{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-790","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-790","heading":"Nonresident Violator Compact","body":"The Nonresident Violator Compact, hereinafter called \"the\n\ncompact\", is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other\n\njurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as\n\nfollows:\n\nARTICLE I. FINDINGS, DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PURPOSE\n\nA. The party jurisdictions find that:\n\n1. In most instances, a motorist who is cited for a traffic\n\nviolation in a jurisdiction other than his home jurisdiction:\n\na. must post collateral or bond to secure\n\nappearance for trial at a later date; or\n\nb. if unable to post collateral or bond, is taken\n\ninto custody until the collateral or bond is posted; or\n\nc. is taken directly to court for his trial to be\n\nheld.\n\n2. In some instances, the motorist's driver's license may be\n\ndeposited as collateral to be returned after he has complied with\n\nthe terms of the citation.\n\n3. The purpose of the practices described in paragraphs 1 and\n\n2 is to ensure compliance with the terms of a traffic citation by\n\nthe motorist who, if permitted to continue on his way after\n\nreceiving the traffic citation, could return to his home\n\njurisdiction and disregard his duty under the terms of the traffic\n\ncitation.\n\n4. A motorist receiving a traffic citation in his home\n\njurisdiction is permitted, except for certain violations, to accept\n\nthe citation from the officer at the scene of the violation and to\n\nimmediately continue on his way after promising or being instructed\n\nto comply with the terms of the citation.\n\n5. The practice described in paragraph 1 causes unnecessary\n\ninconvenience and, at times, a hardship for the motorist who is\n\nunable at the time to post collateral, furnish a bond, stand trial,\n\nor pay the fine, and thus is compelled to remain in custody until\n\nsome arrangement can be made.\n\n6. The deposit of a driver's license as a bail bond, as\n\ndescribed in paragraph 2, is viewed with disfavor.\n\n7. The practices described herein consume an undue amount of\n\nlaw enforcement time.\n\nB. It is the policy of the party jurisdictions to:\n\n1. Seek compliance with the laws, ordinances, and\n\nadministrative rules and regulations relating to the operation of\n\nmotor vehicles in each of the jurisdictions.\n\n2. Allow motorists to accept a traffic citation for certain\n\nviolations and proceed on their way without delay whether or not the\n\nmotorist is a resident of the jurisdiction in which the citation was\n\nissued.\n\n3. Extend cooperation to its fullest extent among the\n\njurisdictions for obtaining compliance with the terms of a traffic\n\ncitation issued in one jurisdiction to a resident of another\n\njurisdiction.\n\n4. Maximize effective utilization of law enforcement personnel\n\nand assist court systems in the efficient disposition of traffic\n\nviolations.\n\nC. The purpose of this compact is to:\n\n1. Provide a means through which the party jurisdictions may\n\nparticipate in a reciprocal program to effectuate the policies\n\nenumerated, in paragraph B, in a uniform and orderly manner.\n\n2. Provide for the fair and impartial treatment of traffic\n\nviolators operating within party jurisdictions in recognition of the\n\nmotorist's right of due process and the sovereign status of a party\n\njurisdiction.\n\nARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS\n\nA. In the Nonresident Violator Compact, the following words\n\nhave the meaning indicated, unless the context requires otherwise.\n\nB. 1. \"Citation\" means any summons, ticket, or other official\n\ndocument issued by a police officer for a traffic violation\n\ncontaining an order which requires the motorist to respond.\n\n2. \"Collateral\" means any cash or other security deposited to\n\nsecure an appearance for trial, following the issuance by a police\n\nofficer of a citation for a traffic violation.\n\n3. \"Court\" means a court of law or traffic tribunal.\n\n4. \"Driver's license\" means any license or privilege to\n\noperate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of the home\n\njurisdiction.\nch requires the motorist to respond.\n\n2. \"Collateral\" means any cash or other security deposited to\n\nsecure an appearance for trial, following the issuance by a police\n\nofficer of a citation for a traffic violation.\n\n3. \"Court\" means a court of law or traffic tribunal.\n\n4. \"Driver's license\" means any license or privilege to\n\noperate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of the home\n\njurisdiction.\n\n5. \"Home jurisdiction\" means the jurisdiction that issued the\n\ndriver's license of the traffic violator.\n\n6. \"Issuing jurisdiction\" means the jurisdiction in which the\n\ntraffic citation was issued to the motorist.\n\n7. \"Jurisdiction\" means a state, territory or possession of\n\nthe United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of\n\nPuerto Rico.