{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-583","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-583","heading":"License required - Application - Fees - Specifications and","body":"display - Bond - Liability insurance.\n\nA. 1. It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for\n\nany person to engage in business as, or serve in the capacity of, or\n\nact as a used motor vehicle dealer, wholesale used motor vehicle\n\ndealer, manufactured home dealer, restricted manufactured home park\n\ndealer, manufactured home installer, or manufactured home\n\nmanufacturer selling directly to a licensed manufactured home dealer\n\nin this state without first obtaining a license or following other\n\nrequirements therefor as provided in this section.\n\n2. a. Any person engaging, acting, or serving in the\n\ncapacity of a used motor vehicle dealer, a\n\nmanufactured home dealer, restricted manufactured home\n\npark dealer, a manufactured home installer, or a\n\nmanufactured home manufacturer, or having more than\n\none place where any such business, or combination of\n\nbusinesses, is carried on or conducted shall be\n\nrequired to obtain and hold a current license for each\n\nsuch business, in which engaged.\n\nb. If after a hearing in accordance with the provisions\n\nof Section 585 of this title, the Oklahoma Used Motor\n\nVehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured Housing\n\nCommission shall find any person installing a mobile\n\nor manufactured home to be in violation of any of the\n\nprovisions of Section 581 et seq. of this title, such\n\nperson may be subject to an administrative fine not\n\nmore than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each\n\nviolation. Each day a person is in violation of\n\nSection 581 et seq. of this title may constitute a\n\nseparate violation. All administrative fines\n\ncollected pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsubparagraph shall be deposited in the fund\n\nestablished in Section 582 of this title.\n\nAdministrative fines imposed pursuant to this\n\nsubparagraph may be enforceable in the district courts\n\nof this state.\n\n3. Any person, except persons penalized by administrative fine,\n\nviolating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be\n\npunished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A\n\nsecond or subsequent conviction shall be punished by a fine not to\n\nexceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); provided that each day such\n\nunlicensed person violates this section shall constitute a separate\n\noffense, and any vehicle involved in a violation of this subsection\n\nshall be considered a separate offense.\n\nB. 1. Applications for licenses required to be obtained under\n\nthe provisions of the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and\n\nManufactured Housing Commission shall be verified by the oath or\n\naffirmation of the applicant and shall be on forms prescribed by the\n\nCommission and furnished to the applicants, and shall contain such\n\ninformation as the Commission deems necessary to enable it to fully\n\ndetermine the qualifications and eligibility of the several\n\napplicants to receive the license or licenses applied for. The\n\nCommission shall require in the application, or otherwise,\n\ninformation relating to:\n\na. the applicant’s financial standing,\n\nb. the applicant’s business integrity,\n\nc. whether the applicant has an established place of\n\nbusiness and is engaged in the pursuit, avocation, or\n\nbusiness for which a license, or licenses, is applied\n\nfor,\n\nd. whether the applicant is able to properly conduct the\n\nbusiness for which a license, or licenses, is applied\n\nfor, and\n\ne. such other pertinent information consistent with the\n\nsafeguarding of the public interest and the public\n\nwelfare.\n\n2. All applications for license or licenses shall be\n\naccompanied by the appropriate fee or fees in accordance with the\n\nschedule hereinafter provided. In the event any application is\n\ndenied and the license applied for is not issued, the entire license\n\nfee shall be returned to the applicant.\n\n3. All bonds and licenses issued under the provisions of\n\nSection 581 et seq. of this title shall expire on December 31,\nons for license or licenses shall be\n\naccompanied by the appropriate fee or fees in accordance with the\n\nschedule hereinafter provided. In the event any application is\n\ndenied and the license applied for is not issued, the entire license\n\nfee shall be returned to the applicant.\n\n3. All bonds and licenses issued under the provisions of\n\nSection 581 et seq. of this title shall expire on December 31,\n\nfollowing the date of issue and shall be nontransferable. All\n\napplications for renewal of licenses shall be submitted by November\n\n1 of each year of expiration, and licenses for completed renewals\n\nreceived by November 1 shall be issued by January 10. If\n\napplications have not been made for renewal of licenses, such\n\nlicenses shall expire on December 31 and it shall be illegal for any\n\nperson to represent himself or herself and act as a dealer\n\nthereafter. Tag agents shall be notified not to accept dealers’\n\ntitles until such time as licenses have been issued. Beginning\n\nJanuary 1, 2016, all licenses shall be issued for a period of two\n\n(2) years and the appropriate fees shall be assessed. The\n\nCommission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the two-year\n\nlicensing provisions.\n\n4. A certificate of registration shall permit the registered\n\nperson to engage in the activities of a used motor vehicle\n\nsalesperson. A salesperson shall be deemed to be temporarily\n\napproved and allowed to sell vehicles when applications and fees are\n\non file with the Commission.