Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-4009

Contents - Manufacturer's certificate of origin - Identification

number - Homemade vessels - Lien entry form for certain vessels -

Delivery of certificate.

A. The application for a certificate of title and registration

for a vessel or an outboard motor shall be upon a form furnished by

Service Oklahoma and shall contain:

1. A full description of the vessel or outboard motor;

2. The manufacturer's serial and model number or other

identification number;

3. The length of the vessel;

4. The date on which first sold by the manufacturer or dealer

to the owner;

5. Any distinguishing marks;

6. A statement of the applicant's source of title;

7. Whether the vessel is a documented vessel and the number

assigned to such vessel;

8. Any security interest upon said vessel or outboard motor, or

vessel and motor; and

9. Such other information as Service Oklahoma may require.

Every original or duplicate certificate of title and

registration for a vessel or an outboard motor shall contain all

items listed in this subsection.

B. To obtain an original certificate of title for a vessel or

outboard motor that is being registered for the first time in this

state or for a vessel or outboard motor that has not been previously

registered in any other state, the applicant shall be required to

deliver, as evidence of ownership, a manufacturer's certificate of

origin or at the discretion of Service Oklahoma a copy of the

manufacturer's certificate of origin properly assigned by the

manufacturer, distributor, or dealer licensed in this or any other

state shown thereon to be the last transferee to the applicant upon

a form to be prescribed and approved by Service Oklahoma. A

manufacturer's certificate of origin shall contain:

1. The manufacturer's serial or other identification number;

2. Date on which first sold by the manufacturer to the dealer;

3. Any distinguishing marks including model and the year same

was made;

4. A statement of any security interests upon said vessel or

outboard motor, or vessel and motor; and

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5. Such other information as Service Oklahoma may require.

C. In the absence of a dealer's or manufacturer's number,

Service Oklahoma may assign such identifying number to the vessel or

outboard motor, which shall be permanently stamped, burned or

pressed into or attached onto such vessel or outboard motor.

D. Every dealer selling new or used vessels or outboard motors

and every individual not licensed as a dealer who sells a new or

used vessel or outboard motor shall verify the hull identification

number or serial number is the same as the number on the current

registration of the vessel or outboard motor. The seller of the

vessel or outboard motor shall sign a notarized affidavit, under

penalty of perjury, affirming the numbers are the same.

E. 1. Before a homemade vessel is issued a hull identification

number from Service Oklahoma, the vessel and the motor shall be

inspected by a commissioned officer of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Division of the Department of Public Safety or by any other employee

of the Department or any other law enforcement officer of the state

as the Commissioner of Public Safety may designate, pursuant to the

rules promulgated by the Commissioner of Public Safety. For the

purposes of this act, "homemade vessel" means any vessel not

allotted a hull identification number (HIN) by a manufacturer, and

specifically excludes any vessel upon which the hull identification

number has been covered, altered, defaced, destroyed, or removed.

2. The Department of Public Safety is hereby granted authority

and jurisdiction, pursuant to Article 1 of the Administrative

Procedures Act, Section 250 et seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, to promulgate, administer and enforce all necessary rules

deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
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number has been covered, altered, defaced, destroyed, or removed.

2. The Department of Public Safety is hereby granted authority

and jurisdiction, pursuant to Article 1 of the Administrative

Procedures Act, Section 250 et seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, to promulgate, administer and enforce all necessary rules

deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

3. The Department of Public Safety shall prescribe all forms

deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

F. It shall be unlawful to:

1. Improperly display or fail to display a vessel's hull

identification number;

2. Operate or possess a vessel on which the hull identification

number has been removed; or

3. Operate or possess a motor on which the serial number has

been removed.

G. When registering in this state a vessel which was titled in

another state and which title contains the name of a secured party

on the face of the other state certificate of title, Service

Oklahoma or the licensed operator shall complete a lien entry form

as prescribed by Service Oklahoma. A statement of the lien or

encumbrance shall be included on the Oklahoma certificate of title

and the lien or encumbrance shall be deemed continuously perfected

as though it had been perfected pursuant to Section 4013 of this

title. For completing the lien entry form and recording the

security interest on the certificate of title, Service Oklahoma or

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the licensed operator shall collect a fee of Three Dollars ($3.00)

which shall be in addition to other fees provided by the Oklahoma

Vessel and Motor Registration Act.

H. Upon payment of all fees and taxes, a certificate of title,

a certificate of registration and, for a vessel, two registration

decals or, for an outboard motor, one registration decal shall be

delivered to the applicant. Provided, yearly decals shall be issued

for vessels and motors titled and registered to the Department of

Public Safety.