An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1927 By: Sims of the House
and
Rogers of the Senate
An Act relating to liens; amending 42 O.S. 2021,
Sections 91 and 91A, which relate to liens on
personal property; requiring proper ty to be
possessed for a certain num ber of days before
Notice of Sale can be mailed; prohibiting
additional fees for resubmission of title
application under certain circumstances; providing
that a Notice of Possessory Lien and the N otice of
Sale may be mailed on the date of title application
submission; requiring in the event of title
application resubmissions the storage charges shall
only be charged from the date of resubmission ; and
providing an effective date .
SUBJECT: Liens
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 42 O.S. 2021, Section 91,
is amended to read as follows:
Section 91.
A. 1. a. This section applies to every vehicle, all -terrain
vehicle, utility vehicle, manufacture d home,
motorcycle, boat, outboard motor, o r trailer that has
a certificate of title issued by the Oklahoma Tax
Commission or by a federally recognized Indian tribe
in the State of Oklahoma, except as otherwise provided
in subsection D of this section. Th is section does
not apply to farm equipment as defined in Section 91.2
of this title. The items of personal property to
which this section applies are collectively referred ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 2
to as "Section 91 Personal Property ". If personal
property is apparently covered both by this section
and by Sections 191 th rough 200 of this title, the
procedures set out in this section shall apply instead
of Sections 191 through 200 of this title.
b. Salvage pools as defined in Section 591.2 of Title 47
of the Oklahoma Statutes and class AA licensed wrecker
services taking possession of a vehicle pursuant to an
agreement with or at the direction of, or dispatched
by, a state or local law enforcement or government
agency, or pursuant to the abandoned vehicle renewal
provisions of Section 954A of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, shall not be subject to the provisions of
this section, but shall be subject to the provisions
of Section 91A of this title. Unless otherwise
provided by this subparagraph, class AA licensed
wrecker services performing consensual tows shall be
subject to the provisions of this section.
2. Any person who, while lawfully in possession of an article
of Section 91 Personal Property, renders any service to the owner
thereof by furnishing storage, rental space, mat erial, labor or
skill for the protection, improvement, safekeeping, towing, right to
occupy space, storage or carriage thereof, has a special lien
thereon, dependent on possession, for the compensation, if any,
which is due to such person from the owner fo r such service.
3. This special lien sh all be subordinate to any perfected
security interest unless the claimant complies with the requirements
of this section. Failure to comply with any requirements of this
section shall result in denial of any title a pplication and cause
the special lien to be subordinate to any perfected lien. Upon such
denial, the applicant shall be entitled to one resubmission of the
title application within fifteen (15) business days of receipt of
the denial, and proceed to comply with the requirements of this
section. In the event of a denial, the Notice of Possessory Lien
and the Notice of Sale may be mailed on the same day in separate
envelopes and storage charges shall only be charged from the date of
resubmission; however, before a Notice of Sale is to be mailed, t he
personal property must have been possessed by the possessory lien
claimant for at least twenty -one (21) days. Furthermore, if the
denial was due to error by the party submitting the title
application, then no add itional fee for the resubmission shall b e ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 3
charged to the property owner. "Failure to comply" includes, but is
not limited to:
a. failure to timely provide additional documentation
supporting or verifying any entry on submitted forms
as requested by the Ta x Commission, including but not
limited to United States Postal Service proof of
return receipt requested such as Form 3811 or United
States Postal Service electronic equivalent,
b. failure to provide the documentation supporting lawful
possession as defined in paragraph 3 of subsection H
of this section,
c. claimant or the agent being other than the individual
who provided the service giving rise to the special
lien, as in paragraph 2 of this subsection,
d. claimant not being in possession of the vehicle,
e. notice of lien not filed in acco rdance with paragraph
4 of this subsection, or
f. foreclosure notification and proceedings not
accomplished in accordance with paragraph 6 of this
section.
