{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-7-606.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-7-606.2","heading":"Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program","body":"A. Each district attorney may create within the district\n\nattorney's office an Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program\n\nand assign sufficient staff and resources for the efficient\n\noperation of the program. The purpose of the Uninsured Vehicle\n\nEnforcement Diversion Program is to authorize the district attorney\n\nto divert complaints involving the failure to comply with mandatory\n\nvehicle liability insurance coverage from criminal court to the\n\nUninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program and to enhance\n\npublic safety and security through increased compliance with\n\nmandatory vehicle liability insurance coverage.\n\nB. 1. Referral of a criminal complaint to the Uninsured\n\nVehicle Enforcement Diversion Program shall be at the discretion of\n\nthe district attorney. This act shall not limit the power of the\n\ndistrict attorney to prosecute Compulsory Insurance Law complaints.\n\n2. Upon receipt of a complaint for failure to comply with the\n\nCompulsory Insurance Law, the district attorney shall determine if\n\nthe complaint is one which is appropriate for deferred prosecution.\n\n3. In determining whether to defer prosecution and refer a case\n\nto the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program, the district\n\nattorney shall consider the following factors:\n\na. whether the criminal complaint alleges an offense\n\ninvolving the failure to maintain required vehicle\n\nliability insurance coverage,\n\nb. whether it is in the best interest of the accused for\n\nthe accused person to be processed through deferred\n\nprosecution in the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement\n\nDiversion Program,\n\nc. the prospects for adequate protection of the public if\n\nthe accused person is processed through deferred\n\nprosecution in the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement\n\nDiversion Program,\n\nd. the number of criminal complaints against the\n\ndefendant previously received by the district\n\nattorney,\n\ne. whether or not there are other criminal complaints\n\ncurrently pending against the defendant, and\n\nf. the strength of the evidence of the particular\n\ncriminal complaint.\n\nC. Upon referral of a complaint to the Uninsured Vehicle\n\nEnforcement Diversion Program, a notice of the complaint shall be\n\nforwarded by mail to the last known address of the record owner of\n\nthe vehicle. The notice shall contain:\n\n1. The date the act which is the subject of the complaint\n\noccurred;\n\n2. A statement of the penalty for the violation of the\n\nCompulsory Insurance Law which is the subject of the complaint;\n\n3. A statement that the records of the State of Oklahoma\n\nindicate that the owner of the vehicle is not in compliance with the\n\nprovisions of the Compulsory Vehicle Insurance Law and that the\n\ncomplaint against the owner has been referred to the Uninsured\n\nVehicle Enforcement Diversion Program; and\n\n4. The date before which the owner must contact the office of\n\nthe district attorney concerning the complaint.\n\nD. If the owner fails to comply with the letter, the district\n\nattorney may file the information and proceed with the prosecution\n\nof the owner as provided by law.\n\nE. The district attorney may enter into a written agreement\n\nwith the owner pursuant to the provisions of Sections 305.1 through\n\n305.6 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes to defer prosecution on\n\nthe complaint for a period to be determined by the district\n\nattorney, not to exceed two (2) years. The conditions of an\n\nagreement to defer prosecution shall include:\n\n1. The owner shall provide verification of current insurance\n\nupon request of the district attorney;\n\n2. The owner shall comply with the provisions of the Compulsory\n\nInsurance Law for the full term of the agreement; and\n\n3. The owner shall not own or operate any vehicle in violation\n\nof the Compulsory Insurance Law during the full term of the\n\nagreement.\n\nF. Each diversion agreement shall include a provision requiring\n\nthe owner to pay to the district attorney's office or District\nrict attorney;\n\n2. The owner shall comply with the provisions of the Compulsory\n\nInsurance Law for the full term of the agreement; and\n\n3. The owner shall not own or operate any vehicle in violation\n\nof the Compulsory Insurance Law during the full term of the\n\nagreement.\n\nF. Each diversion agreement shall include a provision requiring\n\nthe owner to pay to the district attorney's office or District\n\nAttorneys Council a fee equal to the amount which would have been\n\nassessed as court costs upon the filing of the case in district\n\ncourt pursuant to the provisions of Section 153 of Title 28 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. This fee shall be deposited in a special\n\ndistrict attorney fund with the county treasurer to be known as the\n\n\"Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program Fund\". Diversion\n\nfees paid to the District Attorneys Council shall be deposited in a\n\nspecial fund to be known as the \"Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement\n\nDiversion Program Fund\".