\n\n8. \"Motorist\" means a driver of a motor vehicle operating in a\n\nparty jurisdiction other than the home jurisdiction.\n\n9. \"Personal recognizance\" means an agreement by a motorist\n\nmade at the time of issuance of the traffic citation that he will\n\ncomply with the terms of that traffic citation.\n\n10. \"Police officer\" means any individual authorized by the\n\nparty jurisdiction to issue a citation for a traffic violation.\n\n11. \"Terms of the citation\" means those options expressly\n\nstated upon the citation.\n\nARTICLE III. PROCEDURE FOR ISSUING JURISDICTION\n\nA. When issuing a citation for a traffic violation, a police\n\nofficer shall issue the citation to a motorist who possesses a\n\ndriver's license issued by a party jurisdiction and shall not,\n\nsubject to the exceptions noted in paragraph B of this article,\n\nrequire the motorist to post collateral to secure appearance, if the\n\nofficer receives the motorist's personal recognizance that he or she\n\nwill comply with the terms of the citation.\n\nB. Personal recognizance is acceptable only if not prohibited\n\nby law. If mandatory appearance is required, it must take place\n\nimmediately following issuance of the citation.\n\nC. Upon failure of a motorist to comply with the terms of a\n\ntraffic citation, the appropriate official shall report the failure\n\nto comply to the licensing authority of the jurisdiction in which\n\nthe traffic citation was issued. The report shall be made in\n\naccordance with procedures specified by the issuing jurisdiction and\n\nshall contain information as specified in the Compact Manual as\n\nminimum requirements for effective processing by the home\n\njurisdiction.\n\nD. Upon receipt of the report, the licensing authority of the\n\nissuing jurisdiction shall transmit to the licensing authority in\n\nthe home jurisdiction of the motorist the information in a form and\n\ncontent as contained in the Compact Manual.\n\nE. The licensing authority of the issuing jurisdiction may not\n\nsuspend the privilege of a motorist for whom a report has been\n\ntransmitted.\n\nF. The licensing authority of the issuing jurisdiction shall\n\nnot transmit a report on any violation if the date of transmission\n\nis more than six months after the date on which the traffic citation\n\nwas issued.\n\nG. The licensing authority of the issuing jurisdiction shall\n\nnot transmit a report on any violation where the date of issuance of\n\nthe citation predates the most recent of the effective dates of\n\nentry for the two jurisdictions affected.\n\nARTICLE IV. PROCEDURE FOR HOME JURISDICTION\n\nA. Upon receipt of a report of a failure to comply from the\n\nlicensing authority of the issuing jurisdiction, the licensing\n\nauthority of the home jurisdiction shall notify the motorist and\n\ninitiate a suspension action, in accordance with the home\n\njurisdiction's procedures, to suspend the motorist's driver's\n\nlicense until satisfactory evidence of compliance with the terms of\n\nthe traffic citation has been furnished to the home jurisdiction\n\nlicensing authority.\n\nB. The licensing authority of the home jurisdiction shall\n\nmaintain a record of actions taken and make reports to issuing\n\njurisdictions as provided in the Compact Manual.\nhe home\n\njurisdiction's procedures, to suspend the motorist's driver's\n\nlicense until satisfactory evidence of compliance with the terms of\n\nthe traffic citation has been furnished to the home jurisdiction\n\nlicensing authority.\n\nB. The licensing authority of the home jurisdiction shall\n\nmaintain a record of actions taken and make reports to issuing\n\njurisdictions as provided in the Compact Manual.\n\nARTICLE V. 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 jurisdiction to apply any of its other laws relating to\n\nlicenses to drive to any person or circumstance, or to invalidate or\n\nprevent any driver license agreement or other cooperative\n\narrangement between a party jurisdiction and a nonparty\n\njurisdiction.\n\nARTICLE VI. COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR PROCEDURES\n\nA. For the purpose of administering the provisions of this\n\ncompact and to serve as a governing body for the resolution of all\n\nmatters relating to the operation of this compact, a Board of\n\nCompact Administrators is established. The board shall be composed\n\nof one representative from each party jurisdiction to be known as\n\nthe compact administrator. The compact administrator shall be\n\nappointed by the jurisdiction executive and will serve and be\n\nsubject to removal in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction\n\nhe represents. A compact administrator may provide for the\n\ndischarge of his duties and the performance of his functions as a\n\nboard member by an alternate. An alternate may not be entitled to\n\nserve unless written notification of his identity has been given to\n\nthe board.\n\nB. Each member of the Board of Compact Administrators shall be\n\nentitled to one vote. No action of the board shall be binding\n\nunless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of\n\nvotes on the board are cast in favor. Action by the board shall be\n\nonly at a meeting at which a majority of the party jurisdictions are\n\nrepresented.