{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-564v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-564v1","heading":"Licenses","body":"A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,\n\ncorporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, or common entity\n\nthereof, to engage in business as, or serve in the capacity of, or\n\nact as a new motor vehicle dealer, powersports dealer, or\n\nmanufacturer or distributor of new motor vehicles or powersports\n\nvehicles, or factory branch, distributor branch or factory\n\nrepresentative or distributor representative, as defined in Section\n\n562 of this title, in this state without first obtaining a license\n\ntherefor as provided for by law. Any person, firm, association,\n\ncorporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, or common entity\n\nthereof, engaging in more than one of such capacities or having more\n\nthan one place where such business is carried on or conducted in\n\nthis state shall be required to obtain and hold a current license\n\nfor each thereof. Provided that, a new motor vehicle dealer's\n\nlicense shall authorize one person to sell in the event such person\n\nshall be the owner of a proprietorship, or the person designated as\n\nprincipal in the dealer's franchise or the managing officer or one\n\npartner if no principal person is named in the franchise. It is\n\nfurther provided that a factory shall not be permitted to engage in\n\nthe activities of a dealer as defined in paragraph 2 of Section 562\n\nof this title or to be licensed as a new motor vehicle dealer in\n\nthis state, except as provided by subparagraph b of paragraph 12 of\n\nSection 565 of this title.\n\nB. Applications for licenses required to be obtained under the\n\nprovisions of Section 561 et seq. of this title shall be verified by\n\nthe oath or affirmation of the applicant and shall be on forms\n\nprescribed by the Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle Commission and\n\nfurnished to the applicants, and shall contain information as the\n\nCommission deems necessary to enable it to fully determine the\n\nqualifications and eligibility of the several applicants to receive\n\nthe license or licenses applied for. The Commission shall require\n\nin such application, or otherwise, information relating to the\n\napplicant's current financial standing, the applicant's business\n\nintegrity, whether the applicant has an established place of\n\nbusiness and is primarily engaged in the pursuit, avocation, or\n\nbusiness for which a license, or licenses, are applied for, and\n\nwhether the applicant is able to properly conduct the business for\n\nwhich a license, or licenses, are applied for, and such other\n\npertinent information consistent with the safeguarding of the public\n\ninterest and the public welfare. All applications for license or\n\nlicenses shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee or fees\n\ntherefor in accordance with the schedule thereof hereinafter set\n\nout. In the event any application is denied and the license applied\n\nfor is not issued, the entire license fee shall be returned to the\n\napplicant. All licenses issued under the provisions of Section 561\n\net seq. of this title shall expire on June 30, following the date of\n\nissue and shall be nontransferable. All applications for renewal of\n\na license for a new motor vehicle dealer, powersports dealer,\n\nmanufacturer, distributor, or manufacturer's or distributor's\n\nrepresentative shall be submitted by June 1 of each year, and such\n\nlicense or licenses will be issued by July 1. If applications have\n\nnot been made for renewal of licenses at the times described in this\n\nsubsection, it shall be illegal for any person to represent himself\n\nor herself and act as a dealer, manufacturer, distributor, or\n\nmanufacturer's or distributor's representative. Service Oklahoma\n\nand licensed operators will be notified not to accept such dealers'\n\ntitles until such time as licenses have been issued by the\n\nCommission.\n\nC. The schedule of license fees to be charged and received by\n\nthe Commission for the licenses issued hereunder shall be as\n\nfollows:\n\n1. For each factory branch or distributor branch, Four Hundred\nacturer's or distributor's representative. Service Oklahoma\n\nand licensed operators will be notified not to accept such dealers'\n\ntitles until such time as licenses have been issued by the\n\nCommission.\n\nC. The schedule of license fees to be charged and received by\n\nthe Commission for the licenses issued hereunder shall be as\n\nfollows:\n\n1. For each factory branch or distributor branch, Four Hundred\n\nDollars ($400.00) initial fee with annual renewal fee of Three\n\nHundred Dollars ($300.00);\n\n2. For each manufacturer or distributor of new motor vehicles\n\nor new powersport vehicles, Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) initial\n\nfee with annual renewal fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00);\n\n3. For each factory representative or distributor\n\nrepresentative, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) annually;\n\n4. For each new motor vehicle dealer, except powersports\n\nvehicle dealers, initial fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per\n\nfranchise sold at each location licensed, with an annual renewal fee\n\nof One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per franchise sold at each location\n\nlicensed per year; and\n\n5. For each powersports vehicle dealer, initial fee of Three\n\nHundred Dollars ($300.00) per manufacturer represented by the dealer\n\nat each location licensed, with an annual renewal fee of One Hundred\n\nDollars ($100.00) per manufacturer represented by the dealer at each\n\nlocation licensed per year.\n\nD. The licenses issued to each new motor vehicle dealer, new\n\npowersports vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, factory\n\nbranch, or distributor branch shall specify the location of the\n\nfactory, office, or branch thereof. In case such location is\n\nchanged, the Commission may endorse the change of location on the\n\nlicense without charge unless the change of address triggers a\n\nrelocation of a new motor vehicle dealer or new powersports vehicle\n\ndealer pursuant to the provisions of Section 578.1 of this title.\n\nThe licenses of each new vehicle dealer shall be posted in a\n\nconspicuous place in the dealer's place or places of business.\n\nEvery motor vehicle factory representative or distributor\n\nrepresentative shall physically possess the license when engaged in\n\nbusiness and shall display such upon request. The name of the\n\nemployer of such factory representative or distributor\n\nrepresentative shall be stated on the license.\n\nE. The new powersports dealer license shall only allow the sale\n\nof the specific types of powersports vehicles authorized by the\n\nmanufacturer and agreed to by the powersports dealer.","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":"42b891b07c8903dc1a3ae9fc589f18596cbd3cfd64231074be5a10b8f6ef3d62","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-564.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-564v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}