\n\n1. Each diversion agreement shall also include a provision\n\nrequiring the owner to pay an additional fee of Twenty Dollars\n\n($20.00) to the District Attorneys Council, of which Five Dollars\n\n($5.00) will be used in processing the payment, Ten Dollars ($10.00)\n\nwill be used in operating and maintaining the Compulsory Insurance\n\nVerification System and Five Dollars ($5.00) will be deposited in\n\nthe Oklahoma Pension Improvement Revolving Fund created by section 2\n\nof Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1128 of the 2nd Session of the 55th\n\nOklahoma Legislature.\n\n2. The monies deposited in the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement\n\nDiversion Program Fund of a district attorney or the District\n\nAttorneys Council shall be used by the district attorney and\n\nDistrict Attorneys Council to pay for all expenses and costs of\n\nequipping, operating and monitoring the vehicle insurance program,\n\nincluding but not limited to, contractual payments to third-party\n\nentities providing essential services and/or equipment for detection\n\nof violations of Compulsory Insurance Law, and payment of reasonable\n\ncompensation to authorized and participating law enforcement\n\nagencies as may be agreed between such entities, law enforcement\n\nagencies and the district attorney or District Attorneys Council.\n\n3. Proceeds from the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion\n\nProgram administered by the District Attorneys Council may be used\n\nto pay for any lawful expenditures associated with the operation of\n\nthe diversion program by the District Attorneys Council. The net\n\nproceeds shall be allocated and distributed to the district\n\nattorneys by the District Attorneys Council. District attorneys may\n\nuse proceeds from this diversion program to pay for any lawful\n\nexpenditure associated with the operation of the district attorney's\n\noffice.\n\n4. The district attorney and District Attorneys Council shall\n\nkeep records of all monies deposited to and disbursed from the\n\nUninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program Fund. The records\n\nof these funds shall be audited at the same time the records of the\n\ndistrict attorney and District Attorneys Council, respectively, are\n\naudited.\n\n5. If the owner furnishes proof to the satisfaction of the\n\ndistrict attorney's office or District Attorneys Council that the\n\nrequired vehicle liability insurance coverage was in effect at the\n\ntime of the alleged violation, no fee shall be required.\n\nG. Members of the district attorney's staff shall perform\n\nduties in connection with the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement\n\nDiversion Program in addition to any other duties which may be\n\nassigned by the district attorney.\n\nH. District attorneys shall prepare and submit an annual report\n\nto the District Attorneys Council showing total deposits and total\n\nexpenditures in the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program.\n\nEach district attorney shall submit information requested by the\n\nDistrict Attorneys Council regarding the Uninsured Vehicle\non to any other duties which may be\n\nassigned by the district attorney.\n\nH. District attorneys shall prepare and submit an annual report\n\nto the District Attorneys Council showing total deposits and total\n\nexpenditures in the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program.\n\nEach district attorney shall submit information requested by the\n\nDistrict Attorneys Council regarding the Uninsured Vehicle\n\nEnforcement Diversion Program.\n\nBy September 15 of each year following the implementation of the\n\nUninsured Vehicle Enforcement Program, the District Attorneys\n\nCouncil shall publish an annual report for the previous fiscal year\n\nof the Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program. An\n\nelectronic copy of the report shall be distributed to the Governor,\n\nPresident Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of\n\nRepresentatives and the chairs of the House and Senate\n\nAppropriations Committees. The report required by this paragraph\n\nshall include the number of cases processed, the total amount of\n\nfees collected, the total cost of the program and such other\n\ninformation as required by the District Attorneys Council.","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":"641405c7bb45d81651d7728f6432d81661ba6fe5caafa8cc78eaa044da4e4d85","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-7-606.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-7-607"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}