{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4217.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-4217.2","heading":"Abandoned vessels – Contest of removal or storage –","body":"Hearing.\n\nA. After the removal or storage of any abandoned or wrecked\n\nvessel at the request of a public agency, the registered or legal\n\nowner of the vessel, or their agent, may contest the validity of the\n\nremoval or storage, by filing a written request for a hearing with\n\nthe public agency. The written request may be filed before or after\n\nthe vessel is retrieved from the storage operator. The public\n\nagency shall not be required to conduct a hearing if the request is\n\nreceived more than ten (10) days following actual or constructive\n\nnotice to the owner or driver of the vessel that the vessel has been\n\nso removed or stored. A hearing shall be scheduled within seventy-\n\ntwo (72) hours of the request, excluding weekends and holidays. The\n\npublic agency may authorize its own officer or employee to conduct\n\nthe hearing, so long as the hearing officer is not the same person\n\nwho directed the removal or storage of the vessel. The public\n\nagency may, with the consent of the person requesting the hearing,\n\nschedule the hearing by telephone and conduct the hearing on the\n\nmerits by telephone conference call.\n\nThe hearing officer shall apply the law to the evidence and make\n\na determination whether the vessel 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 vessel owner or\n\nagent 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.\n\nB. Failure of either the registered or legal owner, or their\n\nagent, to timely request or to timely appear for a scheduled hearing\n\nshall 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\nThe owner of a stored vessel may, either in lieu of such hearing or\n\nafter such hearing, file a petition in the district court of the\n\ncounty wherein the vessel is stored. The district court is vested\n\nwith original jurisdiction to conduct a de novo hearing and\n\ndetermine the validity of removal and storage.\n\nD. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the\n\nremoval of vessels pursuant to Section 954A of Title 47 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b403f87b35e67cd2f99cdb201a8cae1d45d870f4b8b53c296db07cba21d32bc3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4217.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4217.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}