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63 OK Stat § 63-4108 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4108. Failure or refusal to pay tax - Report to Commission - Seizure - Hearing - Sale.

|A. In any case where the owner of a vessel or motor subject to the tax levied by the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Excise Tax Act fails or refuses to pay the same, after proper demand therefor by an officer or agent of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, such officer or agent shall immediately report such failure to the Commission and shall, at the same time in case of failure to pay, seize and hold said vessel or motor, as provided by law in case of failure to pay the annual vessel or motor registration fee. |B. The Commission shall, upon demand of the owner of the vessel or motor, accord a hearing to said owner as provided by law and enter its findings and order accordingly. If it is determined by the Commission that said tax is due and payable, then it shall issue its warrant, directly to the sheriff of the county, ordering and directing the sale of such vessel or motor according to the same procedure provided by law for the sale of vessels and motors for failure to pay the required registration fee. Such seizure and sale may, at the time, include both the registration fee due and the excise tax levied by the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Excise Tax Act, together with all costs of an advertisement and sale. The sale shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for the sale of personal property under execution.Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 51, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.
63 OK Stat § 63-4200 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4200. Short title.

|Section 4201 et seq. of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act". |Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 52, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 28, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4202. Administration and enforcement of act - Promulgation of rules - Forms.

|The Department of Public Safety is hereby granted authority and jurisdiction to administer and enforce all provisions of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act, Section 4201 et seq. of this title, and the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act, Section 4002 et seq. of this title. The Department is authorized to promulgate and enforce all necessary rules pursuant to Article 1 of the Administrative Procedures Act, Section 250 et seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and shall prescribe all forms it deems necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act. |Laws 1989, c. 346, § 54, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 284, § 30, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4202.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4202.1. Operators of emergency vessels - Exercise of certain privileges.

|A. The operator of an emergency vessel, when responding to an emergency call, when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not upon returning from a response to an emergency situation, may exercise the privilege set forth in this section, subject to the conditions set forth in subsection B of this section. |B. The operator of an emergency vessel may:1. Park, moor or beach the vessel irrespective of the provisions of this title;2. Proceed past a restrictive buoy, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;3. Exceed the maximum speed or wake limits so long as that action does not endanger life or property; and4. Disregard rules governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.C. The exemptions granted in this section shall apply only when an emergency vessel is making use of audible and visual signals meeting the requirements of Section 4207 of this title.D. The provisions of this section shall not relieve the operator of an emergency vessel from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons or protect the driver from the consequences of reckless disregard for the safety of others.Added by Laws 1997, c. 199, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
63 OK Stat § 63-4204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4204. Administration and enforcement of Act upon waters under jurisdiction of Grand River Dam Authority - Authority as motor license agent - Remission of fees.

|A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act shall apply to the waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the Grand River Dam Authority, provided, the Department of Public Safety may have jurisdiction to administer and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act upon waters of this state under the jurisdiction of the Grand River Dam Authority. The administration and enforcement of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act upon the waters under the jurisdiction of the Grand River Dam Authority are vested in the Grand River Dam Authority. Said Authority, and its employees, shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, have the same authority with respect to the enforcement and administration of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act upon such waters as are vested by the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act in the Department of Public Safety with respect to the other waters of this state. |B. The Authority may be designated by the Oklahoma Tax Commission as a motor license agent to award numbers and issue certificates of title and registration for vessels and motors in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act and with any rules and regulations of the said Oklahoma Tax Commission either from blocks of numbers and certificates assigned to said Authority by said Oklahoma Tax Commission or such other method as shall be prescribed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The Authority shall remit all fees collected by it pursuant to this section to the Oklahoma Tax Commission to be apportioned and deposited in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act.Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 56, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989.
63 OK Stat § 63-4205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4205. Sanctioned water events - Administering entities - Safety rules - Permits - Filing of notification of event - Holding event in unsafe manner or unsafe environmental conditions.

