{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-562v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-562v2","heading":"Definitions","body":"The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in Sections\n\n561 through 567, 572, 578.1, 579, and 579.1 of this title, shall\n\nhave the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,\n\nexcept where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:\n\n1. “Motor vehicle” means any motor-driven vehicle required to\n\nbe registered under the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration\n\nAct. The term motor vehicle does not include:\n\na. recreational vehicles, as defined in the Recreational\n\nVehicle Franchise Act, or\n\nb. powersport vehicles;\n\n2. “New motor vehicle dealer” means any person, firm,\n\nassociation, corporation, or trust not excluded by this paragraph\n\nwho sells, offers for sale, advertises to sell, leases, or displays\n\nnew motor vehicles and holds a bona fide contract or franchise in\n\neffect with a manufacturer or distributor authorized by the\n\nmanufacturer to make predelivery preparation of such vehicles sold\n\nto purchasers and to perform post-sale work pursuant to the\n\nmanufacturer’s or distributor’s warranty. As used herein,\n\n“authorized predelivery preparation” means the rendition by the\n\ndealer of services and safety adjustments on each new motor vehicle\n\nin accordance with the procedure and safety standards required by\n\nthe manufacturer of the vehicle to be made before its delivery to\n\nthe purchaser. “Performance of authorized post-sale work pursuant\n\nto the warranty”, as used herein, means the rendition of services\n\nwhich are required by the terms of the warranty that stands extended\n\nto the vehicle at the time of its sale and are to be made in\n\naccordance with the safety standards prescribed by the manufacturer.\n\nThe term includes premises or facilities at which a person engages\n\nonly in the repair of motor vehicles if repairs are performed\n\npursuant to the terms of a franchise and motor vehicle\n\nmanufacturer’s warranty. For the purpose of Sections 561 through\n\n567, 572, 578.1, 579, and 579.1 of this title, the terms new motor\n\nvehicle dealer and “new motor vehicle dealership” shall be\n\nsynonymous. The term new motor vehicle dealer does not include:\n\na. receivers, trustees, administrators, executors,\n\nguardians, or other persons appointed by or acting\n\nunder judgment or order of any court,\n\nb. public officers while performing or in operation of\n\ntheir duties,\n\nc. employees of persons, corporations, or associations\n\nenumerated in subparagraph a of this paragraph when\n\nengaged in the specific performance of their duties as\n\nsuch employees, or\n\nd. a powersports vehicle dealer;\n\n3. “Salesperson” means any person, resident or nonresident,\n\nwho, for gain or compensation of any kind, either directly or\n\nindirectly, regularly or occasionally, by any form of agreement or\n\narrangement, sells or negotiates for the sale, lease, or conveyance\n\nor arranges the financing of any new motor vehicle or powersports\n\nvehicle as an employee for any new motor vehicle dealer or\n\npowersports vehicle dealer to any one or more third parties;\n\n4. “Commission” means the Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle\n\nCommission;\n\n5. “Manufacturer” means any person, firm, association,\n\ncorporation, or trust, resident or nonresident, that manufactures or\n\nassembles new and unused motor vehicles or new and unused powersport\n\nvehicles or that engages in the fabrication or assembly of motorized\n\nvehicles of a type required to be registered in this state;\n\n6. “Distributor” means any person, firm, association,\n\ncorporation, or trust, resident or nonresident, that, being\n\nauthorized by the original manufacturer, in whole or in part sells\n\nor distributes new and unused motor vehicles to new motor vehicle\n\ndealers or new and unused powersport vehicles to powersport vehicle\n\ndealers, or that maintains distributor representatives;\n\n7. “Factory branch” means any branch office maintained by a\n\nperson, firm, association, corporation, or trust that manufactures\nhat, being\n\nauthorized by the original manufacturer, in whole or in part sells\n\nor distributes new and unused motor vehicles to new motor vehicle\n\ndealers or new and unused powersport vehicles to powersport vehicle\n\ndealers, or that maintains distributor representatives;\n\n7. “Factory branch” means any branch office maintained by a\n\nperson, firm, association, corporation, or trust that manufactures\n\nor assembles motor vehicles or powersport vehicles for the sale of\n\nmotor vehicles or powersport vehicles to distributors, or for the\n\nsale of motor vehicles to new motor vehicle dealers, or for the sale\n\nof powersport vehicles to new powersport vehicle dealers, or for\n\ndirecting or supervising, in whole or in part, its representatives;\n\n8. “Distributor branch” means any branch office similarly\n\nmaintained by a distributor for the same purposes a factory branch\n\nis maintained;\n\n9. “Factory representative” means any officer, agent, employee,\n\nor person engaged as a representative of a manufacturer of motor\n\nvehicles or powersport vehicles or by a factory branch, for the\n\npurpose of making or promoting the sale of its motor vehicles or\n\npowersport vehicles, or for supervising