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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-107. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
1. "Axle load" means the total load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centers are included between two parallel transverse vertical planes forty (40) inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle;
2. "Tandem axle" means any two or more consecutive axles whose centers are more than forty (40) inches apart, but not more than ninety-five (95) inches apart;
3. "Split tandem axle" means any group of two or more consecutive axles where the center of any two adjacent axles exceeds ninety-five (95) inches, but does not exceed one hundred twenty (120) inches;
4. "Nondivisible" means any load or vehicle exceeding applicable length or weight which, if separated into smaller loads or vehicles, would:
a.
compromise the intended use of the vehicle,
b.
destroy the value of the load or vehicle, or
c.
require more than eight (8) hours to dismantle using appropriate equipment;
5. "Dual lane axles" also known as "trunnion axles" means an axle configuration with two individual axles mounted in the same transverse plane, with four tires on each axle, connected at a pivot point that allows each individual axle to oscillate in a vertical plane to provide constant and equal weight distribution on each individual axle; and
6. "Dual lane axles group" also known as "trunnion axle group" means two or more consecutive trunnion axles that are individually attached to, and/or articulated from, the vehicle, and may include a weight equalizing suspension system.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 415, § 14-107, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 52, § 3, emerg. eff. March 15, 1972; Laws 1977, c. 55, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1977; Laws 1999, c. 285, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1999; Laws 2010, c. 281, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2019, c. 317, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-109.1. Load overweight violations not to be recorded as traffic offenses under certain conditions.

Motor vehicle load overweight violations shall not be recorded as traffic offenses on the driving record of the operator of the vehicle, unless the operator is the owner of the vehicle, or the owner of a majority of the stock of any company which is the owner of the vehicle, on which the violation occurs.
Laws 1977, p. 1004, S.J.R.No.33, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-109.2. Weighing as single draft.

A. Except as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of delivering agriculture commodities to and from the farm only, any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be commercially weighed on a vehicle scale only as a single draft, that is, the total weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not be determined by adding together the results obtained by separately weighing each end of the vehicle or combination of vehicles, or by separately weighing individual elements of such vehicle or combination of vehicles. Provided, however, that when a vehicle or combination of vehicles is not weighed as a single draft the weight ticket shall be stamped "multiple draft weight; not guaranteed accurate". Provided further, that any one truck and semitrailer or truck-tractor/semitrailer combination may tow one complete trailer or semitrailer for the purpose of delivering agriculture commodities to and from the farm, such single axle and gross weight limits provided for by Section 14-109 of this title applying fully herein.
B. This section shall not be construed to allow or permit any vehicle or combination of vehicles to exceed:
1. The axle load limit, as prescribed in Section 14-109 of this title, of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds per single axle; or
2. The tandem axle weight, as prescribed in Sections 14-101 and 14-109 of this title; or
3. The overall gross vehicle weight of eighty thousand (80,000) pounds for vehicles or ninety thousand (90,000) pounds for longer combination vehicles as defined in U.S. Code 23, Section 127, operating on the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways in accordance with the provisions of Section 14-118 of this title; or
4. The total overall gross weight of ninety thousand (90,000) pounds for all other highways in this state, except those highways prescribed in Section 14-113 of this title.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 4, § 1, emerg. eff. March 7, 1961. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 27, § 6, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 127.1 of this title by Laws 1995, c. 27, § 8, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 229, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-109.3. Exemption for vehicles fueled by compressed or liquefied natural gas

A. A motor vehicle, if operated by an engine fueled wholly or partially by compressed or liquefied natural gas, may exceed the gross vehicle weight limits and any axle weight limits by an amount, not to exceed a maximum of two thousand (2,000) pounds, that is equal to the difference between:
1. The weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle; and
2. The weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.
B. The weight exemption allowed under this section shall extend to all state roads and also to interstate highways per the exemption expressly permitted under section 127(s) of Title 23 of the United States Code, as amended by Section 1410 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015.
Added by Laws 2016, c.65, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-109.4. Exemption for vehicles fueled by electricity or hydrogen.

