{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-564v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-564v2","heading":"Licenses","body":"A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,\n\ncorporation, or trust to engage in business as, or serve in the\n\ncapacity of, or act as a new motor vehicle dealer, powersports\n\nvehicle dealer, or new motor vehicle manufacturer, or distributor ,\n\nfactory branch, distributor branch , factory representative, or\n\ndistributor representative, as defined in Section 562 of this title,\n\nin this state without first obtaining a license therefor as provided\n\nfor by law. Any person, firm, association, corporation, or trust\n\nengaging in more than one of such capacities or having more than one\n\nplace where such business is carried on or conducted in this state\n\nshall be required to obtain and hold a current license for each\n\nthereof. Provided that, a new motor vehicle dealer’s or powersports\n\nvehicle dealer’s license shall authorize one person to sell without\n\nthe necessity of registering as a salesperson, so long as such\n\nperson is an owner of the dealership, 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 or an entity affiliated by any\n\nownership or control by the factory shall not be permitted to be\n\nlicensed as a new motor vehicle dealer in this state, except as\n\nprovided by subparagraph b of paragraph 12 of Section 565 of this\n\ntitle.\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, the applicant’s criminal convictions or criminal or civil\n\ncourt proceedings history, whether the applicant has an established\n\nplace of business and is primarily engaged in the pursuit,\n\navocation, or business for which a license, or licenses, are applied\n\nfor, and whether the applicant is able to properly conduct the\n\nbusiness for which a license, or licenses, are applied for, and such\n\nother pertinent information consistent with the safeguarding of the\n\npublic interest and the public welfare. All applications for\n\nlicense or licenses shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee or\n\nfees therefor in accordance with the schedule thereof hereinafter\n\nset out. In the event any application is denied and the license\n\napplied for is not issued, the entire license fee shall be returned\n\nto the applicant. All licenses issued under the provisions of\n\nSection 561 et seq. of this title shall expire on June 30, following\n\nthe date of issue and shall be nontransferable. All applications\n\nfor renewal of a license for a new motor vehicle dealer, powersports\n\nvehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor, factory branch,\n\ndistributor branch, 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 manufacturers’\n\nstatements or certificates of origin for unlicensed dealers until\n\nsuch time as their licenses have been issued by the Commission.\n\nC. The schedule of license fees to be charged and received by\nimself\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 manufacturers’\n\nstatements or certificates of origin for unlicensed dealers until\n\nsuch time as their licenses have been issued by the Commission.\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 manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or\n\ndistributor branch of new motor vehicles or powersports vehicles,\n\nFour Hundred Dollars ($400.00) initial fee with annual renewal fee\n\nof Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00);\n\n2. For each factory representative or distributor\n\nrepresentative, One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) annually;\n\n3. For each new motor vehicle dealer, initial fee of Three\n\nHundred Dollars ($300.00) per franchise sold at each location\n\nlicensed, with an annual renewal fee of One Hundred Dollars\n\n($100.00) per franchise sold at each location licensed per year; and\n\n4. 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 thereof.\n\nIn case such location is changed, the Commission may endorse the\n\nchange of location on the license without charge unless the change\n\nof address triggers a relocation of a new motor vehicle dealer or\n\nnew powersports vehicle dealer pursuant to the provisions of Section\n\n578.1 of this title. The licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous\n\nplace in the licensee’s place or places of business.\n\nEvery representative of a factory or distributor shall\n\nphysically possess the license when engaged in business and shall\n\ndisplay such upon request. The name of the employer shall be stated\n\non the representative’s license.\n\nE. The new powersports vehicle dealer license shall only allow\n\nthe sale of the specific types of powersports vehicles authorized by\n\nthe manufacturer 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":"bd9558d5f10df0556ef597024c50c9369a296f3b69de28bfc37f31f50689e3b0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-564v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-565"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}