{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-11-92","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-11-92","heading":"Records of data – Holding period – Unlawful activities –","body":"Declaration of ownership – Vehicle purchase.\n\nA. Every scrap metal dealer shall keep a separate book, record\n\nor other electronic system as authorized by the Oklahoma Scrap Metal\n\nDealers Act, to record and maintain the following data from any\n\nseller of any amount of scrap metal as defined by the Oklahoma Scrap\n\nMetal Dealers Act:\n\n1. A legible photocopy of the seller's driver license or\n\ngovernment-provided photo identification, issued by the United\n\nStates government, State of Oklahoma, or any other state of the\n\nUnited States, or any other federally recognized identification that\n\ncontains his or her name, and date of birth; provided, that if the\n\nphoto identification does not contain an address, an address shall\n\nbe provided;\n\n2. Vehicle description and license tag number, or vehicle\n\nidentification number if no state license plate is affixed, if the\n\nvehicle was used to transport the material being sold;\n\n3. Date and place of the transaction and the transaction number\n\nas provided by the scrap metal dealer;\n\n4. Description of the items sold and weight of the items as\n\nrequired by the provisions of the Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act;\n\n5. Whether the scrap metal is in wire, cable, bar, rod, sheet\n\nor tube form; and\n\n6. The digital image of the items purchased and the digital\n\nimage of the seller. The digital image shall contain depictions\n\nthat clearly identify the items sold and are captured in the common\n\nJPEG format. The digital image shall be retained by the purchaser\n\nfor a minimum of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase.\n\nB. Municipalities or other political subdivisions may designate\n\nthe reporting methods and the format of the information required by\n\nsubsection A of this section, either written, electronic or\n\nInternet-based. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and\n\nForestry shall designate an Internet-based reporting method that\n\napplies to all geographic areas of the state that are not subject to\n\na local designation for Internet reporting.\n\nC. Records required by this section shall be retained for no\n\nless than two (2) years from the date of transaction and shall be\n\nmade available at any time to any person authorized by law for such\n\ninspection.\n\nD. It shall be unlawful for any scrap metal dealer to purchase\n\nany item from a minor under the age of sixteen (16) without having\n\nfirst obtained the consent, in writing, of a parent or guardian of\n\nsuch minor. Such written consent shall be kept with the book,\n\nrecord or other electronic recording system required by subsection A\n\nof this section and, if requested by a law enforcement agency where\n\nthe purchase was made, shall be transmitted to the law enforcement\n\nagency and may be kept as a permanent record and made available for\n\npublic inspection.\n\nE. A scrap metal dealer shall obtain from each seller of a\n\nscrap metal item regulated by the Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act,\n\nor a parent or guardian on behalf of a minor, a written declaration\n\nof ownership containing a legible signature of the seller. The\n\ndeclaration of ownership shall be in the following form and shall\n\nappear on the bill of sale or transaction ticket to be completed by\n\nthe seller in the presence of the purchaser at the time of the\n\ntransaction:\n\n\"I hereby affirm that I am the rightful owner of the hereon\n\ndescribed merchandise; or I am an authorized representative of the\n\nrightful owner and affirm that I have been given authority by the\n\nrightful owner to sell the hereon described merchandise.\n\nI state under penalty of perjury under the laws of Oklahoma that\n\nthe foregoing is true and correct.\n\n______________________________ __________________________\n\nSignature Date and Place\"\n\nF. If requested by a law enforcement agency, a scrap metal\n\ndealer shall report in writing all purchases of scrap metal as\n\ndefined by the Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act within forty-eight\nscribed merchandise.\n\nI state under penalty of perjury under the laws of Oklahoma that\n\nthe foregoing is true and correct.\n\n______________________________ __________________________\n\nSignature Date and Place\"\n\nF. If requested by a law enforcement agency, a scrap metal\n\ndealer shall report in writing all purchases of scrap metal as\n\ndefined by the Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act within forty-eight\n\n(48) hours following such purchase. The report shall contain all\n\nthe information required by this section.\n\nG. Prior to the purchase of a used motor vehicle, trailer or\n\nnonmotorized recreational vehicle, the scrap metal dealer shall\n\nrequire one of the following forms of proof of ownership from the\n\nperson selling the used motor vehicle, trailer or nonmotorized\n\nrecreational vehicle:\n\n1. A certificate of title that matches the vehicle\n\nidentification number of the vehicle being sold;\n\n2. A notarized power of attorney from the individual on the\n\ncertificate of title authorizing the seller to dispose of the\n\nvehicle on behalf of the owner; or\n\n3. A statement of ownership from the seller stating that the\n\nvehicle was purchased from the lawful owner, accompanied by a bill\n\nof sale from the lawful owner including a statement that there are\n\nno outstanding liens on the vehicle, and a statement that the\n\nvehicle is inoperable or incapable of operation or use on the\n\nhighway and has no resale value except as scrap.\n\nThe provisions of this subsection shall not apply to sales,\n\npurchases or other transfers of vehicles between scrap metal dealers\n\nand licensed automotive dismantlers and parts recyclers, licensed\n\ncrushers, salvage dealers, used car dealers and licensed wreckers.\n\nH. A scrap metal dealer shall not enter into any cash\n\ntransactions in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in\n\npayment for the purchase of scrap metal that is listed in subsection\n\nC of Section 11-93 of this title unless the transaction is made with\n\nan exempted seller. Payment by check shall be issued and made\n\npayable only to the seller of the scrap metal whose identification\n\ninformation has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsection.\n\nI. The following shall be exempt from this section:\n\n1. Scrap metal hauled by a scrap metal dealer for an exempted\n\nseller in a motor vehicle registered with the Oklahoma Department of\n\nTransportation; and\n\n2. Material delivered by an exempted seller with a check made\n\npayable to the company of the exempted seller.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ebf23817d615861a18e6b5c44e3cc2ca9b4411e6f126491627a3e0f54e1697df","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-11-91","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-11-93"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}