A. A motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle, if operated by an engine fueled wholly or partially by an electric battery or hydrogen fuel cell electric fueling system, may exceed the gross vehicle weight limits and any axle weight limits by an amount, not to exceed a maximum of two thousand (2,000) pounds, that is equal to the difference between:
1. The weight of the vehicle attributable to electric batteries or hydrogen fuel cell electric fueling system carried by that vehicle; and
2. The weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.
B. The weight exemption allowed under this section shall extend to all state roads and highways; however, vehicles operating pursuant to the provisions of this section shall only be allowed to operate on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways with a federal exemption.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 195, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-110. Carrying registration certificate - Inspection.

The registration certificate for any truck, trailer, semitrailer or combination thereof shall be carried in or on the vehicle at all times and shall be presented on demand of any officer of the Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, or any sheriff for inspection, and it shall be accepted in any court as prima facie evidence of weight registration or legally authorized load limit of the vehicle.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 416, § 14-110. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 522, § 6, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-113. When the department of highways or local authorities may restrict right to use highways.

The Director of the Department of Transportation with respect to highways on the state highway system, or local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, as defined in Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may prohibit the operation of vehicles on any such highways, or impose restrictions as to the weights of vehicles to be operated upon any state or federal highway or any detour established for such highways, or for any bridge located upon such highways or detours, whenever any such highway, detour or bridge by reason of deterioration, rain, snow or other climatic conditions will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weight reduced. Such restrictions shall be effective when signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway, detour, bridge, or portion thereof affected by such action, and the Department of Public Safety has been notified. The purpose of this provision with respect to local authorities is to give such authorities an opportunity to prevent or minimize an immediate threat of serious harm or destruction to any highway, detour or bridge under their jurisdiction due to rain, snow or other climatic conditions. Nothing stated herein shall be construed to grant local authorities the right to issue permits designed to regulate the use of overweight vehicles upon highways subject to their jurisdiction, and the issuance of such permits is expressly prohibited.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 417, § 14-113. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 249, § 8, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-114. Liability for damage to highway or structure.

(a) The owner and operator of any motor vehicle who shall drive the same into any overpass or underpass and shall damage such overpass or underpass shall be absolutely liable to the owner or owners of such overpass or underpass thereby damaged for the amount of such damage, regardless of the height of such vehicle and regardless of the clearance in such overpass or underpass, and failure of such overpass or underpass to be sufficient in height to clear the vehicles hereby authorized shall not be a defense to any action for such damages. The provisions of this section shall be enforceable only in the event the overpass or underpass so damaged has a sign on each side thereof clearly legible and correctly stating the clearance thereof in feet and inches.
(b) The driver, owner, and any other person, firm or corporation responsible for a vehicle being on the highways or county roads of this state shall be responsible for all damages which said highways, including the bridges, pavement and all other public property thereon, may sustain as a result of a violation of the provisions of this or any other chapter regulating the usage of the highways, or as a result of the negligent or improper operation of said vehicle, and the county or state agency having charge of said highway may recover the amount of such damages in an action for damages.
The owner, driver, and any other person, firm or corporation responsible for any vehicle operating under an overweight or oversize permit shall be responsible for any damages to highway bridges or roads caused by the operation of such vehicle, whether caused by negligence or not, and no further permits shall be issued to such owner or operator until payment has been made for such damages. The amount of such damages may be recovered in an action for damages brought by the county or state agency having charge of said highway. The issuance of any special permit shall not be considered a warranty of any bridge or highway to support the permitted load.
Laws 1961, p. 417, § 14-114.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-116a. Transportation of manufactured home without permit - Penalties.

Any person, firm, or corporation who moves or transports any load or manufactured home without a permit issued by the Department of Transportation as required by the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as follows:
1. For the first such violation, by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00);
2. For the second such violation, by a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); and
3. For the third and subsequent violations, by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
The permit shall be carried by the operator of the vehicle moving or transporting the load or manufactured home and shall be available for inspection by any law enforcement officer. If said operator is found not to possess a permit, the load or manufactured home shall not continue to be moved or transported. Thereafter, the load or manufactured home shall not be moved or transported further except by the operator of a vehicle moving or transporting the load or manufactured home who is in possession of a permit authorizing the movement of the load or manufactured home.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 238, § 6, emerg. eff. July 8, 1985. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 390, § 11, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2022, c. 116, § 10, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-118.1. Multi-state oversize and overweight permits.

