{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-8-102","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-8-102","heading":"Owner of for-rent vehicle liable when no policy","body":"obtained.\n\nA. In the event the owner of a for-rent motor vehicle has not\n\ngiven proof of financial responsibility as provided in Section 8-101\n\nof this title, then Service Oklahoma shall not register any motor\n\nvehicle owned by such person and rented, or intended to be rented,\n\nto another unless such owner shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction\n\nof the Commissioner of Public Safety, his or her financial ability\n\nto respond in damages as follows:\n\n1. If he or she applies for registration of one motor vehicle,\n\nin the sum of at least Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for any\n\none person injured or killed and in the sum of Forty Thousand\n\nDollars ($40,000.00) for any number more than one injured or killed\n\nin any one accident.\n\n2. If he or she applies for the registration of more than one\n\nmotor vehicle, then in the foregoing sums for one motor vehicle, and\n\nTwenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) additional for each motor\n\nvehicle in excess of one, but it shall be sufficient for the owner\n\nto demonstrate ability to respond in damages in the sum of Two\n\nHundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for any number of motor\n\nvehicles.\n\nB. Service Oklahoma shall cancel the registration of any motor\n\nvehicle rented without a driver whenever Service Oklahoma ascertains\n\nthat the owner has failed or is unable to comply with the\n\nrequirements of this section.\n\nC. Any owner of a for-rent motor vehicle who has given proof of\n\nfinancial responsibility under this section or who in violation of\n\nthis act has failed to give proof of financial responsibility shall\n\nbe jointly and severally liable with any person operating such\n\nvehicle for any damages caused by the negligence of any person\n\noperating the vehicle by or with the permission of the owner, except\n\nthat the foregoing provision shall not confer any right of action\n\nupon any passenger in any such rented vehicle as against the owner.\n\nD. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an\n\nowner from making defense in any such action upon the ground of\n\ncomparative or contributory negligence to the extent to which such\n\ndefense is allowed in other cases.","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":"870374cd05b497fbc1d339095912b789b9e40e7762d1180f0b7cc713beeeac08","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-8-101","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-8-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}