{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1137.1v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-1137.1v1","heading":"Used dealer temporary license plate - Certificate of","body":"title - Tax stamp - Registration and title - Nonresident purchasers\n\nA. Except for vehicles, travel trailers or commercial trailers\n\nwhich display a current Oklahoma license tag, upon the purchase or\n\ntransfer of ownership of a used motor vehicle, travel trailer or\n\ncommercial trailer, including an out-of-state purchase or transfer\n\nof the same, to a licensed used motor vehicle dealer, wholesale used\n\nmotor vehicle dealer, used travel trailer dealer or used commercial\n\ntrailer dealer, subsequently referred to in this section as\n\n“dealer”, the dealer shall affix a used dealer’s plate visible from\n\nthe rear of the vehicle, travel trailer or commercial trailer. Such\n\nlicense plate shall expire on December 31 of each year. When the\n\nvehicle, travel trailer or commercial trailer is parked on the\n\ndealer’s licensed place of business, it shall not be required to\n\nhave a license plate of any kind affixed. A dealer shall obtain\n\nfrom Service Oklahoma at a cost of Ten Dollars ($10.00) a dealer\n\nlicense plate for demonstrating, transporting or any other normal\n\nbusiness of a dealer including use by an individual holding a valid\n\nsalesperson’s license issued by the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle,\n\nDismantler, and Manufactured Housing Commission. Any dealer who\n\noperates a wrecker or towing service licensed pursuant to Sections\n\n951 through 957 of this title shall register each wrecker vehicle\n\nand display a wrecker license plate on each vehicle as required by\n\nSection 1134.3 of this title. A dealer may obtain as many\n\nadditional license plates as may be desired upon the payment of Ten\n\nDollars ($10.00) for each additional license plate. Use of the used\n\ndealer license plate by a licensed dealer for other than the\n\npurposes as set forth herein shall constitute grounds for revocation\n\nof the dealer’s license. Service Oklahoma shall design the official\n\nused dealer license plate to include the used dealer’s license\n\nnumber issued to him or her each year by Service Oklahoma or the\n\nOklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured Housing\n\nCommission.\n\nB. Upon the purchase or transfer of ownership of an out-of-\n\nstate used motor vehicle, travel trailer or commercial trailer to a\n\nlicensed dealer, the dealer shall make application for an Oklahoma\n\ncertificate of title pursuant to the Oklahoma Vehicle License and\n\nRegistration Act, Section 1101 et seq. of this title. Upon receipt\n\nof the Oklahoma certificate of title, the dealer shall follow the\n\nprocedure as set forth in subsection A of this section. Provided,\n\nnothing in this title shall be construed as requiring a dealer to\n\nregister a used motor vehicle, travel trailer or commercial trailer\n\npurchased in another state which will not be operated or sold in\n\nthis state.\n\nC. Upon sale or transfer of ownership of the used motor vehicle\n\nor travel trailer, the dealer shall place upon the reassignment\n\nportion of the certificate of title a tax stamp issued by the county\n\ntreasurer of the county in which the dealer has his or her primary\n\nplace of business. The tax stamp shall be issued upon payment of a\n\nfee of Three Dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) and shall be in lieu of\n\nthe dealer’s ad valorem tax on the inventories of used motor\n\nvehicles or travel trailers but shall not relieve any other property\n\nof the dealer from ad valorem taxation.\n\nD. Upon sale of a used motor vehicle or travel trailer to\n\nanother licensed dealer, the selling dealer shall place the tax\n\nstamp required in subsection C of this section upon the certificate\n\nof title. The used dealer license plate or wholesale dealer license\n\nplate shall be removed by the selling dealer. The purchasing dealer\n\nshall, at time of purchase, place his or her dealer license plate on\n\nthe used motor vehicle, travel trailer or commercial trailer as\n\nprovided in subsection A of this section; provided, for vehicles,\n\ntravel trailers or commercial trailers purchased by a licensed used\ne. The used dealer license plate or wholesale dealer license\n\nplate shall be removed by the selling dealer. The purchasing dealer\n\nshall, at time of purchase, place his or her dealer license plate on\n\nthe used motor vehicle, travel trailer or commercial trailer as\n\nprovided in subsection A of this section; provided, for vehicles,\n\ntravel trailers or commercial trailers purchased by a licensed used\n\ndealer at an auction, in lieu of such placement of the dealer\n\nlicense plate, the auction may provide temporary documentation as\n\napproved by the Director of the Motor Vehicle Division of Service\n\nOklahoma for the purpose of transporting such vehicle to the\n\npurchaser’s point of destination. Such temporary documentation\n\nshall be valid for two (2) days following the date of sale.