{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-781","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-781","heading":"Enactment - Text","body":"The Driver License Compact is hereby enacted into law and\n\nentered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in\n\nthe form substantially as follows:\n\nDRIVER LICENSE COMPACT\n\nARTICLE 1. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY\n\n(a) The party states find that:\n\n(1) The safety of their streets and highways is materially\n\naffected by the degree of compliance with state laws and local\n\nordinances relating to the operation of motor vehicles.\n\n(2) Violation of such a law or ordinance is evidence that the\n\nviolator engages in conduct which is likely to endanger the safety\n\nof persons and property.\n\n(3) The continuance in force of a license to drive is predicated\n\nupon compliance with laws and ordinances relating to the operation\n\nof motor vehicles, in whichever jurisdiction the vehicle is\n\noperated.\n\n(b) It is the policy of each of the party states to:\n\n(1) Promote compliance with the laws, ordinances, and\n\nadministrative rules and regulations relating to the operation of\n\nmotor vehicles by their operators in each of the jurisdictions where\n\nsuch operators drive motor vehicles.\n\n(2) Make the reciprocal recognition of licenses to drive and\n\neligibility therefor more just and equitable by considering the\n\noverall compliance with motor vehicle laws, ordinances and\n\nadministrative rules and regulations as a condition precedent to the\n\ncontinuance or issuance of any license by reason of which the\n\nlicensee is authorized or permitted to operate a motor vehicle in\n\nany of the party states.\n\nARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS\n\nAs used in this Compact:\n\n(a) \"State\" means a state, territory or possession of the United\n\nStates, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto\n\nRico.\n\n(b) \"Home state\" means the state which has issued and has the\n\npower to suspend or revoke the use of the license or permit to\n\noperate a motor vehicle.\n\n(c) \"Conviction\" means a conviction of any offense related to\n\nthe use or operation of a motor vehicle which is prohibited by state\n\nlaw, municipal ordinance or administrative rule or regulation, or a\n\nforfeiture of a bail, bond or other security deposited to secure\n\nappearance by a person charged with having committed any such\n\noffense, and which conviction or forfeiture is required to be\n\nreported to the licensing authority.\n\nARTICLE III. REPORTS OF CONVICTION\n\nThe licensing authority of a party state shall report each\n\nconviction of a person from another party state occurring within its\n\njurisdiction to the licensing authority of the home state of the\n\nlicensee. Such report shall clearly identify the person convicted;\n\ndescribe the violation specifying the section of the statute, code,\n\nor ordinance violated; identify the court in which action was taken;\n\nindicate whether a plea of guilty or not guilty was entered, or the\n\nconviction was a result of the forfeiture of bail, bond or other\n\nsecurity; and shall include any special findings made in connection\n\ntherewith.\n\nARTICLE IV. EFFECT OF CONVICTION\n\n(a) The licensing authority in the home state, for the purpose\n\nof suspension, revocation or limitation of the license to operate a\n\nmotor vehicle, shall give the same effect to the conduct reported,\n\npursuant to Article III of this Compact, as it would if such conduct\n\nhad occurred in the home state, in the case of convictions for:\n\n(1) Manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from the\n\noperation of a motor vehicle;\n\n(2) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of\n\nintoxicating liquor or a narcotic drug, or under the influence of\n\nany other drug to a degree which renders the driver incapable of\n\nsafely driving a motor vehicle;\n\n(3) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is\n\nused;\n\n(4) Failure to stop and render aid in the event of a motor\n\nvehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of\n\nanother.\nr a narcotic drug, or under the influence of\n\nany other drug to a degree which renders the driver incapable of\n\nsafely driving a motor vehicle;\n\n(3) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is\n\nused;\n\n(4) Failure to stop and render aid in the event of a motor\n\nvehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of\n\nanother.\n\n(b) As to other convictions, reported pursuant to Article III,\n\nthe licensing authority in the home state shall give such effect to\n\nthe conduct as is provided by the laws of the home state.