{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1133","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-1133","heading":"Registration of commercial vehicles","body":"A. The following license fees shall be paid annually to Service\n\nOklahoma or the Corporation Commission, as applicable, upon the\n\nregistration of the following vehicles:\n\nExcept as provided in this subsection, for each commercial\n\nvehicle over eight thousand (8,000) pounds as defined in Section\n\n1102 of this title, the license fee shall be based on the combined\n\nladen weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles. The license\n\nfees shall be computed and assessed at the following rates:\n\n1. From 8,001 pounds to 15,000 pounds $ 95.00\n\n2. From 15,001 pounds to 18,000 pounds 120.00\n\n3. From 18,001 pounds to 21,000 pounds 155.00\n\n4. From 21,001 pounds to 24,000 pounds 190.00\n\n5. From 24,001 pounds to 27,000 pounds 225.00\n\n6. From 27,001 pounds to 30,000 pounds 260.00\n\n7. From 30,001 pounds to 33,000 pounds 295.00\n\n8. From 33,001 pounds to 36,000 pounds 325.00\n\n9. From 36,001 pounds to 39,000 pounds 350.00\n\n10. From 39,001 pounds to 42,000 pounds 375.00\n\n11. From 42,001 pounds to 45,000 pounds 400.00\n\n12. From 45,001 pounds to 48,000 pounds 425.00\n\n13. From 48,001 pounds to 51,000 pounds 450.00\n\n14. From 51,001 pounds to 54,000 pounds 475.00\n\n15. From 54,001 pounds to 57,000 pounds 648.00\n\n16. From 57,001 pounds to 60,000 pounds 681.00\n\n17. From 60,001 pounds to 63,000 pounds 713.00\n\n18. From 63,001 pounds to 66,000 pounds 746.00\n\n19. From 66,001 pounds to 69,000 pounds 778.00\n\n20. From 69,001 pounds to 72,000 pounds 817.00\n\n21. From 72,001 pounds to 73,280 pounds 857.00\n\n22. From 73,281 pounds to 74,000 pounds 870.00\n\n23. From 74,001 pounds to 75,000 pounds 883.00\n\n24. From 75,001 pounds to 76,000 pounds 896.00\n\n25. From 76,001 pounds to 77,000 pounds 909.00\n\n26. From 77,001 pounds to 78,000 pounds 922.00\n\n27. From 78,001 pounds to 79,000 pounds 935.00\n\n28. From 79,001 pounds to 80,000 pounds 948.00\n\n29. From 80,001 pounds to 81,000 pounds 961.00\n\n30. From 81,001 pounds to 82,000 pounds 974.00\n\n31. From 82,001 pounds to 83,000 pounds 987.00\n\n32. From 83,001 pounds to 84,000 pounds 1000.00\n\n33. From 84,001 pounds to 85,000 pounds 1013.00\n\n34. From 85,001 pounds to 86,000 pounds 1026.00\n\n35. From 86,001 pounds to 87,000 pounds 1039.00\n\n36. From 87,001 pounds to 88,000 pounds 1052.00\n\n37. From 88,001 pounds to 89,000 pounds 1065.00\n\n38. From 89,001 pounds to 90,000 pounds 1078.00\n\nFor the purposes of this section, the license fee of a wrecker\n\nor tow vehicle shall be based on the gross weight of the wrecker or\n\ntow vehicle alone without any inclusion of weight for a vehicle\n\ntowed by the wrecker or tow vehicle.\n\nB. After the fifth year’s registration in this or any other\n\nstate, the license fee upon any truck registered on a basis of the\n\ncombined laden weight not in excess of fifteen thousand (15,000)\n\npounds shall be assessed at fifty percent (50%) of the fee computed\n\nand assessed for each of the first five (5) years. On the seventh\n\nand all subsequent years of registration in this or any other state,\n\non such truck, such license fees shall be assessed and computed at\n\nfifty percent (50%) of the amount due on the sixth year’s\n\nregistration. In no event shall such annual license fee on any\n\ntruck be less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor shall the annual license\n\nfee of any truck-tractor be less than Ninety-five Dollars ($95.00).\n\nC. In addition to the fees required by subsection A of this\n\nsection, there shall be paid a registration fee of Forty Dollars\n\n($40.00) upon the first registration in this state after July 1,\n\n1985, and upon the transfer of ownership of any frac tank, as\n\ndefined by Section 54 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nconstruction machinery, as defined by Section 1102 of this title,\n\nrental trailer, commercial trailer, or semitrailer designed to be\n\npulled and usually pulled by a truck or truck-tractor.\n\nThereafter, a fee of Four Dollars ($4.00) shall be paid annually\n\nfor each frac tank, construction machinery, rental trailer,\np of any frac tank, as\n\ndefined by Section 54 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nconstruction machinery, as defined by Section 1102 of this title,\n\nrental trailer, commercial trailer, or semitrailer designed to be\n\npulled and usually pulled by a truck or truck-tractor.\n\nThereafter, a fee of Four Dollars ($4.00) shall be paid annually\n\nfor each frac tank, construction machinery, rental trailer,\n\ncommercial trailer, or semitrailer. The fee of Four Dollars ($4.00)\n\nshall be due and payable on January 1 of each year on any frac tank,\n\nconstruction machinery, rental trailer, commercial trailer, or\n\nsemitrailer registered under this section.