\n\nC. The schedule of license and inspection fees to be charged\n\nand received by the Commission for the licenses and inspections\n\nissued hereunder shall be as follows:\n\n1. For each used motor vehicle dealer’s license and each\n\nwholesale used motor vehicle dealer’s license, Six Hundred Dollars\n\n($600.00). If a used motor vehicle dealer or a wholesale used motor\n\nvehicle dealer has once been licensed by the Commission in the\n\nclassification for which he or she applies for a renewal of the\n\nlicense, the fee for each subsequent renewal shall be Three Hundred\n\nDollars ($300.00); provided, if an applicant holds a license to\n\nconduct business as an automotive dismantler and parts recycler\n\nissued pursuant to Section 591.1 et seq. of this title, the initial\n\nfee shall be Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and the renewal fee shall\n\nbe Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). If an applicant is applying\n\nsimultaneously for a license under this paragraph and a license\n\nunder paragraph 1 of Section 591.5 of this title, the initial\n\napplication fee shall be Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00). For the\n\nreinstatement of a used motor vehicle dealer’s license after\n\nrevocation for cancellation or expiration of insurance pursuant to\n\nsubsection F of this section, the fee shall be Two Hundred Dollars\n\n($200.00);\n\n2. For a used motor vehicle dealer’s license, for each place of\n\nbusiness in addition to the principal place of business, Two Hundred\n\nDollars ($200.00);\n\n3. For each holder who possesses a valid new motor vehicle\n\ndealer’s license from the Oklahoma Motor New Vehicle Commission, Two\n\nHundred Dollars ($200.00) shall be the initial fee for a used motor\n\nvehicle license and the fee for each subsequent renewal shall be Two\n\nHundred Dollars ($200.00);\n\n4. a. For each manufactured home dealer’s license or a\n\nrestricted manufactured home park dealer’s license,\n\nSix Hundred Dollars ($600.00), and for each place of\n\nbusiness in addition to the principal place of\n\nbusiness, Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00), and\n\nb. For each renewal of a manufactured home dealer’s\n\nlicense or a restricted manufactured home park\n\ndealer’s license, and renewal for each place of\n\nbusiness in addition to the principal place of\n\nbusiness, Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00);\n\n5. a. For each manufactured home installer’s license, Four\n\nHundred Dollars ($400.00), and\n\nb. For each renewal of a manufactured home installer’s\n\nlicense, Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00);\nactured home dealer’s\n\nlicense or a restricted manufactured home park\n\ndealer’s license, and renewal for each place of\n\nbusiness in addition to the principal place of\n\nbusiness, Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00);\n\n5. a. For each manufactured home installer’s license, Four\n\nHundred Dollars ($400.00), and\n\nb. For each renewal of a manufactured home installer’s\n\nlicense, Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00);\n\n6. a. For each manufactured home manufacturer selling\n\ndirectly to a licensed manufactured home dealer in\n\nthis state, One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($1,500.00), and\n\nb. For each renewal of a manufactured home manufacturer’s\n\nlicense, One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($1,500.00);\n\n7. Any manufactured home manufacturer who sells a new\n\nmanufactured home to be shipped to or sited in this state shall pay\n\nan installation inspection fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for\n\neach new single-wide manufactured home and One Hundred Twenty-five\n\nDollars ($125.00) for each new multi-floor manufactured home; and\n\n8. A used manufactured home inspection fee of Seventy-five\n\nDollars ($75.00) shall be paid by the installer at or before the\n\ntime of installation of any used manufactured home sited and\n\ninstalled in this state.\n\nD. 1. The license issued to each used motor vehicle dealer,\n\neach wholesale used motor vehicle dealer, each restricted\n\nmanufactured home park dealer and each manufactured home dealer\n\nshall specify the location of the place of business. If the\n\nbusiness location is changed, the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle,\n\nDismantler, and Manufactured Housing Commission shall be notified\n\nimmediately of the change and the Commission may endorse the change\n\nof location on the license. The fee for a change of location shall\n\nbe One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and the fee for a change of name,\n\nTwenty-five Dollars ($25.00). The license of each licensee shall be\n\nposted in a conspicuous place in the place or places of business of\n\nthe licensee.\n\n2. The license issued to each manufactured home installer and\n\neach manufactured home manufacturer shall specify the location of\n\nthe place of business. If the business location is changed, the\n\nOklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured Housing\n\nCommission shall be notified immediately of the change and the\n\nCommission may endorse the change of location on the license without\n\ncharge. The license of each licensee shall be posted in a\n\nconspicuous place in the place or places of business of the\n\nlicensee.\n\n3. Every manufactured home installer shall have the license\n\navailable for inspection at the primary place of business of the\n\nlicensee. This license shall be valid for the licensee and all of\n\nthe employees of the licensee. Any person who is not an employee of\n\nthe licensee must obtain a separate manufactured home installer\n\nlicense regardless of whether such person is acting in the capacity\n\nof a contractor or subcontractor.