4. Any person claiming the special lien provided in paragraph 2
of this subsection shall mail a n otice of such lien, no lat er than
sixty (60) days after the first services are rendered, by regular,
first-class United States mail, and by certified mail, return
receipt requested, to all interested parties who reside at s eparate
locations. If services p rovided are pursuant to a contract
primarily for the purpose of storage or rental of space, the
beginning date of the sixty -day period provided in the previous
sentence shall be the first day of the first period or partial
period for which rental or storag e charges remain unpaid. The
notice shall be in writing and shall contain, but not be limited to,
the following:
a. a statement that the notice is a Notice of Possessory
Lien,
b. the complete legal name, physical and maili ng address,
and telephone number of the claimant, ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 4
c. the complete legal name, physical and mailing address
of the person who requested that the claimant render
service to the owner by furnishing material, labor or
skill, storage, or rental space, or the da te the
property was abandoned if the claimant did not rende r
any other service,
d. a description of the article of personal property,
including a photograph if the property is Section 91
Personal Property, and the complete physical and
mailing address of t he location of the article of
personal property,
e. an itemized statement describing the date or dates the
labor or services were performed and material
furnished, and the charges claimed for each item, the
totals of which shall equal the total compensatio n
claimed,
f. a statement by the claimant that the material s, labor
or skill furnished, or arrangement for storage or
rental of space, was authorized by the owner of the
personal property and was in fact provided or
performed, and written proof of authorit y to perform
the work, labor or service, or that the proper ty was
abandoned by the owner if the claimant did not render
any other service, and that storage or rental fees
will accrue as allowed by law, and
g. the signature of the claimant which shall be no tarized
and, if applicable, the signature of the claimant 's
attorney. If the claimant is a business, then the
name of the contact person representing the business
must be shown. In place of an original signature and
notary seal, a digital or electronic s ignature or seal
shall be accepted.
5. For services render ed or vehicles abandoned on or after
November 1, 2005, storage charges or charges for rental of space,
unless agreed to by contract as part of an overall transaction or
arrangement that was primari ly for the purpose of storage of the
Section 91 Personal Pr operty or rental of space, may only be
assessed beginning with the day that the Notice of Possessory Lien
is mailed as evidenced by certified mail. Provided, however, in the ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 5
case of contractual ch arges incurred for storage or rental of space
in an overall transaction primarily for the purpose of storage or
rental, charges subject to the special lien may only be assessed
beginning with a date not more than sixty (60) days prior to the day
that the Notice of Possessory Lien is mailed, and shall accrue only
at the regular periodic rate for storage or rental as provided in
the contract, adjusted for partial periods of storage or rental.
The maximum allowable compensation for storage shall not exceed th e
fees established by the Corporation Commission for noncon sensual
tows.
6. The lien may be foreclosed by a sale of such personal
property upon the notice and in the manner following: The Notice of
Sale shall be in writing and shall contain, but not be l imited to:
a. a statement that the notice is a Notice of Sa le,
b. the names of all interested parties known to the
claimant,
c. a description of the property to be sold, including a
photograph if the property is Section 91 Personal
Property and if the cond ition of such property has
materially changed since the mai ling of Notice of
Possessory Lien required pursuant to paragraph 4 of
this subsection,
d. a notarized statement of the nature of the work, labor
or service performed, material furnished, or storage
or rental of space, and the date thereof, and the name
of the person who authorized the work, labor or
service performed, or the storage or rental
arrangement, and written proof of authority to perform
the work, labor or service, or that the property was
abandoned if the claimant did not render any other
service,
e. the date, time, and exact physical location of sale,
f. the name, complete physical address, mailing address,
and telephone number of the party foreclosing such
lien. If the claimant is a busi ness, then the name of
the contact person representing the business must be
shown. In place of an original signature and notary ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 6
seal, a digital or electronic signature or seal shall
be accepted, and
g. itemized charges which shall equal the total
compensation claimed.
7. Such Notice of Sale shall be posted in tw o public places in
the county where the property is to be sold at least ten (10) days
before the time therein specified for such sale, and a copy of the
notice shall be mailed to all interested par ties at their last-known
post office address by regular, fi rst-class United States mail and
by certified mail, return receipt requested, at least ten (10) days
before the date of the sale. If the item of personal property is a
manufactured home, notice sh all also be sent by certified mail to
the county treasurer and to the county assessor of the county where
the manufactured home is located.