\n\nE. The purchaser of every used motor vehicle, travel trailer or\n\ncommercial trailer, except as otherwise provided by law, shall\n\nobtain registration and title for the vehicle or trailer within two\n\n(2) months from the date of purchase of same. It shall be the\n\nresponsibility of the selling dealer to place a temporary license\n\nplate, in size similar to the permanent Oklahoma license plate but\n\nof a weatherproof plastic-impregnated substance approved by the\n\nOklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured Housing\n\nCommission, upon a used motor vehicle, travel trailer or commercial\n\ntrailer when a transaction is completed for the sale of said\n\nvehicle. The temporary license plate under this subsection shall be\n\nplaced at the location provided for the permanent motor vehicle\n\nlicense plate. The temporary license plate shall show the license\n\nnumber which is issued to the dealer each year by Service Oklahoma\n\nor the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured\n\nHousing Commission, the date the used motor vehicle, travel trailer\n\nor commercial trailer was purchased and the company name of the\n\nselling dealer. The Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and\n\nManufactured Housing Commission is hereby directed to develop the\n\ntemporary license plate design to incorporate these requirements in\n\na manner that will permit law enforcement personnel to readily\n\nidentify the dealer license number and date of the vehicle purchase.\n\nThe Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured\n\nHousing Commission is hereby authorized to develop additional\n\nrequirements and parameters as deemed appropriate to discourage or\n\nprevent illegal duplication and use of the temporary license plate.\n\nSuch temporary license plate shall be valid for a period of thirty\n\n(30) days from the date of purchase. Use of the temporary license\n\nby a dealer for other than the purposes set forth herein shall\n\nconstitute grounds for revocation of the dealer’s license to conduct\n\nbusiness. Purchasers of a commercial trailer shall affix the\n\ntemporary license plate to the rear of the commercial trailer. The\n\npurchaser shall display the temporary license plate for a period not\n\nto exceed two (2) months or until registration and title are\n\nobtained as provided in this section.\n\nThe provisions of this subsection on temporary licenses shall\n\napply to nonresidents who purchase a used motor vehicle, travel\n\ntrailer or commercial trailer within this state that is to be\n\nlicensed in another state. The nonresident purchaser shall be\n\nallowed to operate the vehicle or trailer within the state with a\n\ntemporary license plate for a period not to exceed two (2) months\n\nfrom date of purchase. Any nonresident purchaser found to be\n\noperating a used motor vehicle, travel trailer or commercial trailer\n\nwithin this state after two (2) months shall be subject to the\n\nregistration fees of this state upon the same terms and conditions\n\napplying to residents of this state.\n\nF. It shall be unlawful for any dealer to procure the\n\nregistration and licensing of any used motor vehicle, travel trailer\ny nonresident purchaser found to be\n\noperating a used motor vehicle, travel trailer or commercial trailer\n\nwithin this state after two (2) months shall be subject to the\n\nregistration fees of this state upon the same terms and conditions\n\napplying to residents of this state.\n\nF. It shall be unlawful for any dealer to procure the\n\nregistration and licensing of any used motor vehicle, travel trailer\n\nor commercial trailer sold by the dealer or to act as the agent for\n\nthe purchaser in the procurement of the registration and licensing\n\nof the purchaser’s used vehicle, travel trailer or commercial\n\ntrailer. A license of any dealer violating the provision of this\n\nsection may be revoked.\n\nG. Dealers following the procedure set forth herein shall not\n\nbe required to register vehicles, travel trailers or commercial\n\ntrailers to which this section applies, nor will the registration\n\nfee otherwise required be assessed. Provided, dealers shall not\n\npurchase or trade for a used motor vehicle, travel trailer or\n\ncommercial trailer on which the registration therefor has been\n\nexpired for a period exceeding two (2) months without obtaining\n\ncurrent registration therefor.\n\nH. A nonprofit charitable organization which is exempt from\n\ntaxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26\n\nU.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and which accepts donations of used motor\n\nvehicles previously titled in Oklahoma to be subsequently\n\ntransferred to another owner, upon the qualifying organization\n\nproviding sufficient documentation of its tax-exempt status, may\n\nobtain from Service Oklahoma charitable nonprofit organization\n\nlicense plates for demonstrating, transporting or test-driving\n\ndonated vehicles, provided that no organization shall possess or use\n\nat any one time more than eight such plates. Service Oklahoma shall\n\ndesign distinctive license plates for that purpose. The cost for\n\nsaid plates shall be the same as provided in subsection A of this\n\nsection for dealer plates.\n\nI. The transfer of ownership from the vehicle donor to the\n\nqualifying nonprofit organization described in subsection H of this\n\nsection shall be made without the payment of motor vehicle excise\n\ntax levied pursuant to Section 2103 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes.","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":"ff330cf69218f00df28b06400d029ee2ef0fef46b066828dae6c8a2ef6c25416","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1137.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1137.1v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}