{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-1116","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-1116","heading":"Self-propelled or motor-driven and operated vehicles -","body":"Golf carts, all-terrain, and utility vehicles - Operation on\n\nstreets, highways, and roadways within unincorporated areas.\n\nA. The self-propelled or motor-driven and operated vehicles\n\ndescribed in this section shall be prohibited from operating or\n\nshall be limited in operation on the streets and highways of this\n\nstate.\n\nB. Self-propelled or motor-driven cycles, known and commonly\n\nreferred to as \"minibikes\" and other similar trade names, shall be\n\nprohibited from operating on the streets and highways of this state,\n\nexcept:\n\n1. When used in a parade; or\n\n2. When registered, as required by subsection E of Section 1151\n\nof this title, and operated in this state by food vendor services\n\nupon streets having a speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour or\n\nless.\n\nAll minibikes offered for sale in this state shall bear the\n\nfollowing notice to the customer: \"This machine is not manufactured\n\nor sold for operation on the public streets or highways. Since it\n\nis not provided with equipment required by law for street or highway\n\nuse, all persons are cautioned that any operation of this vehicle\n\nupon a public street or highway will be in violation of the motor\n\nvehicle laws of this state and will subject the violator to arrest.\"\n\nC. Golf carts and utility vehicles, as defined by Section 1102\n\nof this title, shall not be operated on the streets and highways of\n\nthis state except:\n\n1. Golf carts or utility vehicles owned by the Oklahoma Tourism\n\nand Recreation Department, and operated by employees or agents of\n\nthe Department or employees of independent management companies\n\nworking on behalf of the Department, may be operated on the streets\n\nand highways of this state during daylight hours or under rules\n\ndeveloped by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission, when\n\nthe streets and highways are located within the boundaries of a\n\nstate park. The Department shall have warning signs placed at the\n\nentrance and other locations at those state parks allowing golf\n\ncarts or utility vehicles to be operated on the streets and highways\n\nof this state located within the boundaries of those state parks.\n\nThe warning signs shall state that golf carts and utility vehicles\n\nmay be operating on streets and highways and that motor vehicle\n\noperators shall take special precautions to be alert for the\n\npresence of golf carts or utility vehicles on the streets and\n\nhighways;\n\n2. The municipal governing body has adopted an ordinance\n\ngoverning the operation of golf carts or utility vehicles on city\n\nstreets; provided, such ordinances shall include necessary vehicle\n\nlighting and safety requirements;\n\n3. Golf carts or utility vehicles may operate on state highways\n\nonly if making a perpendicular crossing of a state highway located\n\nwithin the boundaries of a municipality which has adopted an\n\nordinance governing the operation of golf carts or utility vehicles;\n\n4. The board of county commissioners of a county has approved\n\nthe operation of golf cart or utility vehicle traffic on roadways\n\nwithin the county, and:\n\na. the roadway has a posted speed limit of twenty-five\naking a perpendicular crossing of a state highway located\n\nwithin the boundaries of a municipality which has adopted an\n\nordinance governing the operation of golf carts or utility vehicles;\n\n4. The board of county commissioners of a county has approved\n\nthe operation of golf cart or utility vehicle traffic on roadways\n\nwithin the county, and:\n\na. the roadway has a posted speed limit of twenty-five\n\n(25) miles per hour or less,\n\nb. the roadway is located in an unincorporated area, and\n\nc. appropriate signage, cautioning motorists of the\n\npossibility of golf cart or utility vehicle traffic,\n\nis erected by the board of county commissioners; or\n\n5. Street-legal utility vehicles that are registered as a motor\n\nvehicle pursuant to Section 1-171.1 of this title may be operated on\n\nthe streets and highways of this state and U.S. highways in counties\n\nwhose population is less than seventy-five thousand (75,000)\n\naccording to the latest Federal Decennial Census. Registered\n\nstreet-legal utility vehicles may be operated on stretches of U.S.\n\nhighways with posted speed limits of fifty (50) miles per hour or\n\nless in counties with a population of more than seventy-five\n\nthousand (75,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census.\n\nProvided, however, street-legal utility vehicles shall not be\n\noperated on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.\n\nD. All-terrain vehicles shall not be operated on the streets\n\nand highways of this state, except:\n\n1. On unpaved roads which are located within the boundaries of\n\nany property of the Forest Service of the United States Department\n\nof Agriculture;\n\n2. On highways if:\n\na. the vehicle needs to make a direct crossing of the\n\nhighway while the vehicle is traveling upon a\n\nregularly traveled trail and needs to continue travel\n\nfrom one area of the trail to another and, if the\n\nvehicle comes to a complete stop, yields the right-of-\n\nway to all oncoming traffic that constitutes an\n\nimmediate hazard, and crosses the highway at an angle\n\nof approximately ninety (90) degrees to the direction\n\nof the street or highway. This exception shall not\n\napply to divided highways or highways with a posted\n\nspeed limit of more than thirty-five (35) miles per\n\nhour in the area of the crossing,\n\nb. the vehicle needs to travel on a highway in order to\n\ncross a railroad track. In that event, the all-\n\nterrain vehicle may travel for not more than three\n\nhundred (300) feet on a highway to cross a railroad\n\ntrack,\n\nc. the operator of the all-terrain vehicle making the\n\ncrossing at a highway has a valid driver license, and\n\nd. the operator of the vehicle makes a crossing on a\n\nhighway during daylight hours only;\n\n3. On streets and highways within a municipality if the\n\nmunicipal governing body has adopted an ordinance governing the\n\noperation of golf carts, utility vehicles or all-terrain vehicles on\n\nstreets and highways within the municipality; or\n\n4. On roadways within unincorporated areas of a county if those\n\nroadways are not part of the state highway system or the National\n\nSystem of Interstate and Defense Highways; provided, however, that\n\nthe driver is a licensed driver.\n\nE. Mopeds, as defined by Section 1-133.2 of this title, may be\n\noperated on the streets and highways of this state if:\n\n1. The municipal governing body has adopted an ordinance\n\ngoverning the operation of mopeds on city streets; provided, such\n\nordinances shall include necessary vehicle lighting and safety\n\nrequirements; or\n\n2. The board of county commissioners of a county has approved\n\nthe operation of mopeds on roadways within the county, not including\n\nroadways within a municipality.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"622d2ef80a7ac2f4ae931df61800765079eb89496a0e269f409f1afaf19f4f3c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-1115","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-11-1117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}