The Department of Transportation is authorized to enter into agreements with governmental entities outside this state for the issuance of regional and national oversize and overweight permits for single-trip nondivisible loads. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation shall adopt rules necessary to implement the agreements and shall issue multi-state permits for single-trip nondivisible loads in accordance with the terms of the agreements and shall receive and remit permit fees from a Department of Transportation special account in accordance with the agreements and state law.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 122, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 324, § 5; Laws 2022, c. 116, § 12, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-119. Load capacity violations - Penalties.

Any common, contract, or private motor carrier or any shipper, firm, corporation, or other person who willfully or knowingly transports a load having a capacity greater than the axle or gross weights authorized by statute or by special permit pursuant to the provisions of Sections 14-116 and 14-118 of this title, or who loads or causes or requires a vehicle to be loaded to said capacity, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalties and fines provided for in Section 172 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes or to a fine in the amount provided for in Sections 1115.2 and 1115.3 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 49, § 1, operative July 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 27, § 4, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-120. Movement of certain manufactured items - Limitations - Permits - Fees - Escorts.

A. Manufactured items, with the exception of manufactured homes as defined in Section 1102 of this title and industrialized housing as described in subsection B of Section 14-103A of this title, exceeding sixteen (16) feet but not exceeding twenty-three (23) feet in width traveling:
1. From a point of manufacture in this state to a point of delivery in this state or to a point of delivery in another state; or
2. From a point of manufacture outside this state to a point of delivery in this state or to a point of delivery in another state shall be permitted, upon receipt of a special movement permit issued under the provisions of subsection B of this section, to travel on any state or U.S. highway in Oklahoma. Provided, however, the Executive Director of the Department of Transportation is authorized to allow such items in excess of twenty-three (23) feet in width to travel on such highway if it is in the best interest of the state and a special moving permit has been issued. Provided, further, that no such load in excess of the limitations set forth in the applicable United States Code shall be permitted to travel upon any portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
B. Every person desiring to transport manufactured items pursuant to the provisions of this section shall apply to the Department of Transportation for a special movement permit on an application form prescribed by the Department. Upon approval of the application by the Department of Transportation, a special movement permit shall be issued for a fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Except as provided in Section 14-122 of this title, monies received from such special movement permit fees shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund. A permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall expire upon the completion of one trip specified in subsection A of this section. The special movement permit, and fee related thereto, shall be in addition to the permit and fees required by Section 14-116 of this title.
C. Highway escorts shall be required for transportation of items pursuant to the provisions of this section according to rules and regulations prescribed by the Department of Transportation.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 129, § 3, eff. May 5, 1971. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 156, § 1, eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 1984, c. 160, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Renumbered from § 116.21 of this title by Laws 1984, c. 160, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 5, § 160, emerg. eff. March 11, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1995, c. 27, § 5, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2010, c. 428, § 2, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2022, c. 116, § 13, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-120.1. Vehicles 12 or more feet wide to be escorted.

A. 1. Any vehicle or combination of vehicles with an outside width that exceeds twelve (12) feet operating on highways in the state, including the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, shall, in addition to being in compliance with provisions of Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, be accompanied by an escort vehicle or vehicles, as prescribed by the Department of Transportation.
2. Escort vehicle requirements shall not apply to retail implement dealers transporting farm implements from a retail distribution point to a farm or other location within a one hundred fifty (150) air-mile radius from the distribution point. For the purposes of this subsection, "retail implement dealers" shall mean a business engaged primarily in the sale of farm tractors as defined in Section 1-118 of this title or implements of husbandry as defined in Section 1-125 of this title or a combination thereof.
B. No person shall operate an escort vehicle for hire, as required by this section, unless the person has been certified by the Department of Transportation as an escort vehicle operator.
C. Any person not required to be certified by the Department of Transportation as an escort vehicle operator may tow a trailer when escorting a manufactured home. Such trailer shall not exceed eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length with siding not to exceed four (4) feet in height measured from the bed of the trailer.
The trailer may only be used to transport supplies and equipment necessary to carry out the mission of escort vehicle operators.
D. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation shall promulgate rules for the certification of operators of escort vehicles and the use of escort vehicles, as required by this section.
E. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal compacts and agreements with other states for the purpose of recognizing escort vehicle operator certifications issued by those states.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 423, § 2. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 130, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 2001; Laws 2011, c. 330, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 389, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 116, § 14, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-120.2. Law enforcement escort – Transport of oversized load or hazardous shipment by road or rail – Fees.