\n\n(c) If the laws of a party state do not provide for offenses or\n\nviolations denominated or described in precisely the words employed\n\nin subdivision (a) of this article, such party state shall construe\n\nthe denominations and descriptions appearing in subdivision (a)\n\nhereof as being applicable to and identifying those offenses or\n\nviolations of a substantially similar nature, and the laws of such\n\nparty state shall contain such provisions as may be necessary to\n\nensure that full force and effect is given to this article.\n\nARTICLE V. APPLICATIONS FOR NEW LICENSES\n\nUpon application for a license to drive, the licensing authority\n\nin a party state shall ascertain whether the applicant has ever\n\nheld, or is the holder of a license to drive issued by any other\n\nparty state. The licensing authority in the state where application\n\nis made shall not issue a license to drive to the applicant if:\n\n(1) The applicant has held such a license, but the same has been\n\nsuspended by reason, in whole or in part, of a violation and if such\n\nsuspension period has not terminated.\n\n(2) The applicant has held such a license, but the same has been\n\nrevoked by reason, in whole or in part, of a violation and if such\n\nrevocation has not terminated, except that after the expiration of\n\none (1) year from the date the license was revoked, such person may\n\nmake application for a new license if permitted by law. The\n\nlicensing authority may refuse to issue a license to any such\n\napplicant if, after investigation, the licensing authority\n\ndetermines that it will not be safe to grant to such person the\n\nprivilege of driving a motor vehicle on the public highways.\n\n(3) The applicant is the holder of a license to drive issued by\n\nanother party state and currently in force unless the applicant\n\nsurrenders such license.\n\nARTICLE VI. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS\n\nExcept as expressly required by provisions of this Compact,\n\nnothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the right of\n\nany party state to apply any of its other laws relating to licenses\n\nto drive to any person or circumstance, nor to invalidate or prevent\n\nany driver license agreement or other cooperative arrangement\n\nbetween a party state and a nonparty state.\n\nARTICLE VII. COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR\n\nAND INTERCHANGE OF INFORMATION\n\n(a) The head of the licensing authority of each party state\n\nshall be the administrator of this Compact for his state. The\n\nadministrators, acting jointly, shall have the power to formulate\n\nall necessary and proper procedures for the exchange of information\n\nunder this Compact.\n\n(b) The administrator of each party state shall furnish to the\n\nadministrator of each other party state any information or documents\n\nreasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of this\n\nCompact.\n\nARTICLE VIII. ENTRY INTO FORCE AND WITHDRAWAL\n\n(a) This Compact shall enter into force and become effective as\n\nto any state when it has enacted the same into law.\nrmation\n\nunder this Compact.\n\n(b) The administrator of each party state shall furnish to the\n\nadministrator of each other party state any information or documents\n\nreasonably necessary to facilitate the administration of this\n\nCompact.\n\nARTICLE VIII. ENTRY INTO FORCE AND WITHDRAWAL\n\n(a) This Compact shall enter into force and become effective as\n\nto any state when it has enacted the same into law.\n\n(b) Any party state may withdraw from this Compact by enacting a\n\nstatute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect\n\nuntil six (6) months after the executive head of the withdrawing\n\nstate has given notice of the withdrawal to the executive heads of\n\nall the party states. No withdrawal shall affect the validity or\n\napplicability by the licensing authorities of states remaining party\n\nto the Compact of any report of conviction occurring prior to the\n\nwithdrawal.\n\nARTICLE IX. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY\n\nThis Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate\n\nthe purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be\n\nseverable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this\n\nCompact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of any party\n\nstate or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any\n\ngovernment, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the\n\nvalidity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability\n\nthereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not\n\nbe affected thereby. If this Compact shall be held contrary to the\n\nconstitution of any state party thereto, the Compact shall remain in\n\nfull force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force\n\nand effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.","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":"f738b66cfd712f742a9421db698f15ec6ee3d15e7e8d1184d2f05a7bbe6a55c1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-761","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-782"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}