2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-596.14. Denial of application for license.

The Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle Commission may deny an application for a license, revoke or suspend a license, impose a fine against a manufacturer or distributor in an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per occurrence, or impose a fine against a dealer in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per occurrence if any provision of the Recreational Vehicle Franchise Act is violated or for any of the following reasons:
1. On satisfactory proof of unfitness of the applicant in any application for any license under the provisions of the Recreational Vehicle Franchise Act;
2. For any material misstatement made by an applicant in any application for any license under the provisions of the Recreational Vehicle Franchise Act;
3. For any failure to comply with any provision of the Recreational Vehicle Franchise Act or any rule promulgated by the Commission under authority vested pursuant to the Recreational Vehicle Franchise Act;
4. A change of condition after a license is granted resulting in the failure to maintain the qualifications for a license;
5. Being a new recreational vehicle dealer who:
a.
has required a purchaser of a new recreational vehicle, as a condition of sale and delivery thereof, to also purchase special features, appliances, accessories, or equipment not desired or requested by the purchaser and installed by the dealer,
b.
uses any false or misleading advertising in connection with business as a new recreational vehicle dealer or vehicle salesperson,
c.
has committed any unlawful act which resulted in the revocation of any similar license in another state,
d.
has failed or refused to perform any written agreement with any retail buyer involving the sale of a recreational vehicle,
e.
has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude,
f.
has committed a fraudulent act in selling, purchasing, or otherwise dealing in new recreational vehicles or has misrepresented the terms and conditions of a sale, purchase, or contract for sale or purchase of a new recreational vehicle or any interest therein including an option to purchase such vehicle,
g.
has failed to meet or maintain the conditions and requirements necessary to qualify for the issuance of a license, or
h.
has employed an unregistered new recreational vehicle salesperson;
6. Being a new recreational vehicle dealer who:
a.
does not have an established place of business,
b.
does not provide for a suitable repair shop separate from the display room with ample space to repair or recondition one or more recreational vehicles at the same time and equipped with tools, equipment, and replacement parts as may be necessary for the servicing of recreational vehicles in such a manner as to make such vehicles comply with the safety laws of this state and properly fulfill the warranty obligation of the dealer or manufacturer,
c.
does not hold a dealer agreement in effect with a manufacturer or distributor of new or unused recreational vehicles for the sale of the same and is not authorized by the manufacturer or distributor to render predelivery preparation of such vehicles sold to purchasers and perform authorized postsale work pursuant to the warranty of the manufacturer or distributor, or
d.
employs unregistered salespersons or employs or utilizes the services of used recreational vehicle lots, dealers, or other unregistered persons in connection with the sale of new recreational vehicles;
7. Being a factory that has:
a.
induced or attempted to induce by means of coercion or intimidation any new recreational vehicle dealer:
(1)
to accept delivery of any recreational vehicle or vehicles, parts, or accessories for recreational vehicles, or any other commodities including advertising material which shall not have been ordered by the new recreational vehicle dealer,
(2)
to order or accept delivery of any recreational vehicle with special features, appliances, accessories, or equipment not included in the list price of the recreational vehicles as publicly advertised by the manufacturer of the recreational vehicle, or
(3)
to order or accept delivery of any parts, accessories, equipment, machinery, tools, appliances, or any commodity whatsoever,
b.
induced under threat or discrimination by the withholding from delivery to a recreational vehicle dealer certain models of recreational vehicles, changing or amending unilaterally the allotment of recreational vehicles of a dealer or withholding and delaying delivery of such vehicles out of the ordinary course of business, in order to induce a dealer by such coercion to participate or contribute to any local or national advertising fund controlled directly or indirectly by the factory or for any other purposes including contests, giveaways, other sales promotional devices, or change of quotas in any sales contest, or
c.
required recreational vehicle dealers, as a condition of receiving the vehicle allotment of the dealer, to order a certain percentage of the recreational vehicles with optional equipment not specified by the new recreational vehicle dealer; however, nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a factory from supporting an advertising association which is open to all dealers on the same basis; or
8. Has employed unlicensed factory representatives.
The Commission may deny any application for license, or suspend or revoke a license issued, or impose a fine, only after a hearing for which the applicant or licensee affected shall be given at least ten (10) days’ written notice specifying the reason for denying the applicant a license, or, in the case of a revocation or suspension or imposition of a fine, the offense which the licensee is alleged to have committed. The notice may be served as provided by law for the service of notices or mailing a copy by registered mail to the last-known residence or business address of the applicant or licensee. The hearing on alleged violations shall be at such time and place as the Commission may prescribe and the aforementioned notice shall further specify the time and place. If the applicant or licensee is a motor vehicle salesperson, factory representative, or distributor representative, the Commission shall in like manner additionally notify the person, firm, association, corporation, or trust with whom he or she is associated, or in whose association he or she is about to enter. The Commission shall have the power to compel the production of all records, papers, and other documents which may be deemed relevant to the proceeding bearing upon the complaints. The Commission shall have the power to subpoena and bring before it any person, or take testimony of any person by deposition, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed in the proceedings before courts of the state in civil cases. Any party to the hearing shall have the right to the attendance of witnesses on his or her behalf upon designating to the Commission the person or persons sought to be subpoenaed.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 272, § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 444, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2023, c. 29, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.