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47 OK Stat § 47-7-209 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-209. Agreements for payment of damages.

|A. Any two or more of the persons involved in or affected by an accident, as described in Section 7-201 of this title, may at any time enter into a written agreement for the payment of an agreed amount with respect to all claims of any of the persons because of bodily injury to or death or property damage arising from the accident, which agreement may provide for payment in installments, and may file a signed copy thereof with the Department of Public Safety. |B. The Department, to the extent provided by the written agreement filed with it, shall not require the deposit of security and shall terminate any prior order of suspension, provided that proof of financial responsibility has been filed; provided, if security has previously been deposited, the Department shall immediately return the security to the depositor or to the personal representative of the depositor.C. Upon notice to the Department of a default in any payment under the agreement, the Department shall take action suspending the driving privilege of the person in default as in the same manner as for failure of the person to deposit security when required under this chapter. When reporting a default, the amount already paid and the outstanding balance shall be provided to the Department. Provided, this subsection shall not be deemed to require any party to the agreement to make notice to the Department of a default of any payment.D. The suspension provided for in subsection C of this section shall remain in effect and the driving privilege of the person shall not be restored unless and until:1. Security is deposited and proof of financial responsibility is filed as required under this chapter, the security to be in such amount as the Department may then determine;2. The person in default has paid the balance of the agreed amount; or3. One (1) year has elapsed following the effective date of the suspension and evidence satisfactory to the Department has been filed with it that during the one-year period no action at law upon the agreement has been instituted and is pending.Added by Laws 1961, p. 356, § 7-209. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 187, § 5, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965; Laws 2009, c. 62, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-210 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-210. Payment upon judgment.

|The payment of a judgment arising out of an accident or the payment upon the judgment of an amount equal to the maximum amount which could be required for deposit under this chapter shall, for the purposes of this chapter, release the judgment debtor from the liability evidenced by the judgment, provided that the person has filed proof of financial responsibility. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 356, § 7-210. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 187, § 6, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965; Laws 2009, c. 62, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-211. Termination of security requirement.

|The Department, if satisfied as to the existence of any fact which under Sections 7-207, 7-208, 7-209 or 7-210 would entitle a person to be relieved from the security requirements of this chapter, shall not require the deposit of security by the person so relieved from such requirement and shall terminate any prior order of suspension in respect to such person, provided that he has filed proof of financial responsibility, or, if security has previously been deposited by such person, the Department shall immediately return such deposit to such person or to his personal representative. |Laws 1961, p. 356, § 7-211; Laws 1965, c. 187, § 7, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-212. Duration of suspension.

|Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this chapter, any order of suspension by the Department of Public Safety under this chapter shall remain in effect and no license shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose driving privilege is suspended until: |1. The person shall deposit and file or there shall be deposited and filed on behalf of the person the security and proof of financial responsibility required under this chapter, or2. One (1) year shall have elapsed following the date of the suspension and evidence satisfactory to the Department has been filed with it that during the one-year period no action for damages arising out of the accident resulting in the suspension has been instituted, provided, the person has filed the required proof of financial responsibility.An affidavit of the applicant that no action at law for damages arising out of the accident has been filed against him or her or, if filed, that it is not still pending shall be prima facie evidence of that fact. The Department may take whatever steps are necessary to verify the statement set forth in the affidavit.Added by Laws 1961, p. 356, § 7-212. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 187, § 8, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965; Laws 2009, c. 62, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-213 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-213. Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles and accidents in other states.

|A. In case the driver or the owner of a vehicle subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in an accident within this state has no driver license in this state, then the driver shall be denied a driver license until he or she has complied with the requirements of this chapter to the same extent that would be necessary if, at the time of the accident, he or she had held a driver license in this state. |B. When a nonresident's driving privilege is suspended pursuant to Section 7-206 of this title, the Department of Public Safety shall transmit a copy of the record of the action to the official in charge of the issuance of driver licenses in the state in which the nonresident resides.C. Upon receipt of a copy of a record from another state that the driving privilege of a resident of this state has been suspended or revoked in the other state for failure to deposit security for the payment of judgments arising out of a motor vehicle accident, or for failure to give and maintain proof of financial responsibility, under circumstances which would require the Department to suspend the driving privilege of the person had the accident occurred in this state, the Department shall suspend the driving privilege of the resident if he or she was the driver determined to be at fault in the accident. The suspension shall continue until the resident furnishes evidence of his or her compliance with the law of the other state relating to the deposit of such security or files proof of financial responsibility.Added by Laws 1961, p. 357, § 7-213. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 187, § 9, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965; Laws 2009, c. 62, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-214 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-214. Authority of Department to decrease amount of security.