A. Every person required by the Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, or any federal agency or commission to have a law enforcement escort provided by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety for the transport of any oversized load or hazardous shipment by road or rail shall pay to the Department of Public Safety a fee covering the full cost to administer, plan, and carry out the escort within this state.
B. If the Highway Patrol provides an escort to accompany the transport of an oversized load or hazardous shipment by road or rail at the request of any person that is not required to have a law enforcement escort pursuant to subsection A of this section, then the requestor shall pay to the Department of Public Safety a fee covering the full cost to administer, plan, and carry out the escort within this state.
C. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt a schedule of fees necessary to implement this section.
D. All fees collected by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund established pursuant to Section 2-144.1 of this title.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 390, § 12, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 283, § 12, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2022, c. 116, § 15, eff. July 1, 2022; Laws 2023, c. 107, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-121. Special combination vehicles - Permits.

A. No person shall operate a special combination vehicle within this state without a special combination vehicle permit for the vehicle issued by the Department of Transportation. Such permit may be issued for operation upon Federal Aid Interstate Highways or four-lane divided Federal Aid Primary Highways and for access or egress between points of origin or destination.
B. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation shall promulgate rules for the issuance of special combination vehicle permits and shall collect an annual fee of Two Hundred Forty Dollars ($240.00) for each such permit issued. Except as provided in Section 14-122 of this title, fees collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer to be credited to the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury.
C. For the purposes of this section, a special combination vehicle shall consist of a truck-tractor semitrailer combination towing two complete trailers or semitrailers. No semitrailer or trailer used in such a combination shall have a length greater than twenty-nine (29) feet nor shall a special combination vehicle exceed the weight limitations imposed by Sections 14-109 and 14-116 of this title.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 37, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 5, § 161, emerg. eff. March 11, 1987; Laws 2010, c. 428, § 3, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2022, c. 116, § 16, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-122. Apportionment of fees.

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1104 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the first Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) of the following fees shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund to be apportioned as follows:
1. Twenty Dollars ($20.00) of any fee collected for a minimum permit fee pursuant to Section 14-116 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. Five Dollars ($5.00) of any fee collected for excess weight pursuant to Section 14-116 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) of any fee collected pursuant to Section 14-120 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
4. One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) of any fee collected pursuant to Section 14-121 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Any fees collected pursuant to Sections 14-116, 14-120 and 14-121 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes that are in excess of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) shall be apportioned as otherwise provided for in the sections specified in this subsection.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 428, § 4, eff. July 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-123. Roads and highways - Size, weight, and speed regulations.

Any motor vehicle of any size, except those motor vehicles regulated pursuant to Section 14-101 et seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, meeting the legal requirements for safety equipment and licensed to operate on public roadways in this state shall be allowed to operate in accordance with all size, weight and speed regulations on any road or highway in this state including the National System for Interstate and Defense Highways.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 174, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-124. Commercial class A license - Hazardous material endorsement exception.

Any person driving under a commercial class A license shall not be required to obtain a hazardous material endorsement pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Section 383 if the person is:
1. Acting within the scope of the license holder's employment as an employee of a custom harvester operation; and
2. Operating a service vehicle that is:
a.
transporting diesel in a quantity of three thousand seven hundred and eight-five (3,785) liters, or one thousand (1,000) gallons or less, and
b.
clearly marked with a "flammable" or "combustible" placard, as appropriate.
Added by Laws 2018, c. 54, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-14-125. Agricultural vehicles – Exempt from electronic logging devices.

A. Agricultural motor vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce shall be exempt from the requirement for electronic logging devices and hours of services as mandated by Section 32301(b) of the U.S. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act.
B. For the purposes of this section, agricultural vehicles shall include, but are not limited to, single axel trucks with a gooseneck or bumper pull trailer for the purpose of hauling horses or livestock, and trailers with living quarters.
Added by Laws 2018, c. 265, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 14-124 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-101. Provisions uniform throughout state.

The provisions of Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this act shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule or regulation in conflict with the provisions of such chapters unless expressly authorized herein. Local authorities may, however, adopt additional traffic regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of such chapters.
Laws 1961, p. 418, § 15-101.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-101.1. Jurisdiction of cities and towns to regulate traffic on boundary lines.

