2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 47. Motor Vehicles › §47-1127. Military personnel - Registration of vehicles - Exemption from penalties.

A. All vehicles owned by members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Reserve Corps of the Armed Forces of the United States, and the Oklahoma National Guard or their spouses assigned to duty in this state in compliance with official military or naval orders or owned by the spouse, who resides in Oklahoma, of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States serving in a foreign country, which vehicles are not being used in a trade or business or for any commercial purpose, are hereby classified specially for vehicle license and registration purposes in this state. Any such vehicle which is not registered and licensed for the current year in the state of residence or domicile of the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist or of the spouse owning the vehicle must be registered for the current year in Oklahoma as herein provided, except that any such vehicle which has been licensed in some other state by such service member, Guardsman, Reservist, or spouse while the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist was stationed in the other state may be operated in this state for the remainder of the year or period for which it is licensed. If such vehicle currently is registered with the Armed Forces of the United States rather than being registered in a state and the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist is transferred to a duty station within this state pursuant to military orders, the service member, Guardsman, Reservist, or spouse owning the vehicle shall not be required to register the vehicle in this state for a period of thirty (30) days after the date the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist is required to report for duty pursuant to the military.
The service member, Guardsman, Reservist, or spouse applying for the registration of any such vehicle shall submit an appropriate statement, to be attached to the vehicle registration application, showing the following: A description of the vehicle owned by the applicant; the state and address of the applicant's legal residence or domicile; and that the applicant or applicant's spouse is actively serving in the Armed Forces of the United States assigned or stationed at a named location in compliance with official military orders. The statement shall be signed by the applicant and certified to by a proper officer of the organization to which the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist is assigned for duty. Provided, in lieu of certification by an officer, the applicant may submit copies of written orders documenting that the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist is actively serving at the time of application for registration. The application shall be accompanied by a registration fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00).
B. Any Oklahoma resident who is stationed out of state due to an official assignment of the Armed Forces of the United States or their spouse shall be entitled to register his or her vehicle or vehicles in this state for the same registration fee afforded members of the Armed Forces of the United States assigned to duty in this state pursuant to subsection A of this section. Such Oklahoma resident or their spouse who is stationed out of state due to an official assignment of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be exempt from the vehicle inspection requirements of Section 1105 of this title; provided, such Oklahoma resident or his or her spouse who is stationed out of state presents valid documentation acceptable to Service Oklahoma evidencing that such inspection has been made by an out-of-state authority acceptable to Service Oklahoma.
Any Oklahoma resident who is stationed out of state due to an official assignment of the Armed Forces of the United States may authorize a designated representative to register his or her vehicle or vehicles as provided for in this subsection if the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist is not able to register the vehicle at the appropriate time.
C. Any Oklahoma resident who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, Reserve Corps of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Oklahoma National Guard stationed outside of the state due to official assignment of the Armed Forces of the United States, or his or her spouse, shall be exempt from the penalties assessed pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection C of Section 1115, subsection F of Section 1132 and subsection C of Section 1151 of this title for the duration of such official assignment and for a period of sixty (60) days after such assignment ends. If registration is not completed after the sixtieth day, the expiration date and the period for assessment of penalties shall commence on the sixty-first day. The exemption provided for in this section shall be granted only if the service member, Guardsman, Reservist, or spouse registering such vehicle submits an appropriate statement, to be attached to the vehicle registration application, showing the following: A description of the vehicle owned by the applicant; the state and address of the applicant's legal residence or domicile; and that the applicant or applicant's spouse is actively serving in the Armed Forces of the United States assigned or stationed at a named location outside the state in compliance with official military orders. The statement shall be signed by the applicant and certified to by a proper officer of the organization to which the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist is assigned for duty. Provided, in lieu of certification by an officer, the applicant may submit copies of written orders documenting that the service member, Guardsman, or Reservist is actively serving at the time of application for registration.
D. The reduced registration fee provided herein shall not apply to vehicles owned by retired members of the Armed Forces, inactive members of the Reserve Corps of the Armed Forces, inactive members of the Oklahoma National Guard and other members and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States who are not actively serving.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 179, § 30, operative July 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 205, § 71, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 240, § 5, eff. July 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 277, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 337, § 11; Laws 1993, c. 17, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2006, c. 60, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2010, c. 335, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2014, c. 413, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2016, c. 209, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2017, c. 273, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2022, c. 282, § 141, emerg. eff. May 19, 2022.
NOTE: Laws 1989, c. 161, § 2 repealed by Laws 1990, c. 337, § 26.