\n\nUpon the payment of the registration fee of Forty Dollars\n\n($40.00), a nonexpiring registration certificate and identification\n\nplate shall be issued for each frac tank, construction machinery,\n\nrental trailer, commercial trailer, or semitrailer. The nonexpiring\n\nidentification plate shall remain displayed on the frac tank,\n\nconstruction machinery, rental trailer, commercial trailer, or\n\nsemitrailer for which the identification plate is issued until such\n\nfrac tank, construction machinery, trailer, or semitrailer is sold\n\nor removed from service.\n\nA receipt shall be issued upon the payment of the annual fee.\n\nThe receipt shall show the total fee paid for one or more frac\n\ntanks, construction machinery units, rental trailers, commercial\n\ntrailers, or semitrailers. The receipt shall be retained by the\n\nowner of any frac tank, construction machinery, rental trailer,\n\ncommercial trailer, or semitrailer for a period of three (3) years\n\nand shall be subject to audit by Service Oklahoma or the Corporation\n\nCommission.\n\nAny frac tank, construction machinery, commercial trailer, or\n\nsemitrailer licensed pursuant to this section shall not be permitted\n\nto be operated on the highways of this state when such frac tank,\n\nconstruction machinery, commercial trailer, or semitrailer is being\n\noperated by a resident of this state, or is being operated by a\n\nperson operating a vehicle or vehicles domiciled in this state and\n\nrequired by law to be licensed in Oklahoma, unless the pulling truck\n\nor truck-tractor has been licensed pursuant to this section or is\n\ntwenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds or less and operating under a\n\nvalid temporary license plate provided by Section 1137.1 or 1137.3\n\nof this title. In no event shall any truck, truck-tractor, frac\n\ntank, construction machinery, trailer, or semitrailer used in the\n\nfurtherance of any commercial enterprise be permitted to operate on\n\nthe highways of this state or register at a smaller license fee than\n\nthat prescribed in this section except as provided in this section.\n\nD. For each fiscal year, notwithstanding the provisions of\n\nSection 1104 of this title, the first Four Hundred Thousand Dollars\n\n($400,000.00) of all monies collected pursuant to subsections A, B,\n\nand C of this section shall be paid by Service Oklahoma to the State\n\nTreasurer who shall deposit same each fiscal year, or such lesser\n\namount as may accrue each fiscal year, under the provisions of this\n\nsection to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the State\n\nTreasury. All monies collected in excess of Four Hundred Thousand\n\nDollars ($400,000.00) each fiscal year shall be apportioned as\n\nprovided in Section 1104 of this title.\n\nE. If any vehicle is used for a purpose other than that for\n\nwhich it has been registered, the owner of the vehicle shall be\n\nrequired to immediately reregister the vehicle at the appropriate\n\nrate. If any vehicle is placed or operated upon any street, road,\n\nor highway of this state with a laden weight in excess of that for\n\nwhich it is licensed, the license fee for such increased laden\n\nweight shall become due, and the owner of the vehicle shall be\n\nrequired to immediately reregister the vehicle at the increased\n\nrate. Provided, that in either event there shall be credited upon\nriate\n\nrate. If any vehicle is placed or operated upon any street, road,\n\nor highway of this state with a laden weight in excess of that for\n\nwhich it is licensed, the license fee for such increased laden\n\nweight shall become due, and the owner of the vehicle shall be\n\nrequired to immediately reregister the vehicle at the increased\n\nrate. Provided, that in either event there shall be credited upon\n\nthe increased license fee for such reregistration for any portion of\n\nthe year or period remaining after the change in use or increase in\n\nladen weight shall have occurred a proportionate part of the license\n\nfees previously paid. If this reregistration is made voluntarily by\n\nthe owner, the ratable proportion of the credit allowed shall be\n\ndetermined as of the date the reregistration is voluntarily made.