{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-903a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-903A","heading":"Contest of removal or storage - Hearing - Exemptions","body":"A. After the removal or storage of any abandoned or wrecked\n\nvehicle at the request of a public agency, the registered or legal\n\nowner of the vehicle, or their agent, may contest the validity of\n\nthe removal or storage, by filing a written request for a hearing\n\nwith the public agency. The written request may be filed before or\n\nafter the vehicle is retrieved from the storage operator. Provided,\n\nhowever, the public agency shall not be required to conduct a\n\nhearing if the request is received more than ten (10) days following\n\nactual or constructive notice to the owner or driver of the vehicle\n\nthat said vehicle has been so removed or stored. Any such hearing\n\nshall be scheduled within seventy-two (72) hours of the request,\n\nexcluding weekends and holidays. The public agency may authorize\n\nits own officer or employee to conduct the hearing, so long as the\n\nhearing officer is not the same person who directed the removal or\n\nstorage of the vehicle. The public agency may, with the consent of\n\nthe person requesting the hearing, schedule the hearing by telephone\n\nand conduct the hearing on the merits by telephone conference call.\n\nThe hearing officer shall apply the law to the evidence and make\n\na determination whether the vehicle removal and storage was\n\njustified. If deemed unjustified, the public agency shall bear the\n\ncost of hookup and tow mileage, and the operator shall waive all\n\nstorage costs in such cases as a condition of eligibility to respond\n\nto a service call request from a public agency. The vehicle owner\n\nor agent shall not be charged any type of fee or costs relating to\n\nimpoundment or storage in such case. If the tow and storage is\n\ndeemed justified, the owner or agent shall bear the cost of\n\nreasonable tow and storage. In either case, prior to the release of\n\nthe vehicle to the owner or agent, proof of security or an affidavit\n\nthat the vehicle will not be used on public highways or public\n\nstreets, as required pursuant to Section 7-600 et seq. of this\n\ntitle, shall be furnished to the public agency.\n\nB. Failure of either the registered or legal owner, or their\n\nagent, to timely request or to timely appear upon a scheduled\n\nhearing shall satisfy the hearing requirement of this section.\n\nC. The hearing conducted by the public agency pursuant to this\n\nsection shall not be governed by the Administrative Procedures Act,\n\nSection 301 et seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The owner\n\nof a stored vehicle may, either in lieu of such hearing or after\n\nsuch hearing, file a petition in the district court of the county\n\nwherein the vehicle is stored. The district court is vested with\n\noriginal jurisdiction to conduct a de novo hearing and determine the\n\nvalidity of removal and storage.\n\nD. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the\n\nremoval of vehicles abated pursuant to Section 954A of this title.","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":"62b97318dc31d041f6d225ed144f8344da9fc6d30d8218344cb875e4c2fe83c6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-903","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}