|A. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation, and the Grand River Dam Authority may authorize the holding of sanctioned events on any waters of this state under their jurisdiction. Said administering entities shall promulgate rules pursuant to Article 1 of the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act, concerning the safety of other vessels and persons thereon, both observers and participants. No sanctioned event shall be held without a written permit from said administering entity, and said written permit shall be available for inspection at all times during the event. |B. Whenever a sanctioned event is proposed to be held, the administering entity shall, upon granting approval to hold such event and at least ten (10) days prior thereto, file a notification in writing of said event with the Marine Enforcement Section of the Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety. Such notification shall set forth the date, time, location where the sanctioned event is proposed to be held, the type of event and the person in charge of said event.C. No person shall hold or give permission to hold any sanctioned event in an unsafe manner or under unsafe environmental conditions so as to endanger life or property. Should any duly authorized peace officer of this state determine within their jurisdiction that such event is being held or conducted in an unsafe manner or under unsafe environmental conditions, such officer shall have the authority to cancel or terminate said event.Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 57, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 31, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Laws 2000, c. 189, § 11, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2011, c. 104, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-4206 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4206. Use of personal flotation devices.

|A. 1. The operator of a vessel less than twenty-six (26) feet in length, while under way, shall require each passenger who is twelve (12) years of age or younger to wear a personal flotation device. |2. Any person operating or manipulating, or who is a passenger on a personal watercraft, water skis, a sailboard or a similar device shall wear a personal flotation device approved and designed for the activity in which the person is engaged.B. Each personal flotation device shall be in good and serviceable condition, of the type prescribed by the United States Coast Guard and of a size suitable to the person who is or will be wearing it. A ski belt is not a United States Coast Guard approved personal flotation device.Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 58, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 32, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 199, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
63 OK Stat § 63-4208 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4208. Noise control equipment and noise levels.

|A. No person shall operate upon the waters of this state any vessel or motor which is not equipped with a muffler or muffler system in good working order. The use of cutouts, removal of mufflers or muffler baffles, cutting or punching of holes in mufflers or otherwise modifying the original muffler or muffling system installed by the manufacturer or any subsequent muffler or muffling system so as to increase or modify the noise level is prohibited. This section shall not apply to vessels in the act of participating in a sanctioned event. |B. No person shall authorize, cause or permit unnecessary sounding of any whistle, horn, bell, siren or other sound-producing device on a vessel while such vessel is within any harbor limits or in areas of congested vessel traffic.Laws 1989, c. 346, § 60, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 284, § 34, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209. Unlawful possession of vessel or motor - Penalties.

|A person not entitled to possession of a vessel or motor who, without the consent of the owner and with intent to deprive him of the vessel or motor or its possession, takes, uses, or operates the vessel or motor, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Laws 1989, c. 346, § 61, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 284, § 35, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209.1. Knowingly receiving, possessing, selling or disposing of stolen or converted vessel or motor - Penalties.

|A person not entitled to the possession of a vessel or motor who receives, possesses, sells or disposes of such vessel or motor, knowing said vessel or motor to be stolen or converted under circumstances constituting a crime, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 36, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209.2. Removing or falsifying identification number of vessel or motor - Penalties.

|A. As used in this section: |1. "Identification number" includes any identifying number, serial number, motor serial number or other distinguishing number or mark, placed on a vessel or motor by its manufacturer or by authority of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or in accordance with the laws of another state or country;2. "Remove" includes deface, cover and destroy; and3. "Falsify" includes alter and forge.B. Any person or persons who shall remove or falsify or cause to be removed or falsified the hull identification number of a vessel or motor in this state, without first giving notice of such act to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, upon such form as the Commission may prescribe, or any person who shall give a wrong description in any application for the registration of any vessel or motor in this state for the purpose of concealing or hiding the identity of such vessel or motor, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than five (5) years.C. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a vessel or motor, knowing that the identification number of the vessel or motor has been removed or falsified, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.D. A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a vessel or motor, knowing that the identification number of the vessel or motor has been removed or falsified and with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity of the vessel or motor, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.E. An identification number may be placed on a vessel or motor by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of the Commission without violating this section. An identification number so placed or restored is not falsified.Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 37, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209.3. Making false statement in application for certificate of title or assignment thereof for stolen vessel or motor - Penalties.

|Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement of a material fact, either in his application for a certificate of title, as provided for in this title, or in any assignment thereof, or who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vessel or motor which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen, or who shall receive or transfer possession of the same from or to another, or who shall have in his possession any vessel or motor which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen, and who is not a duly authorized peace officer of this state engaged at the time in the performance of his duty as such officer, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. This provision shall not be exclusive of any other penalties prescribed by an existing or future law for the larceny or unauthorized taking of a vessel or motor. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 38, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209.4. Altering or forging certificate of title or assignment thereof - Penalties.