\n\nC. The board shall elect annually, from its membership, a\n\nchairman and a vice-chairman.\n\nD. The board shall adopt bylaws, not inconsistent with the\n\nprovisions of this compact or the laws of a party jurisdiction, for\n\nthe conduct of its business and shall have the power to amend and\n\nrescind its bylaws.\n\nE. The board may accept for any of its purposes and functions\n\nunder this compact any and all donations, and grants of money,\n\nequipment, supplies, materials and services, conditional or\n\notherwise, from any jurisdiction, the United States, or any other\n\ngovernmental agency, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the\n\nsame.\n\nF. The board may contract with, or accept services or\n\npersonnel from, any governmental or intergovernmental agency,\n\nperson, firm or corporation, or any private nonprofit organization\n\nor institution.\n\nG. The board shall formulate all necessary procedures and\n\ndevelop uniform forms and documents for administering the provisions\n\nof this compact. All procedures and forms adopted pursuant to board\n\naction shall be contained in the Compact Manual.\n\nARTICLE VII. ENTRY INTO COMPACT AND WITHDRAWAL\n\nA. This compact shall become effective when it has been\n\nadopted by at least two jurisdictions.\n\nB. 1. Entry into the compact shall be made by a Resolution of\n\nRatification executed by the authorized officials of the applying\n\njurisdiction and submitted to the chairman of the board.\n\n2. The resolution shall be in a form and content as provided\n\nin the Compact Manual and shall include statements that in substance\n\nare as follows:\n\na. a citation of the authority by which the\n\njurisdiction is empowered to become a party to this compact.\n\nb. agreement to comply with the terms and\n\nprovisions of the compact.\n\nc. that compact entry is with all jurisdictions\n\nthen party to the compact and with any jurisdiction that legally\ncontent as provided\n\nin the Compact Manual and shall include statements that in substance\n\nare as follows:\n\na. a citation of the authority by which the\n\njurisdiction is empowered to become a party to this compact.\n\nb. agreement to comply with the terms and\n\nprovisions of the compact.\n\nc. that compact entry is with all jurisdictions\n\nthen party to the compact and with any jurisdiction that legally\n\nbecomes a party to the compact.\n\n3. The effective date of entry shall be specified by the\n\napplying jurisdiction, but it shall not be less than sixty (60) days\n\nafter notice has been given, by the chairman of the Board of Compact\n\nAdministrators or by the secretariat of the board to each party\n\njurisdiction that the resolution from the applying jurisdiction has\n\nbeen received.\n\nC. A party jurisdiction may withdraw from this compact by\n\nofficial written notice to the other party jurisdictions, but a\n\nwithdrawal shall not take effect until ninety (90) days after notice\n\nof withdrawal is given. The notice shall be directed to the compact\n\nadministrator of each member jurisdiction. No withdrawal shall\n\naffect the validity of this compact as to the remaining party\n\njurisdictions.\n\nARTICLE VIII. EXCEPTIONS\n\nThe provisions of this compact shall not apply to parking or\n\nstanding violations, highway weight limit violations, and violations\n\nof law governing the transportation of hazardous materials.\n\nARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPACT\n\nA. This compact may be amended from time to time. Amendments\n\nshall be presented in resolution form to the chairman of the Board\n\nof Compact Administrators and may be initiated by one or more party\n\njurisdictions.\n\nB. Adoption of an amendment shall require endorsement of all\n\nparty jurisdictions and shall become effective thirty (30) days\n\nafter the date of the last endorsement.\n\nC. Failure of a party jurisdiction to respond to the compact\n\nchairman within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the\n\nproposed amendment shall constitute endorsement.\n\nARTICLE X. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY\n\nThis compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate\n\nthe purposes stated herein. 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\njurisdiction or of the United States or the applicability thereof to\n\nany government, agency, person or circumstance the compact shall not\n\nbe affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the\n\nconstitution of any jurisdiction party thereto, the compact shall\n\nremain in full force and effect as to the remaining jurisdictions\n\nand in full force and effect as to the jurisdiction affected as to\n\nall 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":"39f7fb3338485b7421b219b47e3571ac0c44bf4f664cae0266d8f10bfd33b7fd","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-789","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-8-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}