or contacting its dealers or\n\nprospective dealers;\n\n10. “Distributor representative” means any person, officer,\n\nagent, or employee engaged as a representative of a distributor or\n\ndistributor branch of motor vehicles or powersport vehicles, for the\n\npurpose of making or promoting the sale of its motor vehicles or\n\npowersport vehicles, or for supervising or contacting its dealers or\n\nprospective dealers;\n\n11. “Franchise” means any contract or agreement between a new\n\nmotor vehicle dealer or a powersports vehicle dealer and a\n\nmanufacturer of a new motor vehicle or powersports vehicle or its\n\ndistributor or factory branch by which the new motor vehicle dealer\n\nor new powersports vehicle dealer is authorized to engage in the\n\nactivities of a new motor vehicle dealer or new powersports vehicle\n\ndealer as defined by this section;\n\n12. “New or unused motor vehicle” means a vehicle which is in\n\nthe possession of the manufacturer or distributor or has been sold\n\nonly to the holder of a valid franchise granted by the manufacturer\n\nor distributor for the sale of that make of new vehicle so long as\n\nthe manufacturer’s statement of origin has not been assigned to\n\nanyone other than a licensed franchised new motor vehicle dealer of\n\nthe same line-make;\n\n13. “Area of responsibility” means the geographical area, as\n\ndesignated by the manufacturer, factory branch, factory\n\nrepresentative, distributor, distributor branch, or distributor\n\nrepresentative, in which the new motor vehicle dealer or powersports\n\ndealer is held responsible for the promotion and development of\n\nsales and rendering of service for the make of motor vehicle or\n\npowersports vehicle for which the new motor vehicle dealer or new\n\npowersports vehicle dealer holds a franchise or selling agreement;\n\n14. “Off premises” means at a location other than the address\n\ndesignated on the new motor vehicle dealer’s or new powersports\n\nvehicle dealer’s license;\n\n15. “Sponsoring entity” means any person, firm, association,\n\ncorporation, or trust which has control, either permanently or\n\ntemporarily, over the real property upon which the off-premises sale\n\nor display is conducted;\n\n16. “Product” means new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle\n\nparts or new powersports vehicle and new powersports vehicle parts;\n\n17. “Service” means motor vehicle or powersports vehicle\n\nwarranty repairs including both parts and labor;\n\n18. “Lead” means a consumer contact in response to a factory\n\nprogram designed to generate interest in purchasing or leasing a new\n\nmotor vehicle or new powersports vehicle;\n\n19. “Sell” or “sale” means to sell or lease;\n\n20. “Factory” means a manufacturer, distributor, factory\n\nbranch, distributor branch, factory representative, or distributor\ncle\n\nwarranty repairs including both parts and labor;\n\n18. “Lead” means a consumer contact in response to a factory\n\nprogram designed to generate interest in purchasing or leasing a new\n\nmotor vehicle or new powersports vehicle;\n\n19. “Sell” or “sale” means to sell or lease;\n\n20. “Factory” means a manufacturer, distributor, factory\n\nbranch, distributor branch, factory representative, or distributor\n\nrepresentative, which manufactures or distributes vehicle products,\n\nmotor vehicles or powersports vehicles, or that maintains factory\n\nrepresentatives;\n\n21. “Powersports vehicle” means any new or unused motorcycles,\n\nscooters, mopeds, all-terrain vehicles, and utility vehicles\n\nrequired to be registered under the Oklahoma Vehicle License and\n\nRegistration Act, with the exception of all-terrain vehicles,\n\nutility vehicles, and motorcycles used exclusively for off-road use\n\nwhich are sold by a retail implement dealer;\n\n22. “Powersports vehicle dealer” means any person, firm, or\n\ncorporation, resident or nonresident, that is in the business of\n\nselling any new powersports vehicles except for retail implement\n\ndealers;\n\n23. “Retail implement dealer” means a business engaged\n\nprimarily in the sale of farm tractors as defined in Section 1-118\n\nof this title or implements of husbandry as defined in Section 1-125\n\nof this title or a combination thereof and is exempt from licensing\n\nby the Commission for the sale of all-terrain vehicles, utility\n\nvehicles, and motorcycles used exclusively for off-road use;\n\n24. “Consumer data” means nonpublic personal information as\n\ndefined in 15 U.S.C., Section 6809(4) as it existed on January 1,\n\n2023, that is:\n\na. collected by a new motor vehicle dealer, and\n\nb. provided by the new motor vehicle dealer directly to a\n\nmanufacturer or third party acting on behalf of a\n\nmanufacturer.\n\nThe term shall not include the same or similar data obtained by\n\na manufacturer from any source other than the new motor vehicle\n\ndealer or new motor vehicle dealer’s data management system; and\n\n25. “Fleet vehicle” means a new motor vehicle sold and titled\n\nor registered to a business and used for business purposes only.","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":"70910b0e3effc85512f2c7c62c8de8671885e8182670a22cfb5cc73ab1cefd44","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-562v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-563"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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