Any city or town may promulgate, adopt and enforce ordinances governing and regulating the operation of motor vehicles and other traffic upon roads, streets and highways that form the boundary line of such city or town, subject to the provisions of Section 15-101 et seq. of this title.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 124, § 2, emerg. eff. April 8, 1988. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 142, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 346, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 108.1 of this title by Laws 2002, c. 397, § 35, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-102. Powers of local authorities.

A. The provisions of this title shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:
1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;
2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic-control signals;
3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;
4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific direction;
5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;
6. Designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop or yield at one or more entrances to such intersection;
7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in Section 14-113 of this title;
8. Regulating the operating of bicycles and requiring the registration and licensing of same, including the requirement of a registration fee;
9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
10. Altering the speed limits as authorized herein; and
11. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are specifically authorized by this title.
B. No local authority shall erect or maintain any stop sign or traffic-control signal at any location so as to require the traffic on any state or federal highway to stop before entering or crossing any intersecting highway unless approval in writing has first been obtained from the Department of Highways.
C. No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 10 of subsection A of this section shall be effective until signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrances to the highway or part thereof affected as may be most appropriate.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 419, § 15-102, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 62, § 16, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-102.1. Cellular phone usage – State preemption of orders, ordinances or regulations.

A. The State Legislature hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation in this state touching in any way inattentive driving and cellular phone usage in automobiles to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by any municipality or other political subdivision of this state. Any existing or future orders, ordinances, or regulations in this field, except as provided for in subsection B of this section, are null and void.
B. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit any order, ordinance or regulation of any municipality from enacting and enforcing laws prohibiting and penalizing conduct prohibited under provisions of this act, but the provisions of such order, ordinance or regulation by a municipality shall not be more stringent than those of this act.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 153, § 1. Renumbered from § 11-901a of this title by Laws 2002, c. 397, § 35, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-103. Rights of owners of real property.

Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner, and not as a matter of right, from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this act, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner.
Laws 1961, p. 419, § 15-103.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-104. State highway commission to adopt sign manual.

The State Highway Commission shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic-control devices for use upon streets and highways within this state. Such uniform system shall correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the system then current as approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials, and the manual so adopted may be amended or revised from time to time as the Commission may deem necessary. The manual so adopted and any amendments or revisions thereof shall be published by the State Highway Commission and one copy thereof shall be distributed free of charge to the local governing bodies of counties and incorporated cities and towns.
Laws 1961, p. 419, § 15-104.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-105. Department of highways to sign all state and federal highways.

(a) The Department of Highways shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications, upon all state and federal highways as it shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this act or to regulate, warn or guide traffic.
(b) No local authority shall place or maintain any traffic-control device upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Highways except by the latter's permission.
Laws 1961 P. 419, Sec. 15-105.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-106. Local traffic-control devices.

(a) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this act or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn or guide traffic. All such traffic-control devices hereafter erected shall conform to the state manual and specifications.
(b) Local authorities in exercising those functions referred to in the preceding paragraph with regard to streets and highways which are a continuation of state or federal numbered highways shall be subject to the direction and control of the State Highway Commission.
Laws 1961, p. 420, § 15-106.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-107. Authority to require pedestrian obedience to traffic-control signs.

Local authorities are hereby empowered by ordinance to require that pedestrians shall strictly comply with the directions of any official traffic-control signal and may by ordinance prohibit pedestrians from crossing any roadway in a business district or any designated highways except in a crosswalk.
Laws 1961, p. 420, § 15-107.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-108. Authority to designate through highways and "stop" and "yield" intersections.

The Department of Highways with reference to state and federal highways and local authorities with reference to other highways under their jurisdiction may designate through highways and erect stop or yield signs at specified entrances thereto, or may designate any intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to such intersection.
Laws 1961, p. 420, § 15-108.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-109. Regulations relative to school buses.

A. The State Board of Education in accordance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, 49 C.F.R., Part 571, shall adopt and enforce regulations not inconsistent with this act to govern the design and operation of all school buses used for the transportation of school children when owned and operated by any school district or privately owned and operated under contract with any school district in this state, and such regulations shall by reference be made a part of any such contract with a school district. Every school district, its officers and employees, and every person employed under contract by a school district shall be subject to said regulations.
B. Any officer or employee of any school district who violates any of said regulations or fails to include obligation to comply with said regulations in any contract executed by him on behalf of a school district shall be guilty of misconduct and subject to removal from office or employment. Any person operating a school bus under contract with a school district who fails to comply with any of said regulations shall be guilty of a breach of contract and such contract shall be canceled after notice and hearing by the responsible officers of such school district.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 420, § 15-109, eff. Sept. 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 397, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-110. Model Traffic Ordinance - Authorization to adopt.