\n\nIf the reregistration is not voluntarily made but occurs as a result\n\nof the discovery by any enforcement officer of an improper operation\n\nof the vehicle, that shall be considered prima facie evidence that\n\nit has been improperly registered for the entire portion of the year\n\ncovered by the improper registration. Provided further, that the\n\nratable credit shall be allowed only on the first reregistration of\n\nany vehicle during any calendar year. If, during the calendar year,\n\nsubsequent changes of license plate are desired, the ratable credit\n\nshall not be allowed but the owner of the vehicle shall be required\n\nto pay the license fee due for that portion of the calendar year\n\nremaining without benefit of any additional credits. No owner of a\n\nmotor vehicle shall possess at any time more than one license plate\n\nfor any vehicle owned by such person. No reregistration shall be\n\nmade until the current license plate previously issued has been\n\nsurrendered.\n\nAny person who has paid a fee under the terms and provisions of\n\nthis subsection may at any time within one (1) year after the\n\npayment of such fee file with Service Oklahoma or the Corporation\n\nCommission a claim under oath for refund stating the grounds\n\ntherefor. However, Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission\n\nshall allow refunds only where the amount of tax paid has been\n\nerroneously computed or determined through clerical errors or\n\nmiscalculations. No refund shall be allowed by Service Oklahoma or\n\nthe Corporation Commission of a tax paid by the person where such\n\npayment is made through a mistake as to the legal misinterpretation\n\nor construction of the provisions of this section. Any refunds made\n\nby Service Oklahoma or the Corporation Commission pursuant to this\n\nsubsection shall be made out of any monies collected pursuant to\n\nthis subsection and which have not been apportioned.\n\nF. The annual license fee required by this section is intended\n\nto cover only the motor vehicle for which it is issued. Service\n\nOklahoma or the Corporation Commission upon application, when a\n\nlicensed truck-tractor has been destroyed by fire or accident, shall\n\ncredit the unused portion of the annual license fee of the vehicle\n\ntoward the license fee of a replacement vehicle of equal registered\n\nweight. The amount of credit shall not exceed the license fee due\n\non the replacement vehicle. Service Oklahoma or the Corporation\n\nCommission shall not be required to make a refund. If the\n\nreplacement vehicle is to be registered at a greater weight, the\n\napplicant shall pay an additional sum equivalent to the difference\n\nbetween the unused portion of the annual license fee for the\n\noriginal motor vehicle and the license fee due for the replacement\n\nmotor vehicle.\n\nG. The license fees provided for in this section shall be paid\n\neach year whether or not the vehicle is operated on the public\n\nhighway.\n\nH. Notwithstanding the provision of any other statute in\n\nrespect to the time for payment of license fees on motor vehicles,\nlahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 1210\n\noriginal motor vehicle and the license fee due for the replacement\n\nmotor vehicle.\n\nG. The license fees provided for in this section shall be paid\n\neach year whether or not the vehicle is operated on the public\n\nhighway.\n\nH. Notwithstanding the provision of any other statute in\n\nrespect to the time for payment of license fees on motor vehicles,\n\nif the total amount of the annual license fees due from any resident\n\nowner, either individual, partnership, or Oklahoma corporation, upon\n\nthe registration, on or before January 15 of any year, of commercial\n\ntrucks, truck-tractors, frac tanks, construction machinery, trailers\n\nor semitrailers exceeds the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),\n\nthe license fees may be paid in equal semiannual installments. The\n\nfirst installment shall be paid at the time of the application for\n\nregistration of the vehicles and not later than January 15 of each\n\nyear, and the second installment shall be paid on or before the\n\nfirst day of July of such year.\n\nThis subsection shall not operate to reduce the amount of the\n\nlicense fees due. If any installment is not paid on or before the\n\ndate due, all unpaid installments of license fees for such year on\n\neach vehicle shall be deemed delinquent and immediately due and\n\npayable, and there shall be added a penalty of twenty-five cents\n\n($0.25) per day to the balance of the license fee due on each\n\nvehicle for each day the balance remains unpaid up to thirty (30)\n\ndays, after which the penalty due on each vehicle shall be Twenty-\n\nfive Dollars ($25.00). The penalty for vehicles registered by\n\nweight in excess of eight thousand (8,000) pounds shall be an amount\n\nequal to the license fee. On and after the thirtieth day each such\n\nvehicle involved shall be considered as improperly licensed and as\n\nnot currently registered, and all of the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nVehicle License and Registration Act relating to enforcement,\n\nincluding the provisions for the seizure and sale of vehicles not\n\nregistered and not displaying current license plates, shall apply to\n\nthe vehicles.