{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-596.14","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-596.14","heading":"Denial of application for license","body":"\n\nThe Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle Commission may deny an\n\napplication for a license, revoke or suspend a license, impose a\n\nfine against a manufacturer or distributor in an amount not to\n\nexceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per occurrence, or impose a\n\nfine against a dealer in an amount not to exceed One Thousand\n\nDollars ($1,000.00) per occurrence if any provision of the\n\nRecreational Vehicle Franchise Act is violated or for any of the\n\nfollowing reasons:\n\n1. On satisfactory proof of unfitness of the applicant in any\n\napplication for any license under the provisions of the Recreational\n\nVehicle Franchise Act;\n\n2. For any material misstatement made by an applicant in any\n\napplication for any license under the provisions of the Recreational\n\nVehicle Franchise Act;\n\n3. For any failure to comply with any provision of the\n\nRecreational Vehicle Franchise Act or any rule promulgated by the\n\nCommission under authority vested pursuant to the Recreational\n\nVehicle Franchise Act;\n\n4. A change of condition after a license is granted resulting\n\nin the failure to maintain the qualifications for a license;\n\n5. Being a new recreational vehicle dealer who:\n\na. has required a purchaser of a new recreational\n\nvehicle, as a condition of sale and delivery thereof,\n\nto also purchase special features, appliances,\n\naccessories, or equipment not desired or requested by\n\nthe purchaser and installed by the dealer,\n\nb. uses any false or misleading advertising in connection\n\nwith business as a new recreational vehicle dealer or\n\nvehicle salesperson,\n\nc. has committed any unlawful act which resulted in the\n\nrevocation of any similar license in another state,\n\nd. has failed or refused to perform any written agreement\n\nwith any retail buyer involving the sale of a\n\nrecreational vehicle,\n\ne. has been convicted of a crime involving moral\n\nturpitude,\n\nf. has committed a fraudulent act in selling, purchasing,\n\nor otherwise dealing in new recreational vehicles or\n\nhas misrepresented the terms and conditions of a sale,\n\npurchase, or contract for sale or purchase of a new\n\nrecreational vehicle or any interest therein including\n\nan option to purchase such vehicle,\n\ng. has failed to meet or maintain the conditions and\n\nrequirements necessary to qualify for the issuance of\n\na license, or\n\nh. has employed an unregistered new recreational vehicle\n\nsalesperson;\n\n6. Being a new recreational vehicle dealer who:\n\na. does not have an established place of business,\n\nb. does not provide for a suitable repair shop separate\n\nfrom the display room with ample space to repair or\n\nrecondition one or more recreational vehicles at the\n\nsame time and equipped with tools, equipment, and\n\nreplacement parts as may be necessary for the\n\nservicing of recreational vehicles in such a manner as\n\nto make such vehicles comply with the safety laws of\n\nthis state and properly fulfill the warranty\n\nobligation of the dealer or manufacturer,\n\nc. does not hold a dealer agreement in effect with a\n\nmanufacturer or distributor of new or unused\n\nrecreational vehicles for the sale of the same and is\n\nnot authorized by the manufacturer or distributor to\n\nrender predelivery preparation of such vehicles sold\n\nto purchasers and perform authorized postsale work\n\npursuant to the warranty of the manufacturer or\n\ndistributor, or\n\nd. employs unregistered salespersons or employs or\n\nutilizes the services of used recreational vehicle\n\nlots, dealers, or other unregistered persons in\n\nconnection with the sale of new recreational vehicles;\n\n7. Being a factory that has:\n\na. induced or attempted to induce by means of coercion or\n\nintimidation any new recreational vehicle dealer:\nhe warranty of the manufacturer or\n\ndistributor, or\n\nd. employs unregistered salespersons or employs or\n\nutilizes the services of used recreational vehicle\n\nlots, dealers, or other unregistered persons in\n\nconnection with the sale of new recreational vehicles;\n\n7. Being a factory that has:\n\na. induced or attempted to induce by means of coercion or\n\nintimidation any new recreational vehicle dealer:\n\n(1) to accept delivery of any recreational vehicle or\n\nvehicles, parts, or accessories for recreational\n\nvehicles, or any other commodities including\n\nadvertising material which shall not have been\n\nordered by the new recreational vehicle dealer,\n\n(2) to order or accept delivery of any recreational\n\nvehicle with special features, appliances,\n\naccessories, or equipment not included in the\n\nlist price of the recreational vehicles as\n\npublicly advertised by the manufacturer of the\n\nrecreational vehicle, or\n\n(3) to order or accept delivery of any parts,\n\naccessories, equipment, machinery, tools,\n\nappliances, or any commodity whatsoever,\n\nb. induced under threat or discrimination by the\n\nwithholding from delivery to a recreational vehicle\n\ndealer certain models of recreational vehicles,\n\nchanging or amending unilaterally the allotment of\n\nrecreational vehicles of a dealer or withholding and\n\ndelaying delivery of such vehicles out of the ordinary\n\ncourse of business, in order to induce a dealer by\n\nsuch coercion to participate or contribute to any\n\nlocal or national advertising fund controlled directly\n\nor indirectly by the factory or for any other purposes\n\nincluding contests, giveaways, other sales promotional\n\ndevices, or change of quotas in any sales contest, or\n\nc. required recreational vehicle dealers, as a condition\n\nof receiving the vehicle allotment of the dealer, to\n\norder a certain percentage of the recreational\n\nvehicles with optional equipment not specified by the\n\nnew recreational vehicle dealer; however, nothing in\n\nthis paragraph shall prohibit a factory from\n\nsupporting an advertising association which is open to\n\nall dealers on the same basis; or\n\n8. Has employed unlicensed factory representatives.\n\nThe Commission may deny any application for license, or suspend\n\nor revoke a license issued, or impose a fine, only after a hearing\n\nfor which the applicant or licensee affected shall be given at least\n\nten (10) days’ written notice specifying the reason for denying the\n\napplicant a license, or, in the case of a revocation or suspension\n\nor imposition of a fine, the offense which the licensee is alleged\n\nto have committed. The notice may be served as provided by law for\n\nthe service of notices or mailing a copy by registered mail to the\n\nlast-known residence or business address of the applicant or\n\nlicensee. The hearing on alleged violations shall be at such time\n\nand place as the Commission may prescribe and the aforementioned\n\nnotice shall further specify the time and place. If the applicant\n\nor licensee is a motor vehicle salesperson, factory representative,\n\nor distributor representative, the Commission shall in like manner\n\nadditionally notify the person, firm, association, corporation, or\n\ntrust with whom he or she is associated, or in whose association he\n\nor she is about to enter. The Commission shall have the power to\n\ncompel the production of all records, papers, and other documents\n\nwhich may be deemed relevant to the proceeding bearing upon the\n\ncomplaints. The Commission shall have the power to subpoena and\n\nbring before it any person, or take testimony of any person by\n\ndeposition, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as\n\nprescribed in the proceedings before courts of the state in civil\n\ncases. Any party to the hearing shall have the right to the\n\nattendance of witnesses on his or her behalf upon designating to the\n\nCommission the person or persons sought to be subpoenaed.","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":"0b7731ea0016b73f27bd7c8b37516a34e61e72c3855217874e0c175e87551926","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-596.13","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-596.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}