Insofar as it is consistent with state law, all cities and towns may adopt and maintain the "Model Traffic Ordinance" of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances.
Laws 1967, c. 120, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1967.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-111. Special parking privileges for physically disabled persons.

A. Municipalities and political subdivisions of the state with authority to regulate the standing or parking of vehicles shall extend special parking privileges to a physically disabled person who displays on a motor vehicle operated by or under the direction and for the use of the physically disabled person:
1. A placard indicating physical disability, issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 15-112 of this title;
2. A physically disabled license plate, issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.1 of this title;
3. A disabled veterans license plate with the international accessibility symbol, issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.2 of this title;
4. A disability sticker issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs and federal military bases; or
5. A physically disabled placard or license plate issued by another state.
B. No such special parking privilege, however, shall excuse the violation of any state statute, nor shall any such privilege be applicable where the standing or parking would create a dangerous situation or impede the normal flow of traffic.
C. Municipalities and political subdivisions of the state with authority to regulate the standing or parking of vehicles shall follow the current version of the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) when designing or redesigning disabled parking spaces.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 220, § 1. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 133, § 2, emerg. eff. April 27, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 129, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1999, c. 276, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 178, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2007, c. 62, § 17, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007; Laws 2010, c. 302, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-113. Penalties.

A. Any person who knowingly makes or procures the making of a false statement in an application submitted pursuant to Sections 15-111 through 15-113 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each falsified statement. This penalty shall be stated on all applications.
B. 1. Any person who has not been issued a physically disabled parking placard pursuant to the provisions of Section 15-112 of this title, a physically disabled license plate issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.1 of this title, a disabled veterans license plate pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.2 of this title, a Purple Heart recipient license plate issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.2 of this title, a disability sticker issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs and federal military bases, or a physically disabled placard or license plate issued by another state, and uses a placard, sticker, or license plate to park in a disabled parking place is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A person transporting a physically disabled person with an authorized placard, sticker or license plate, as provided in subsection A of Section 11-1007 of this title, shall be excluded from the provisions of this section.
2. Any person who has been issued a physically disabled parking placard pursuant to the provisions of Section 15-112 of this title, a physically disabled license plate issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.1 of this title, a disabled veterans license plate pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.2 of this title or a Purple Heart recipient license plate issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1135.2 of this title, and knowingly allows the placard or license plate to be used by a person not issued the placard or license plate as described in paragraph 1 of this subsection, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
C. A person who knowingly makes a counterfeit physically disabled parking placard or physically disabled license plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each counterfeit placard or license plate made by such person.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 220, § 3. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 276, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2010, c. 302, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 2010; Laws 2021, c. 213, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-114. Operation of motorized scooters – Ordinances or regulations.

Any municipal governing body or board of county commissioners may enact ordinances or regulations governing the operation of motorized scooters upon the roads, streets, alleys, bridges, sidewalks, or other places within its respective jurisdiction in the manner provided by and not inconsistent with, state law.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 521, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-116. Power of municipality or political subdivision to enforce act.