|The Department of Public Safety may reduce the amount of security ordered in any case within one (1) year after the date of the accident if in its judgment the amount ordered is excessive. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposit over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned forthwith to the depositor or the personal representative of the depositor. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 357, § 7-214. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-215 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-215. Correction of action of Department.

|Whenever the Department of Public Safety has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this article by reason of having received erroneous information or no information, then, upon receiving further information within one (1) year after the date of an accident, the Department shall take appropriate action to carry out the purposes and effect of this article. Provided, this section shall not be deemed to require the Department to reevaluate the amount of any deposit required under this article. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 357, § 7-215. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-216 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-216. Custody of security.

|The Department shall place any negotiable security, or security issued in bearer form, deposited with it under this chapter in the custody of the State Treasurer. Receipts or other documents evidencing the existence of a security shall be retained by the Department. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 357, § 7-216, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 85, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-217 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-217. Disposition of security.

|Such security shall be applicable and available only |1. For the payment of any settlement agreement covering any claim arising out of the accident upon instruction of the person who made the deposit, or2. For the payment of a judgment or judgments, rendered against the person required to make the deposit, for damages arising out of the accident in an action at law begun not later than one (1) year after the deposit of such security, or within one (1) year after the date of deposit of any security following failure to make payments under an agreement to pay.Laws 1961, p. 357, § 7-217.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-218 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-218. Return of deposit.

|Upon the expiration of one (1) year from the date of any deposit of security, any security remaining on deposit shall be returned to the person who made such deposit or to his personal representative if an affidavit or other evidence satisfactory to the Department has been filed with it: |1. That no action for damages arising out of the accident for which deposit was made is pending against any person on whose behalf the deposit was made, and2. That there does not exist any unpaid judgment rendered against any such person in such an action.The foregoing provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the return of any deposit of security under any other provision of this chapter authorizing such return.Laws 1961, p. 357, § 7-218.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-219 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-219. Matters not to be evidence in civil suits.

|The report required following an accident, the action taken by the Department pursuant to this chapter, the findings, if any, of said Department upon which such action is based, and the security filed as provided in this chapter shall not be referred to in any way and shall not be any evidence of the negligence or due care of either party at the trial of any action at law to recover damages. |Laws 1961, p. 358, § 7-219.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-308 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-308. When courts to report nonpayment of judgments.

|Whenever any person fails within thirty (30) days to satisfy any judgment, then upon the written request of the judgment creditor or his attorney it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court which has no clerk, in which any such judgment is rendered within this state to forward to the Department immediately upon such request a certified copy of such judgment. |Laws 1961, p. 359, § 7-308.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-309 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-309. Further action with respect to nonresidents.

|If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the Department of Public Safety, as prescribed in Section 7-308 of this title, is a nonresident, then the Department shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of driver licenses of the state of which the defendant is a resident. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 359, § 7-309. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-310 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-310. Suspension for nonpayment of judgments.

|The Department of Public Safety, upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment as prescribed in Section 7-308 of this title and a certificate of facts relative to such judgment, on a form provided by the Department, shall forthwith suspend the driving privilege of any person against whom the judgment was rendered, except as hereinafter otherwise provided in this chapter. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 359, § 7-310. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-311 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-311. Exception in relation to government vehicles.

|The provisions of Section 7-310 shall not apply with respect to any such judgment arising out of an accident caused by the ownership or operation, with permission, of a vehicle owned or leased to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state or a municipality thereof. |Laws 1961, p. 359, § 7-311.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-312 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-312. Exception when consent granted by judgment creditor.

|If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in a manner as the Department of Public Safety may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed to continue his or her driving privilege, the same may be allowed by the Department, in its discretion, for at least six (6) months from the date of the consent and thereafter until the consent is revoked in writing, notwithstanding default in the payment of the judgment, or of any installments thereof, as prescribed in Section 7-317 of this title, provided the judgment debtor furnishes proof of financial responsibility. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 359, § 7-312. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-313 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-313. Exception when insurer liable.

