{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1528","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1528","heading":"Denial, suspension or revocation of license - Hearing","body":"A. The Administrator shall appoint an independent hearing\n\nexaminer to conduct all administrative hearings involving alleged\n\nviolations of the Precious Metal and Gem Dealer Licensing Act. The\n\nindependent hearing examiner shall have authority to exercise all\n\npowers granted by Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act in\n\nconducting hearings. The independent hearing examiner shall have\n\nauthority to recommend penalties authorized by the Precious Metal\n\nand Gem Dealer Licensing Act and issue proposed orders, with\n\nproposed findings of fact and proposed conclusions of law, to the\n\nAdministrator pursuant to Article II of the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act. The Administrator shall review the proposed order\n\nand issue a final agency order in accordance with Article II of the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act. Any person aggrieved by a final\n\nagency order of the Administrator may obtain judicial review in\n\naccordance with the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act. The\n\njurisdiction and venue of any such action shall be in the district\n\ncourt of Oklahoma County.\n\nThe costs of the hearing examiner may be assessed against the\n\nrespondent, unless the respondent is the prevailing party.\n\nB. The Administrator may, after notice and hearing, deny,\n\ndecline to renew a license, suspend or revoke any license , order a\n\ncease and desist order, impose an administrative fine in an amount\n\nnot to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or impose a\n\ncombination of such penalties if it is found that:\n\n1. The applicant has been convicted of a felony or crime\n\ninvolving fraud, theft, receiving or possession of stolen property\n\nin the five (5) years preceding the submission of the application;\n\n2. The licensee has failed to pay any fee or charge properly\n\nimposed by the Administrator under the authority of the Precious\n\nMetal and Gem Dealer Licensing Act;\n\n3. The licensee or any entity or individual subject to the\n\nPrecious Metal and Gem Dealer Licensing Act has violated any\n\nprovision of the Precious Metal and Gem Dealer Licensing Act or any\n\nrule promulgated or order made pursuant to and within the authority\n\nof the Precious Metal and Gem Dealer Licensing Act; or\n\n4. Any fact or condition exists which, if it had existed or had\n\nbeen known to exist at the time of the original application for a\n\nlicense, clearly would have justified the Administrator in refusing\n\nthe license.\n\nC. Any licensee may surrender any license by delivering it to\n\nthe Administrator with written notice of its surrender. Such\n\nsurrender shall not affect the administrative penalty or criminal\n\nliability of the licensee for acts committed prior to the surrender\n\nof the license.\n\nD. No revocation, suspension or surrender of any license shall\n\nimpair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful contract\n\nbetween the licensee and any customer.\n\nE. The Commission on Consumer Credit shall prescribe by rule an\n\ninspection fee, fee for each license change, duplicate license, or\n\nreturned check. The inspection fee shall be the same amount as the\n\nexamination fee for pawnbrokers and shall be payable at the time of\n\nlicense application or license renewal.\n\nF. Any entity or individual offering to engage or engaged as a\n\nprecious metal and gem dealer in this state without a license shall\n\nbe subject to an administrative fine in an amount not to exceed Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00).\n\nG. The Administrator may impose an administrative fine as\n\nprescribed in subsections B and F of this section, after notice and\n\nhearing in accordance with Article II of the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act.\n\nH. Any administrative order or settlement agreement imposing an\n\nadministrative fine pursuant to this section may be enforced in the\n\nsame manner as civil judgments in this state. The Administrator may\nAdministrator may impose an administrative fine as\n\nprescribed in subsections B and F of this section, after notice and\n\nhearing in accordance with Article II of the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act.\n\nH. Any administrative order or settlement agreement imposing an\n\nadministrative fine pursuant to this section may be enforced in the\n\nsame manner as civil judgments in this state. The Administrator may\n\nfile an application to enforce an administrative order or settlement\n\nagreement in the district court of Oklahoma County.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"7eed4efe08d8a50a73d5409c7cdb393e6e9080d49ab4b96081f10c1526f8f8e2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1527","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1529"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}