Upon the enactment of any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted in conformity with this act, the municipality or political subdivision is authorized to investigate and enforce the ordinance, rule, or regulation on public property, or private property where the public is invited such as, but not limited to, the following:
1. Places of lodging including, but not limited to, inns, hotels, and motels;
2. Establishments serving food or drink including, but not limited to, restaurants and bars;
3. Places of exhibition or entertainment including, but not limited to, motion picture houses, theaters, concert halls, and stadiums;
4. Places of public gathering including, but not limited to, auditoriums, convention centers, and lecture halls;
5. Sales or rental establishments including, but not limited to, bakeries, grocery stores, hardware stores, and shopping centers;
6. Service establishments including, but not limited to, laundromats, dry cleaners, banks, barber shops, beauty shops, travel services, shoe repair services, funeral parlors, gas stations, offices of accountants or lawyers, pharmacies, insurance offices, professional offices of health care providers, and hospitals;
7. Public transportation terminals, depots, or stations, not including facilities relating to air transportation;
8. Places of public display or collection including, but not limited to, museums, libraries, and galleries;
9. Places of recreation including, but not limited to, parks, zoos, and amusement parks;
10. Places of education including, but not limited to, nursery schools, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate private schools;
11. Social service center establishments including, but not limited to, day care centers, senior citizen centers, homeless shelters, food banks, and adoption agencies; or
12. Places of exercise or recreation including, but not limited to, gymnasiums, health spas, bowling alleys, and golf courses.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 146, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Renumbered from § 11-1008 of this title by Laws 2008, c. 302, § 14, emerg. eff. June 2, 2008. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 302, § 5, emerg. eff. June 5, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-131. Speed limits - Traffic control regulations - Violations.

Upon application by the governing board of a public trust, as defined in Sections 164 and 176 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Transportation Commission may set speed limits and promulgate regulations governing uniform traffic control to comply with the provisions of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the reasonable and safe operation of motor vehicles on property situated within the state and owned by or under the control of the public trust.
Speed limits and regulations so established shall be enforceable when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected. The cost of such signs shall be borne by the public trust. Any person driving on such property in violation of the speed limit or regulation so established shall, upon conviction, be punished in the same manner as provided for persons convicted of violating other provisions of Sections 11-101 et seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 100, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977. Renumbered from § 11-308a of this title by Laws 2007, c. 62, § 24, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-15-132. Public trusts - Contracts and agreements - Enforcement of speed limits and regulations.

A public trust authorized to make application under this section may enter into contracts and agreements with local authorities for the enforcement of speed limits and regulations governing uniform traffic control on property owned or controlled by the public trust.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 100, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1977. Renumbered from § 11-308b of this title by Laws 2007, c. 62, § 25, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-16-101. Parties to a crime.

(a) Classification of parties. The parties to crimes are classified as: 1. Principals, and 2. Accessories. (b) Principals defined. All persons concerned in the commission of crime, whether it be felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense or aid and abet in its commission, though not present, are principals. (c) Accessories defined. All persons who, after the commission of any felony, conceal or aid the offender, with the knowledge that he has committed a felony, and with intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment, are accessories. (d) No accessories to misdemeanor. There are no accessories. (e) Punishment of accessories. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by law, an accessory to a felony is punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1961, p. 420, § 16-101.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-16-103. Public officers and employees - Exceptions.

The provisions of Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, applicable to drivers of vehicles upon the highways, shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state or any county, city, town, district or any other political subdivision of the state, subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this act.
Laws 1961, p. 421, § 16-103.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-16-104. Procedure upon arrest for felony.

Whenever a person is arrested for any violation of this act declared herein to be a felony, he shall be dealt with in like manner as upon arrest for the commission of any other felony. For the purposes of this section any offense which may be punishable by imprisonment in a state penitentiary is a felony.
Laws 1961, p. 421, § 16-104.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-16-108. Misdemeanor violations - Procedure.

(a) Whenever a person is halted by a peace officer or highway patrolman for any violation of this title punishable as a misdemeanor, the officer shall proceed in accordance with the State and Municipal Traffic Bail Bond Procedure Act, Section 1115 et seq. of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
(b) If the person charged with the violation is a minor, then the citing police officer shall ascertain from the minor the name and address of his parents or legal guardian, and said officer shall cause a copy of the "violation" to be mailed to the address of the parents or legal guardian, within three (3) days after the date of violation.
Amended by Laws 1987, c. 226, § 6, operative July 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-16-109.1. Authority of officer at scene of accident.

Except for felonies, a police officer at the scene of a traffic accident may issue a written notice to appear to any driver of a vehicle involved in the accident when, based upon personal investigation, the officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that the person has committed any offense under the provisions of this title in connection with the accident.
In such cases the officer shall be endorsed as a witness and shall appear if said case is tried.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 124, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-16-112. Failure to obey notice to appear.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate his written promise to appear given to an officer upon the issuance of a notice to appear regardless of the disposition of the charge for which such notice to appear was originally issued.
(b) A written promise to appear in court may be complied with by an appearance by counsel.
Laws 1961, p. 422, § 16-112.