{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-15-115","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-15-115","heading":"Civilian volunteer disabled parking violation units","body":"A. A city, town or municipality may, by adoption of a local law\n\nor ordinance, establish a civilian volunteer disabled parking\n\nviolation unit to assist in the enforcement of disabled parking laws\n\nor ordinances. Persons appointed to such units shall be volunteers,\n\nshall serve without compensation, and shall be authorized to provide\n\nevidence of violations of disabled parking laws or ordinances to the\n\nappropriate law enforcement authority. Such evidence may include\n\nphotographing a violation, provided that such photograph is taken in\n\ncompliance with the requirements of this section. The civilian\n\nvolunteer disabled parking violation unit shall have the authority\n\nto report violations of disabled parking ordinances or rules on both\n\npublic and private property where the public is invited as provided\n\nfor in Section 15-116 of this title.\n\nB. A local law or ordinance enacted in accordance with the\n\nprovisions of this section shall:\n\n1. Establish a training program of no less than two (2) hours\n\nin length and require each volunteer to participate in and complete\n\nsuch training program;\n\n2. Provide for the assignment of an identification number to\n\neach volunteer, and provide official identification and equipment to\n\nassist volunteer personnel in the conduct of their duties;\n\n3. Establish uniform procedures for volunteers to follow in\n\ndetermining whether a violation has occurred;\n\n4. Establish procedures for the uniform reporting of\n\nviolations, which shall include the identification number of the\n\nvolunteer making the report;\n\n5. If such local law or ordinance provides for the taking of\n\nphotographs of violations:\n\na. grant only the local law enforcement agency the\n\nauthority to process or to contract for the processing\n\nof all film or digital files submitted by volunteers,\n\nb. require any photographs evidencing a violation to be\n\navailable for inspection in any proceeding to\n\nadjudicate the liability for such violation,\n\nc. provide that a certificate, sworn to or affirmed by a\n\ntechnician employed by the municipality in which the\n\ncharged violation occurred, or a facsimile thereof,\n\nbased upon inspection of photographs produced from\n\nfilm or digital files submitted by volunteers, shall\n\nbe prima facie evidence of the facts contained\n\ntherein, and\n\nd. prohibit the use of such a photograph for any purpose\n\nother than as evidence of a disabled parking\n\nviolation; and\n\n6. Provide the following with respect to notices of violation:\n\na. a notice of violation shall be sent by first class\n\nmail to each person alleged to be liable as an owner\n\nfor a violation of a disabled parking law or\n\nordinance. A manual or automatic record of mailing\n\nprepared in the ordinary course of business shall be\n\nprima facie evidence of the facts contained therein,\n\nb. a notice of violation shall reference the law which\n\nwas allegedly violated, and shall contain the name and\n\naddress of the person alleged to be liable as an owner\n\nfor a violation of a disabled parking law or\n\nordinance, the license tag number of the vehicle\n\ninvolved in such violation, the location where such\n\nviolation took place, the date and time of such\n\nviolation, and the identification number of the\n\nvolunteer who recorded the violation,\n\nc. a notice of violation shall contain information\n\nadvising the person charged of the manner and the time\n\nin which he or she may contest the violation alleged\n\nin the notice, and shall also contain a warning to\n\nadvise the persons charged that failure to contest in\n\nthe manner and time provided shall be deemed an\n\nadmission of liability and that a default judgment may\n\nbe entered thereon.\n\nC. Upon a conviction of a local law or ordinance which complies\n\nwith the provisions of subsection B of this section, notwithstanding\n\nany other law, the local law enforcement entity shall have the\ncontain a warning to\n\nadvise the persons charged that failure to contest in\n\nthe manner and time provided shall be deemed an\n\nadmission of liability and that a default judgment may\n\nbe entered thereon.\n\nC. Upon a conviction of a local law or ordinance which complies\n\nwith the provisions of subsection B of this section, notwithstanding\n\nany other law, the local law enforcement entity shall have the\n\nauthority to dedicate not less than twelve and one-half percent (12\n\n1/2%) of any fine that resulted from citations or for violations of\n\nthe disabled parking regulations in accordance with subsection B of\n\nSection 15-113 and subsection B of Section 11-1007 of this title, to\n\nbe deposited in a special dedicated fund to be used by the local\n\nmunicipality for the sole purpose of establishing, maintaining and\n\nperpetuating a citizen volunteer disabled parking violation unit.","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":"748619126bd6df56dd48b42706f2de71efcf6eca277536d6a087f8c0d33c7a37","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-15-114","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-15-116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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