{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-500.45","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-500.45","heading":"Transporters to carry and follow information in","body":"shipping documents - Shipping documents to be provided to certain\n\noutlets - Retention of shipping documents - Acceptance of delivery\n\nwithout shipping documents prohibited - Penalties.\n\nA. Each person transporting motor fuel in a fuel transportation\n\nvehicle upon the public highways of this state shall:\n\n1. Carry on board the shipping document issued by the terminal\n\noperator or the bulk plant operator of the facility where the motor\n\nfuel was obtained, whether within or without this state. The\n\nshipping paper shall set out on its face the state of destination of\n\nthe motor fuel transported in the vehicle as represented to the\n\nterminal operator at the time the fuel transportation vehicle was\n\nloaded, or as otherwise provided in paragraph 3 of this subsection;\n\n2. Show and permit duplication of the shipping document by a\n\nlaw enforcement officer, or representative of the Commission, upon\n\nrequest, when transporting, holding or off-loading the motor fuel\n\ndescribed in the shipping document;\n\n3. Deliver motor fuel described in the shipping document to a\n\npoint in the destination state shown on the face of the document\n\nunless the person or the agent of the person does all of the\n\nfollowing:\n\na. notifies the Commission before the earlier of removal\n\nfrom the state in which the shipment originated, or\n\nthe initiation of delivery, that the person received\n\ninstructions after the shipping document was issued to\n\ndeliver the motor fuel to a different destination\n\nstate,\n\nb. receives from the Commission a verification number\n\nauthorizing the diversion, and\n\nc. writes on the shipping document the change in\n\ndestination state and the verification number for the\n\ndiversion;\n\n4. Provide a copy of the shipping document to the distributor\n\nor other person who controls the facility to which the motor fuel is\n\ndelivered;\n\n5. Meet such other conditions as the Commission may reasonably\n\nrequire for the enforcement of this act.\n\nThe Commission shall provide by regulation for handwritten\n\ndesignations and alternative procedures for operators of tank wagons\n\nthat have received motor fuel at a bulk plant for delivery within or\n\nwithout this state.\n\nB. Every person transporting motor fuel in vehicles upon the\n\npublic highways of this state shall provide the original or a copy\n\nof the terminal-issued shipping document accompanying the shipment\n\nto the operator of the retail outlet, bulk plant or bulk end user\n\nbulk storage facility to which delivery of the shipment was made.\n\nC. Each operator of a motor fuel retail outlet, bulk plant or\n\nbulk end user bulk storage facility shall receive, examine, and\n\nretain for a period of thirty (30) days at the delivery location the\n\nterminal-issued shipping document received from the transporter for\n\nevery shipment of motor fuel that is delivered to that location with\n\nrecord retention of the shipping paper of three (3) years required\n\noff-site. If the delivery location is an unattended location, the\n\noperator may retain the shipping documents at the normal billing\n\naddress of the operator.\n\nD. No retail dealer, bulk plant operator, wholesale distributor\n\nor bulk end user shall knowingly accept delivery of motor fuel into\n\nbulk storage facilities in this state if that delivery is not\n\naccompanied by a shipping paper issued by the terminal operator, or\n\nbulk plant operator as provided by regulations, that sets out on its\n\nface this state as the state of destination of the motor fuel or a\n\ndiversion verification number pursuant to Section 46 of this act,\n\nand such other information as is required under Sections 49 and 50\n\nof this act.\n\nE. Any person who knowingly violates or knowingly aids and\n\nabets another to violate subsection B or D of this section shall be\n\nguilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not\nersion verification number pursuant to Section 46 of this act,\n\nand such other information as is required under Sections 49 and 50\n\nof this act.\n\nE. Any person who knowingly violates or knowingly aids and\n\nabets another to violate subsection B or D of this section shall be\n\nguilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not\n\nmore than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or shall be sentenced to\n\na term of not more than one (1) year in the county jail, or shall be\n\npunishable by both such fine and imprisonment.","path":["OK Code","Title 68"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os68.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b31dafb933279c7a1ce9beea10703595f1507e6ac319e2bd137c90ca19c5bc47","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-500.44","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-500.46"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}