{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1503","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-1503","heading":"Ownership and operation of chop shop - Alteration of","body":"vehicle identification number - Purchase or sale of parts from\n\naltered vehicle - Exceptions - Attempt - Conspiracy - Solicitation -\n\nAiding and abetting - Accessory after fact - Penalties - Sentence -\n\nRestitution.\n\nA. Any person who knowingly and with intent that a violation of\n\nthis section be committed:\n\n1. Owns, operates, or conducts a chop shop;\n\n2. Transports any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part to or\n\nfrom a location knowing it to be a chop shop; or\n\n3. Sells, transfers, purchases, or receives any motor vehicle\n\nor motor vehicle part either to or from a location knowing it to be\n\na chop shop,\n\nupon conviction, is guilty of a Class C2 felony offense, punishable\n\nby imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of\n\nSection 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of\n\nnot more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or both\n\nsuch imprisonment and fine.\n\nB. Any person who knowingly alters, counterfeits, defaces,\n\ndestroys, disguises, falsifies, forges, obliterates, or knowingly\n\nremoves a vehicle identification number, with the intent to\n\nmisrepresent the identity or prevent the identification of a motor\n\nvehicle or motor vehicle part, upon conviction is guilty of a Class\n\nC2 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in\n\nsubsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, or by a fine of not more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars\n\n($100,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine.\n\nC. 1. Any person who buys, disposes, sells, transfers, or\n\npossesses a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, with knowledge that\n\nthe vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle or motor\n\nvehicle part has been altered, counterfeited, defaced, destroyed,\n\ndisguised, falsified, forged, obliterated, or removed, upon\n\nconviction is guilty of a Class D1 felony offense, punishable by\n\nimprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section\n\n20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of not more\n\nthan Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both such\n\nimprisonment and fine.\n\n2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not\n\napply to a motor vehicle scrap processor who, in the normal legal\n\ncourse of business and in good faith, processes a motor vehicle or\n\nmotor vehicle part by crushing, compacting, or other similar\n\nmethods, provided that any vehicle identification number is not\n\nremoved from the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part prior to or\n\nduring any such processing.\n\n3. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not\n\napply to any owner or authorized possessor of a motor vehicle or\n\nmotor vehicle part which has been recovered by law enforcement\n\nauthorities after having been stolen or where the condition of the\n\nvehicle identification number of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle\n\npart is known to or has been reported to law enforcement\n\nauthorities. It shall be presumed that law enforcement authorities\n\nhave knowledge of all vehicle identification numbers on a motor\n\nvehicle or motor vehicle part which are altered, counterfeited,\n\ndefaced, disguised, falsified, forged, obliterated, or removed, when\n\nlaw enforcement authorities deliver or return the motor vehicle or\n\nmotor vehicle part to its owner or authorized possessor after it has\n\nbeen recovered by law enforcement authorities after having been\n\nreported stolen.\n\nD. A person commits an attempt when, with intent to commit a\n\nviolation proscribed by subsections A, B or C of this section, the\n\nperson does any act which constitutes a substantial step toward the\n\ncommission of the violation proscribed by subsections A, B or C of\n\nthis section, and upon conviction is guilty of a Class D1 felony\n\noffense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B\n\nthrough F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by\ne\n\nperson does any act which constitutes a substantial step toward the\n\ncommission of the violation proscribed by subsections A, B or C of\n\nthis section, and upon conviction is guilty of a Class D1 felony\n\noffense, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B\n\nthrough F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by\n\na fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by\n\nboth such imprisonment and fine.\n\nE. A person commits conspiracy when, with an intent that a\n\nviolation proscribed by subsections A, B or C of this section be\n\ncommitted, the person agrees with another to the commission of the\n\nviolation proscribed by subsections A, B or C of this section, and\n\nupon conviction is guilty of Class D3 felony offense punishable by\n\nimprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section\n\n20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of not more\n\nthan Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such\n\nimprisonment and fine. No person may be convicted of conspiracy\n\nunder this section unless an act in furtherance of such agreement is\n\nalleged and proved to have been committed by that person or a\n\ncoconspirator.