{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-13-102","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-13-102","heading":"Officers may inspect a vehicle and its equipment","body":"A. Members of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and other employees\n\nof the Department of Public Safety as designated by the\n\nCommissioner, may at any time upon reasonable cause to believe that\n\na vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, or that its\n\nequipment is not in proper adjustment or repair or the operator is\n\nnot properly licensed, require the driver of such vehicle to stop\n\nand submit such vehicle to an inspection and such test with\n\nreference thereto as may be appropriate.\n\nB. In the event such vehicle or combination of vehicles is\n\nfound to be in an unsafe mechanical condition or is not equipped as\n\nrequired by this act, the officer making the inspection may give the\n\ndriver a notice of arrest or written warning. Any person producing\n\nproof within ten (10) working days from the date the citation was\n\nissued that a condition or equipment for which the person was cited\n\nas defective, missing, prohibited, improper, unauthorized or\n\notherwise in violation of this chapter has been remedied by the\n\nperson shall be entitled to dismissal of such charges without\n\nassessment of court costs.\n\nC. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any vehicle\n\nor combination of vehicles after notice of arrest or written warning\n\nhas been issued of such unsafe condition or that the vehicle is not\n\nequipped as required by this act, except as may be necessary to\n\nreturn such vehicle or combination of vehicles to the residence or\n\nplace of business of the owner or driver if within a distance of\n\ntwenty (20) miles or to a garage, until said vehicle and its\n\nequipment has been made to conform with the requirements of this\n\nact.\n\nD. Any vehicle or combination of vehicles found to have major\n\nmechanical defects which would be hazardous to other users of the\n\nhighways if it were driven from the place of inspection as provided\n\nfor in subsection C of this section shall be towed to a garage for\n\nrepairs, and any repair charge, tow charge or storage charge for the\n\nrepair, removal and storing of the vehicle shall be the obligation\n\nof the owner or operator.","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":"c9c942ef205d9a43444387a22e05355180faf0594e23bf04f8482afa27a6b98a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-13-101","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-13-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}