\n\nAll fees and taxes levied by the Oklahoma Vehicle License and\n\nRegistration Act shall become and remain a first lien upon the\n\nvehicle upon which the fees or taxes are due until paid. The lien\n\nshall have priority to all other liens. No title to any vehicle may\n\nbe transferred until the unpaid balance on the vehicle has been paid\n\nin full. Provided, that any unpaid balance of the license fees\n\nshall remain and become a lien against any and all property of the\n\nowner, both real and personal, for so long as any license tag fee\n\nbalance shall remain unpaid. Any unpaid balance under these\n\nprovisions shall be immediately due and payable by the owner if any\n\nvehicle is sold, wrecked, or otherwise retired from service.\n\nAny person electing to pay license fees on a semiannual\n\ninstallment basis, as herein authorized, shall be required to\n\npurchase a new license tag for the last half and shall pay the sum\n\nof Four Dollars ($4.00) for each tag to cover the costs of the\n\nlicense tags. The license tags for each half shall be plainly\n\nmarked in designating the half for which they were issued. A\n\nvalidation sticker may be used in lieu of a metal tag where\n\nappropriate. Such license tag fee shall be, in addition to the\n\nlicense fees or any other fees, collected on each application as\n\nprovided by statute and shall be apportioned according to the\n\nprovisions of Section 1104 of this title.\n\nI. Any person pulling or towing any vehicle intended to be\n\nresold, into or through this state, shall pay a fee of Three Dollars\n\n($3.00) for the vehicle towing and Three Dollars ($3.00) for the one\n\nbeing towed. It shall be unlawful to operate any series of such\n\nunits on the public highways of this state at a distance closer than\n\nfive hundred (500) feet from each other. All fees and taxes levied\n. Any person pulling or towing any vehicle intended to be\n\nresold, into or through this state, shall pay a fee of Three Dollars\n\n($3.00) for the vehicle towing and Three Dollars ($3.00) for the one\n\nbeing towed. It shall be unlawful to operate any series of such\n\nunits on the public highways of this state at a distance closer than\n\nfive hundred (500) feet from each other. All fees and taxes levied\n\nby the terms and provisions of this section shall become and remain\n\na first lien upon the vehicle upon which the fees or taxes are due\n\nuntil paid. The lien shall be prior, superior, and paramount to all\n\nother liens of whatsoever kind or character.\n\nJ. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, the\n\nfollowing penalty shall be imposed by enforcement officers upon any\n\nowner or operator of a commercial vehicle registered under the\n\nprovisions of this section when the laden weight or combined laden\n\nweight of such vehicle is found to be in excess of that for which\n\nregistered. The penalty shall be imposed each and every time a\n\nvehicle is found to be in violation of the registered laden weight\n\nor combined laden weight.\n\nThe penalty shall be not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) when\n\nsuch vehicle exceeds the laden weight or combined laden weight by\n\ntwo thousand one (2,001) pounds; thereafter, an additional penalty\n\nof not less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00) shall be imposed for each\n\nadditional one thousand (1,000) pounds or fraction thereof of weight\n\nin excess of the registered laden weight or combined laden weight.\n\nSuch penalty shall not exceed the amount established by the\n\nCorporation Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of\n\nSection 1167 of this title. Revenue from such penalties shall be\n\napportioned as provided in Section 1167 of this title.\n\nK. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rules for the mass renewal\n\nof commercial vehicle registration for businesses that possess at\n\nleast ten vehicles registered as commercial vehicles under the\n\nprovisions of this section, provided that such mass renewal shall\n\nnot be mandatory for such businesses. For such mass renewal, the\n\nannual license fees described in subsections A and B of this section\n\nshall be due and payable on January 1 of each year on such\n\ncommercial vehicles.","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":"83b6ff0c79813f5394dd49ee9f621e7ee42d85c79fb1414986bd6c2c96cb2450","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1132v2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1133.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}