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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3964 By: Burns
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 1-186, which relates to vehicles;
modifying definition; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Section
4-107, which relates to removed, falsified, or
unauthorized identification ; penalizing certain
removal or falsification of trailer identification
numbers; modifying definition; and providing an
effective date.
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -186, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-186. Vehicle.
A. A vehicle is any device in, upon or by which any person or
property is or may be transport ed or drawn upon a highway, including
trailers, and excepting devices used exc lusively upon stationary
rails or tracks.
B. As used in this title, the term "vehicle" shall not include:
1. Implements of husbandry, as defined in Section 1 -125 of this
title;
2. Electric personal assistive mobility devices , as defined in
Section 1-114A of this title; or
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3. Motorized wheelchairs, as defined in Section 1-136.3 of this
title.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -107, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4-107. (a) Any person or persons who shall des troy,
remove, cover, alter or deface, or cause to be destroyed, removed,
covered, altered or defaced, the engine number or other
distinguishing number o f any vehicle in this state, without first
giving notice of such act to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, upo n such
form as the Commission may prescribe, or any person who shall give a
wrong description in any application for the registration of any
vehicle in this state for the purpose of concealing or hiding the
identity of such veh icle, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more
than five (5) years.
(b) A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or di sposes
of a vehicle or an eng ine for a vehicle, knowing that the
identification number of the vehicle or engine has been removed or
falsified, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) A person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or dispose s
of a trailer, vehicle or an engine for a vehicle, with knowledge
that the identification number of the trailer, vehicle or engine has
been removed or falsified and with intent to conceal or misrepresent
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the identity of the trailer, vehicle or engine, sha ll, upon
conviction, be guilt y of a felony.
(d) A person who removes a license plate from a vehicle or
affixes to a vehicle a license plate not authorized by law for use
on said vehicle with intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity
of the vehicle or its owner shall, upon convic tion, be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(e) As used in this section:
1. "Identification number " includes an identifying number,
serial number, engine number or othe r distinguishing number or mark,
placed on a trailer, vehicle or engine by its manufacturer or b y
authority of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or in accordance with the
laws of another state or country;
2. "Remove" includes deface, cover and destroy;
3. "Falsify" includes alter and for ge.
(f) An identification number may b e placed on a vehicle or
engine by its manufacturer in the regular course of business or
placed or restored on a vehicle or engine by authority of the
Oklahoma Tax Commission without violat ing this section; an
identification number so placed or restored is not falsified.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-9383 JBH 01/06/22