Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 260 - Office of Management and Enterprise Services › Chapter 135 - Service Oklahoma › Subchapter 7 - Motor Vehicle › Part 31 - SPECIAL PERMITS › Section 260:135-7-165 - Special mobilized machinery

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Description.
Special Mobilized Machinery (SMM) are special purpose
				  machines or devices which derive no revenue from the transportation of persons
				  or property, whose use of the highways is only incidental and whose useful
				  revenue producing service is performed at destinations in an area away from the
				  traveled surface of an established open highway. SMM may be either truck or
				  trailer mounted. Unless stated specifically otherwise, the following provisions
				  apply to both configurations.
(b)
Truck mounted SMM - excise tax assessment.
Truck mounted SMM may
				  register either as SMM, or at any other registration classification for which
				  the vehicle type, vehicle use and vehicle owner qualify. Standard excise tax
				  applies to truck mounted SMM registered as such. Vehicle sales tax is not
				  assessed.
(c)
Trailer mounted
				  SMM - excise tax assessment.
Trailer mounted SMM may register only as
				  SMM, as such equipment does not qualify under any other registration
				  classification. An expiring commercial trailer license plate is to be issued,
				  at the applicable SMM registration rate. Standard excise tax applies. Vehicle
				  sales tax is not assessed.
(d)
Qualification certificate and fee.
Special Mobilized Machinery is
				  required to have a qualification certificate (authority) before any
				  registration or permit can be issued. The qualification certificate may be
				  obtained through Service Oklahoma or any Service Oklahoma location. The
				  qualification certificate remains valid for as long as ownership of the SMM
				  does not change. If this qualification certificate is lost, or should ownership
				  of the SMM change, a new certificate must be obtained.
(e)
Licensed operator to issue title
				  and registration.
Licensed operators are authorized to title and
				  register SMM, using the qualification certificate number assigned by the
				  licensed operator or Service Oklahoma.
(f)
Registration fee; expiration;
				  penalties.
The fee for a full year registration is set forth by statute.
				  All Special Mobilized Machinery registrations expire in December. On February
				  2, the registration fee doubles.
(g)
Reciprocity for out-of-state
				  vehicles.
Special Mobilized Machinery properly registered in another
				  state may pass through this state under that out-of-state registration provided
				  the unit is not put into service within this state. Special Mobilized Machinery
				  entering from another state and placed into service in the State of Oklahoma
				  must be registered for the remainder of the year.
(h)
Temporary operation.
SMM
				  registered in another state and utilized for temporary service in this state
				  may operate by temporary permit for not more than thirty (30) days in any
				  calendar year. Absent a change of ownership, if an out-of-state registered SMM
				  unit to which a temporary permit has been issued is operated in excess of
				  thirty (30) days in Oklahoma in any calendar year, the unit must be titled and
				  registered for the remainder of the year.