|No driving privilege of any person shall be suspended under the provisions of this chapter if the Department of Public Safety shall find that an insurer was obligated to pay the judgment, at least to the extent and for the amounts required in this chapter, upon which the suspension is based but has not paid the judgment for any reason. A finding by the Department that an insurer is obligated to pay a judgment shall not be binding upon the insurer and shall have no legal effect whatever except for the purpose of administering this section. Whenever in any judicial proceedings it shall be determined by any final judgment, decree or order that an insurer is not obligated to pay the judgment, the Department, notwithstanding any contrary finding theretofore made by it, shall forthwith suspend the driving privilege of any person against whom the judgment was rendered, as provided in Section 7-310 of this title. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 360, § 7-313. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-314 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-314. Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given.

|The driving privilege of any person which has been suspended under the provisions of Section 7-313 of this title shall remain suspended and shall not be reinstated, nor shall any driver license be thereafter issued in the name of the person, including any person not previously licensed: |1. Unless and until every judgment is stayed or satisfied in full or to the extent hereinafter provided; and2. Until the person gives proof of financial responsibility subject to the exemptions stated in Sections 7-312, 7-313 and 7-317 of this title.Added by Laws 1961, p. 360, § 7-314. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-315 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-315. Discharge in bankruptcy.

|A discharge in bankruptcy following the rendering of any such judgment shall relieve the judgment debtor from the security requirements which are the subject of the discharge in bankruptcy, but shall not relieve the judgment debtor from any of the other requirements of this chapter. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 360, § 7-315, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 189, § 4, eff. July 1, 2000.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-316 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-316. Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.

|A. Judgments herein referred to shall, for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied: |1. When the minimum liability insurance limits are met; or2. When any combination of amounts as prescribed by the minimum liability insurance limits and as appropriate to the consequences of the accident, has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of a combination of bodily injury to or death of any number of persons and because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one accident.B. Provided, however, payments made in settlements of any claims because of bodily injury, death or property damage arising from the accident shall be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this section.Added by Laws 1961, p. 360, § 7-316, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 235, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 2005, c. 394, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 62, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-317 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-317. Installment payment of judgments - Default.

|A. A judgment debtor, upon due notice to the judgment creditor, may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments, and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may so order and fix the amounts and times of payment of the installments. |B. The Department of Public Safety shall not suspend the driving privilege of any person and shall restore the driving privilege of any person, if otherwise eligible, which was suspended following nonpayment of a judgment when the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility and obtains an order permitting the payment of the judgment in installments, and while the payment of any installments is not in default.Added by Laws 1961, p. 360, § 7-317. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-318 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-318. Action if breach of agreement.

|In the event the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by an order described in Section 7-317 of this title, then, upon notice by the court of the default, the Department of Public Safety shall forthwith suspend the driving privilege of the person who is the judgment debtor until the judgment is satisfied, as provided in this article. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 360, § 7-318. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 62, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-320 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-320. Alternate methods of giving proof.

|Proof of financial responsibility when required under this article, with respect to a vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a vehicle, may be given by filing: |1. A security verification form as defined in Section 7-600 of this title;2. A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in Section 7-330 of this title; or3. A certificate of self-insurance, as provided in Section 7-503 of this title, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, the self-insurer will pay the same amounts that an insurer would have been obliged to pay under a motor vehicle liability policy if the insurance carrier had issued a policy to the self-insurer.Added by Laws 1961, p. 361, § 7-320. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 181, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2009, c. 62, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-330 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-330. Cash or certificate of deposit as proof.

|Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the Department of Public Safety that the person named therein has deposited with the Department at least Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in cash, or a certificate of deposit issued by a financial institution located in Oklahoma in an amount of at least Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00). The Department shall deposit any cash it receives for this purpose in a special account of the Department which shall be held in escrow until necessary to pay judgments as described in Section 7-331 of this title. The Department shall obtain a written acknowledgment from any financial institution issuing a certificate of deposit which is used for the purpose of this section, showing the certificate of deposit has been pledged to the Department for this purpose. The Department shall not accept any deposit and issue a certificate therefor and the Department shall not accept the certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 363, § 7-330, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 235, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Laws 1998, c. 85, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2005, c. 394, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2005.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-331 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-331. Application of deposit.

|Such deposit shall be held by the Department to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against such a person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state after such deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless such attachment or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages as aforesaid. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 364, § 7-331, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 85, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998.
47 OK Stat § 47-7-333 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 47. Motor Vehicles|§47-7-333. Substitution of proof.

|The Department shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the Department shall direct and the State Treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this chapter. |Laws 1961, p. 364, § 7-333.