|Any person who shall alter or forge, or cause to be altered or forged, any certificate of title issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, pursuant to the provisions of this title, or any assignment thereof, or who shall hold or use any such certificate or assignment, knowing the same to have been altered or forged, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than one (1) year, nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 39, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209.5. Injuring, tampering with or damaging vessel or motor or accessories, appurtenances or attachments thereto - Climbing into or upon vessel with intent to commit crime.

|A. A person who, with intent and without right to do so, injures or tampers with any vessel or motor or in any other manner damages any part or portion of said vessel or motor or any accessories, appurtenance or attachments thereto, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. |B. A person who, without right to do so and with intent to commit a crime, climbs into or upon a vessel whether it is in motion or at rest, attempts to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism or other mechanism or device of a vessel while the same is at rest and unattended, or sets in motion any vessel while the same is at rest and unattended, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 40, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209.6. Falsely reporting theft or conversion of vessel or motor.

|A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vessel or motor to any duly authorized peace officer of this state, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 41, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209.7. Additional unlawful acts - Penalties.

|A. Except as otherwise authorized by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts: |1. To lend or to sell to, or knowingly permit the use of by, one not entitled thereto any certificate of title or certificate of registration issued to or in the custody of the person so lending or permitting the use thereof;2. To alter or in any manner change a certificate of title or certificate of registration issued under the laws of this state or any other state;3. To purchase identification or number plates on a certificate of title assigned to another vessel or motor; or4. To sell or dispose of, in any manner, a used vessel or motor without delivering to the purchaser an Oklahoma certificate of title in such purchaser's name or one properly and completely assigned to him at the time of sale.B. Anyone violating any of the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) and not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 42, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
63 OK Stat § 63-4209.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4209.8. Inspections for purpose of locating stolen vessels and related equipment.

|Any peace officer of the State of Oklahoma may inspect any vessel, motor, trailer, or related equipment in any public garage or repair shop or in any place where such vessel, motor, trailer or related equipment is being held for sale or wrecking, for the purpose of locating stolen vessels, motors, trailers, or related equipment and investigating the title and registration of those items. |Added by Laws 1997, c. 146, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
63 OK Stat § 63-4210 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4210. Operation of certain devices or vessels – Prohibited acts – Yielding to emergency vessels - Penalties.

|A. No person shall operate, manipulate or give permission to any person to operate or manipulate any parasails, water skis, surfboard, personal watercraft, or similar device, or any vessel in a reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the life or property of any person. |B. No person shall lease or otherwise give permission to another person to operate any vessel on any waters of this state, except privately owned waters, while the operator is under the influence of alcohol or any substance included in the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act or any combination of alcohol and such substance.C. Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vessel making use of an audible or a visual signal or a combination thereof, the operator of every other vessel shall immediately stop his or her vessel whenever or wherever practical or otherwise yield the right-of-way until such authorized emergency vessel has passed, except when otherwise directed by a duly authorized peace officer of this state.D. No person shall overload or give permission to overload a vessel with passengers or gear so as to exceed the posted capacity plate, United States Coast Guard standards, or the vessel manufacturer’s recommended capacity.E. No person shall operate or give permission to operate any vessel on the waters of this state for which the manufacturer has affixed a maximum horsepower capacity plate so as to exceed the posted capacity plate or to exceed the United States Coast Guard standards for maximum horsepower capacity; provided, this provision shall not apply to vessels operating in sanctioned events.F. No person shall operate, drive or be in actual physical control of any vessel on any waters of this state, except privately owned waters, at speeds in excess of the speed limits established for those waters.G. No person shall operate on the waters of this state, except privately owned waters, any vessel, including personal watercraft, within fifty (50) feet in proximity to another vessel when running at speeds of over ten (10) miles per hour; provided, this prohibition shall not apply to vessels operating in sanctioned events.H. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) and shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months.Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 62, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 43, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 337, § 2, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2000, c. 237, § 1, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 393, § 6, emerg. eff. June 4, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 95, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2011, c. 201, § 1, eff. July 1, 2011.
63 OK Stat § 63-4210.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-4210.1. Negligent homicide - Penalties.

|A. When the death of any person ensues within one (1) year as a proximate result of injury received by the operating of a vessel by any person sixteen (16) years of age or older in reckless disregard of the safety of others, the person so operating such vessel shall be guilty of negligent homicide. |B. Any person convicted of negligent homicide shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 44, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.