall be received in all

courts in this state as prima facie evidence of the facts stated

therein.

A verified copy of a roofing contractor's administrative

citation for unregistered activity or without required commercial

roofer endorsement and order of final disposition from the registrar

shall be received in all courts in this state as prima facie

evidence of the facts stated therein, including establishment

thereby of the first offense.

B. A person shall not engage or offer to engage in, by

advertisement or otherwise, the business nor act in the capacity of

a roofing contractor within this state nor shall that person bring

or maintain any claim, action, suit, or proceeding in any court of

this state related to the person's business or capacity as a roofing

contractor without a valid registration and commercial roofer

endorsement, when required, continuously while performing the work

for which the claim, action, suit, or proceeding is sought, as

provided in the Roofing Contractor Registration Act. No business

entity shall advertise or act as a roofing contractor unless such

business is a registered roofing contractor with a valid commercial

roofer endorsement, when required, and is in good standing, and is

associated with and responsible for all roofing contractor work of

such entity. Any business entity violating the provisions of this

subsection shall be subject to administrative penalty by the Board

not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

C. A person who fails to obtain a valid registration and

endorsement when required prior to advertising or offering to engage

as or acting as a roofing contractor as defined in the Roofing

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Contractor Registration Act, or a person who acts as a roofing

contractor while his or her registration is not in good standing or

is suspended or revoked without complying with the required

disclosure and option for homeowner to cancel the contract

provisions of subsection I of Section 1151.5 of this title, or a

person who violates any provision of the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, upon conviction

or plea, punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) for each violation. More than one misdemeanor violation

in any twelve-month period shall be grounds for the suspension of

the registration, and shall cause the person to be ineligible for

registration for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) months

after all requirements of the sentence, or deferment of sentence,

and probation have been met, including the payment of any

restitution or rehabilitative treatment.

D. In lieu of referring complaints of violations of the Roofing

Contractor Registration Act to the district attorney for misdemeanor

prosecution, the Board in its discretion may issue administrative

fines to any person up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for
sentence, or deferment of sentence,

and probation have been met, including the payment of any

restitution or rehabilitative treatment.

D. In lieu of referring complaints of violations of the Roofing

Contractor Registration Act to the district attorney for misdemeanor

prosecution, the Board in its discretion may issue administrative

fines to any person up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for

violations of any provision of the Roofing Contractor Registration

Act or its rules or regulations. A person who fails to obtain a

valid registration prior to acting as a roofing contractor, or a

person who acts as a roofing contractor while his or her

registration or commercial roofer endorsement is not in good

standing or is suspended or revoked without complying with the

required disclosure and option for homeowner to cancel the contract

provisions of subsection I of Section 1151.5 of this title, on first

offense, may be administratively fined and disciplined after notice

and opportunity for hearing before the Roofing Hearing Board. A

person who violates any other provision of the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act, on first offense within a two-year period, may be

administratively fined and disciplined by the Roofing Hearing Board

in its discretion in lieu of referral to the district attorney as a

misdemeanor, or the matter may be referred to the district attorney.

Misdemeanor conviction, guilty plea, or nolo contendere plea due to

alleged violations of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act shall

be grounds for the revocation of the registration and shall cause

the person to be ineligible for registration for a period not to

exceed twelve (12) months after all requirements of the sentence, or

deferment of sentence, and probation have been met, including the

payment of any restitution or rehabilitative treatment.

E. Administrative fines collected pursuant to the Roofing

Contractor Registration Act shall be placed in the Roofing

Contractor Registration Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 1151.20

of this title.

F. It is the duty of the building official or other authority

charged with the duty of issuing roofing permits of any incorporated

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municipality or subdivision of the municipality or county to refuse

to issue a roofing permit for any roofing undertaking which would

require a registration pursuant to the Roofing Contractor

Registration Act unless the applicant has furnished evidence that he

or she is either registered as required or is exempt from the

registration requirements of the Roofing Contractor Registration

Act.

G. The Roofing Hearing Board may make application to the

appropriate court for an order enjoining the acts or practices

prohibited by the Roofing Contractor Registration Act, and upon a

showing by the Roofing Hearing Board that the person or firm has

engaged in, or is about to engage in, any of the prohibited acts or

practices, an injunction, restraining order or other order as may be

appropriate shall be granted by the court.