\n\nE. 1. a. Each applicant for a used motor vehicle dealer’s\n\nlicense shall procure and file with the Commission a\n\ngood and sufficient bond in the amount of Twenty-five\n\nThousand Dollars ($25,000.00). Each new applicant for\n\na used motor vehicle dealer’s license for the purpose\n\nof conducting a used motor vehicle auction shall\n\nprocure and file with the Commission a good and\n\nsufficient bond in the amount of Fifty Thousand\n\nDollars ($50,000.00). An applicant who intends to\n\nconduct a used motor vehicle auction who provides\n\nproof that the applicant has check and title insurance\n\nin an amount not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars\n\n($50,000.00) shall only be required to have a bond in\n\nthe amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars\n\n($25,000.00).\n\nb. Each new applicant for a used motor vehicle dealer\n\nlicense for the purpose of conducting a used motor\n\nvehicle business which will consist primarily of non-\nnd title insurance\n\nin an amount not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars\n\n($50,000.00) shall only be required to have a bond in\n\nthe amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars\n\n($25,000.00).\n\nb. Each new applicant for a used motor vehicle dealer\n\nlicense for the purpose of conducting a used motor\n\nvehicle business which will consist primarily of non-\n\nauction consignment sales which are projected to equal\n\nFive Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) or more in\n\ngross annual sales shall procure and file with the\n\nCommission a good and sufficient bond in the amount of\n\nFifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). The Commission\n\nshall prescribe by rule the method of operation of the\n\nnon-auction consignment dealer in order to properly\n\nprotect the interests of all parties to the\n\ntransaction and to provide sanctions against dealers\n\nwho fail to comply with the rules.\n\nc. Each applicant for a wholesale used motor vehicle\n\ndealer’s license shall procure and file with the\n\nCommission a good and sufficient bond in the amount of\n\nTwenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).\n\nd. Any used motor vehicle dealer who, for the purpose of\n\nbeing a rebuilder, applies for a rebuilder\n\ncertificate, as provided in Section 591.5 of this\n\ntitle, whether as a new application or renewal, shall\n\nprocure and file with the Commission a good and\n\nsufficient bond in the amount of Fifteen Thousand\n\nDollars ($15,000.00), in addition to any other bonds\n\nrequired.\n\ne. Each applicant for a manufactured home dealer’s\n\nlicense or a restricted manufactured home park\n\ndealer’s license shall procure and file with the\n\nCommission a good and sufficient bond in the amount of\n\nThirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00).\n\nf. Each manufactured home manufacturing facility selling\n\ndirectly to a licensed manufactured home dealer or\n\nrestricted manufactured home park dealer in this state\n\nshall procure and file with the Commission a good and\n\nsufficient bond in the amount of Thirty Thousand\n\nDollars ($30,000.00). In addition to all other\n\nconditions and requirements set forth herein, the bond\n\nshall require the availability of prompt and full\n\nwarranty service by the manufacturer to comply with\n\nall warranties expressed or implied in connection with\n\neach manufactured home which is manufactured for\n\nresale or use in this state. A manufacturer may not\n\nsell, exchange, or lease-purchase with an option to\n\nown in any form a manufactured home to a person in\n\nthis state directly or indirectly through a\n\ndistributor or third party who is not a licensed\n\nmanufactured home dealer or a restricted manufactured\n\nhome park dealer.\n\ng. The bond shall be approved as to form by the Attorney\n\nGeneral and conditioned that the applicant shall not\n\npractice fraud, make any fraudulent representation, or\n\nviolate any of the provisions of Section 581 et seq.\n\nof this title in the conduct of the business for which\n\nthe applicant is licensed. One of the purposes of the\n\nbond is to provide reimbursement for any loss or\n\ndamage suffered by any person by reason of issuance of\n\na certificate of title by a used motor vehicle dealer,\n\na wholesale used motor vehicle dealer, a restricted\n\nmanufactured home park dealer or a manufactured home\n\ndealer.\n\n2. The bonds as required by this section shall be maintained\n\nthroughout the period of licensure. Should the bond be canceled for\n\nany reason, the license shall be revoked as of the date of\n\ncancellation unless a new bond is furnished prior to such date.\n\nF. Any used motor vehicle dealer or wholesale used motor\n\nvehicle dealer is required to furnish and keep in force a minimum of\n\nTwenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) of single liability\n\ninsurance coverage on all vehicles offered for sale or used in any\n\nother capacity in demonstrating or utilizing the streets and\n\nroadways in accordance with the financial responsibility laws of\n\nthis state.\nF. Any used motor vehicle dealer or wholesale used motor\n\nvehicle dealer is required to furnish and keep in force a minimum of\n\nTwenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) of single liability\n\ninsurance coverage on all vehicles offered for sale or used in any\n\nother capacity in demonstrating or utilizing the streets and\n\nroadways in accordance with the financial responsibility laws of\n\nthis state.\n\nG. Any manufactured home dealer or restricted manufactured home\n\npark dealer is required to furnish and keep in force a minimum of\n\nOne Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) of garage liability or\n\ngeneral liability with products and completed operations insurance\n\ncoverage.\n\nH. Any manufactured home installer is required to furnish and\n\nkeep in force a minimum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00)\n\nof general liability with products and completed operations\n\ninsurance coverage.","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":"6da7f9b6823e83ecd248accf1160cbfc050623f3195ffbfb6ca50051ab9a13f1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-582.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-583.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}