Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 730 - Department of Transportation › Chapter 35 - Maintenance and Control of State Highway System › Subchapter 5 - Highway Advertising Control › Section 730:35-5-5 - Registration of outdoor signs, displays and devices

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) All signs, except for signs considered
				exempt, (see
				730:35-5-15 ) that
				are adjacent to or located within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the
				right-of-way, and visible from the main traveled way of any Interstate or
				Federal-aid Primary highway in the state, are required to be registered and
				permitted by the Department.
(b)
				Application forms to register and permit sign locations are provided by the
				Department, prior to the construction or relocation of any sign. The
				application form is to be filled out in its entirety, notarized and submitted
				to the Department, along with the application fee ($100.00), two (2) photos of
				the proposed site location and a copy of the current lease agreement with
				landowner of the site location. Upon receipt of all required data, the
				Department will then process the application as expeditiously as possible. The
				applicant shall be notified of the Department's decision on the application and
				the reasons therefore, if denied, within sixty (60) days of receipt of the
				completed application. Upon approval, the sign location is assigned a
				registration number and is issued a registration certification (title), permit
				and tag.
(c) For each properly
				registered outdoor advertising sign, display, or device, the Department shall
				issue a registration certificate which contains a unique registration number,
				the name and address of the owner and such additional information as the
				Department considers necessary to properly identify the particular outdoor
				advertising sign, display, or device.
(d) The registration tag is to be affixed to
				the applicable outdoor advertising sign, display or device so as to be
				conspicuous and visible from the main traveled way within a period not to
				exceed sixty (60) days of its issuance. On or after July 1, 1973, any outdoor
				advertising sign, display or device located within the controlled areas, and
				which does not display its applicable registration tag may be considered by the
				Department to be unregistered, thus illegal, and subject to removal by the
				Department in accordance with provisions of law; provided further, that the
				Department may institute and pursue to a conclusion such other proceedings,
				criminal and civil in enforcement of the provisions of the Act and this rule as
				are provided by the law and this rule, which may include revocation of the
				company's license to do business.
(e) The registration of an outdoor
				advertising sign, display, or device shall be permanent for the registered sign
				as long as the sign remains in conformance with requirements of law and these
				rules; provided, however, that lost, stolen or destroyed registration tags or
				certificates may be replaced by the Department, such replacement tags or
				certificates to bear the same registration numbers as the originals. The
				replacement cost will be a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the
				registration tag, and a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the
				registration certificate.
(f) Upon
				change of ownership of any registered outdoor advertising sign, display, or
				device, the new owner shall, within ninety (90) days, notify the Department by
				presenting to the Department the current applicable registration certificate
				executed as provided for thereon, and request a transfer of registration.
				Provide a copy of a current lease, assignment of an assignable lease, or proof
				of current payment between the land owner(s) and the new owner of the sign. A
				new registration certificate issued by the Department shall provide for an
				assignment of registration, such assignment to be executed by the assignor and
				acknowledged by a Notary Public. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be
				charged by the Department for a transfer of registration. Failure to request
				transfer within ninety (90) days shall be grounds for the Department to
				determine that the sign is illegal and subject to removal.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
				  4695, eff 10-11-93; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1384, eff
				  5-11-00