\n\nF. A person commits solicitation when, with intent that a\n\nviolation proscribed by subsections A, B or C of this section be\n\ncommitted, the person commands, encourages, or requests another to\n\ncommit the violation proscribed by subsections A, B or C of this\n\nsection, and upon conviction is guilty of a Class D3 felony offense,\n\npunishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through\n\nF of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine\n\nof not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both such\n\nimprisonment and fine.\n\nG. A person commits aiding and abetting when, either before or\n\nduring the commission of a violation proscribed by subsections A, B\n\nor C of this section, with the intent to promote or facilitate such\n\ncommission, the person aids, abets, agrees or attempts to aid\n\nanother in the planning or commission of the violation proscribed by\n\nsubsections A, B or C of this section, and upon conviction is guilty\n\nof a Class D3 felony offense, punishable by imprisonment as provided\n\nfor in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or by a fine of not more than Five Thousand\n\nDollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.\n\nH. A person is an accessory after the fact who maintains,\n\nassists, or gives any other aid to an offender while knowing or\n\nhaving reasonable grounds to believe the offender to have committed\n\na violation under subsections A, B, C, D, E, F or G of this section,\n\nand upon conviction is guilty of a Class D3 felony offense\n\npunishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through\n\nF of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine\n\nof not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such\n\nimprisonment and fine.\n\nI. No prosecution shall be brought, and no person shall be\n\nconvicted, of any violation under this section, where acts of the\n\nperson, otherwise constituting a violation were done in good faith\n\nin order to comply with the laws or regulations of any state or\n\nterritory of the United States, or of the federal government of the\n\nUnited States.\n\nJ. The sentence imposed upon a person convicted of any\n\nviolation of this section shall not be reduced to less than one (1)\n\nyear imprisonment for a second conviction of any violation, or less\n\nthan five (5) years for a third or subsequent conviction of any\n\nviolation of this section, and no sentence imposed upon a person for\n\na second or subsequent conviction of any violation of this section\n\nshall be suspended, or reduced, until such person shall have served\n\nthe minimum period of imprisonment provided for herein. A person\nimprisonment for a second conviction of any violation, or less\n\nthan five (5) years for a third or subsequent conviction of any\n\nviolation of this section, and no sentence imposed upon a person for\n\na second or subsequent conviction of any violation of this section\n\nshall be suspended, or reduced, until such person shall have served\n\nthe minimum period of imprisonment provided for herein. A person\n\nconvicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section shall\n\nnot be eligible for probation, parole, furlough or work release.\n\nK. 1. In addition to any other punishment, a person who\n\nviolates this section, shall be ordered to make restitution to the\n\nlawful owner or owners of the stolen motor vehicle or vehicles or\n\nthe stolen motor vehicle part or parts, or to the owner's insurer to\n\nthe extent that the owner has been compensated by the insurer, and\n\nto any other person for any financial loss sustained as a result of\n\na violation of this section.\n\nFinancial loss shall include, but not be limited to, loss of\n\nearnings, out-of-pocket and other expenses, repair and replacement\n\ncosts and claims payments. Lawful owner shall include an innocent\n\nbona fide purchaser for value of a stolen motor vehicle or stolen\n\nmotor vehicle part who does not know that the motor vehicle or part\n\nis stolen; or an insurer to the extent that such insurer has\n\ncompensated a bona fide purchaser for value.\n\n2. The court shall determine the extent and method of\n\nrestitution. In an extraordinary case, the court may determine that\n\nthe best interests of the victim and justice would not be served by\n\nordering restitution. In any such case, the court shall make and\n\nenter specific written findings on the record concerning the\n\nextraordinary circumstances presented which militated against\n\nrestitution.","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":"dcf66864a7d1ae4e0e3e38a7fba30f0324c5c003548e02eee6c32ba6f6793872","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1502","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-1504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}