8. Interested parties shall include all owners of the article
of personal property as indicated by the certificate of title issued
by the Tax Commission or by a federally rec ognized Indian tribe in
the State of Oklahoma; lien debtors, if any, other than the owners;
any lienholder whose lien is noted on the face of the certificate of
title; and any other person having a ny interest in the article of
personal property, of whom th e claimant has actual notice.
9. Any interested party shall be permitted to inspect and
verify the services rendered by the claimant prior to the sale of
the article of personal property during no rmal business hours. The
lienholder shall be allowed to re trieve the Section 91 Personal
Property without being required to bring the title into the
lienholder's name, if the lienholder provides proof it is a
lienholder and any payment due the claimant fo r lawful charges where
the claimant has complied with the r equirements of this section.
Upon the release of personal property to an insurer or
representative of the insurer, wrecker operators shall be exempt
from all liability and shall be held harmless f or any losses or
claims of loss.
10. The claimant or any o ther person may in good faith become a
purchaser of the property sold.
11. Proceedings for foreclosure under this act shall be
commenced no sooner than ten (10) days and no later than thirty (30)
days after the Notice of Possessory Lien has been mailed as
evidenced by certified mail. The date actually sold shall be within ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 7
sixty (60) days from the date of the Notice of Sale as evidenced by
certified mail.
B. 1. a. Any person who is induced by mean s of a check or other
form of written order for immediate p ayment of money
to deliver up possession of an article of personal
property on which the person has a special lien
created by subsection A of this section, which check
or other written order is dis honored, or is not paid
when presented, shall have a lien f or the amount
thereof upon the personal property.
b. The person claiming such lien shall, within thirty
(30) days from the date of dishonor of the check or
other written order for payment of money, file in the
office of the county clerk of the county in wh ich the
property is situated a sworn statement that:
(1) the check or other written order for immediate
payment of money, copy thereof being attached,
was received for labor, material or supplies f or
producing or repairing an article of personal
property, or for other specific property -related
services covered by this section,
(2) the check or other written order was not paid,
and
(3) the uttering of the check or other written order
constituted the means for inducing the person,
one possessed of a special l ien created by
subsection A of this section upon the described
article of personal property, to deliver up the
article of personal property.
2. a. Any person who renders service to the owner of an
article of personal property by furnishing storage,
rental space, material, labor, or skill for the
protection, improvement, safekeeping, towing, right to
occupy space, storage, or carriage thereof shall have
a special lien on such property pursuant to th is
section if such property is removed from the person 's
possession, without such person 's written consent or
without payment for such service.
ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 8
b. The person claiming such lien shall, within five (5)
days of such nonauthorized removal, file in the office
of the county clerk of the county in which the
property is located, a sworn statement including:
(1) that services were rendered on or in relation to
the article of personal property by the person
claiming such lien,
(2) that the property was in the possess ion of the
person claiming the lien but such property was
removed without his or her written consent,
(3) an identifying description of the article of
personal property on which the service was
rendered, and
(4) that the debt for the services rendered on o r in
relation to the article of personal property was
not paid. Provided, if the unpaid total amount
of the debt for services rendered on or in
relation to the article of personal property is
unknown, an approximated amount of the debt due
and owing shall be included in the sworn
statement but such approximated d ebt may be
amended within thirty (30) days of such filing to
reflect the actual amount of the debt due and
owing.
3. The enforcement of the lien shall be within sixty (60) days
after filing the lien in the manner provided by law for enforcing
the lien of a security agreement and provided that the lien shall
not affect the rights of innocent, intervening purchasers without
notice.
C. If the person who renders service to the owner of an article
of personal property to which this section applies relinquishes or
loses possession of the article due to circumstances described in
subparagraph a of paragraph 1 or subparagraph a of paragraph 2 of
subsection B of this section, the person claiming the lien s hall be
entitled to possession of the article until the amou nt due is paid,
unless the article is possessed by a person who became a bona fide
purchaser. Entitlement to possession shall be in accordance with
the following:
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1. The claimant may take posse ssion of an article pursuant to
this subsection only if the p erson obligated under the contract for
services has signed an acknowledgement of receipt of a notice that
the article may be subject to repossession. The notice and
acknowledgement pursuant to t his subsection shall be:
a. in writing and separate from the written contract for
services, or
b. printed on the written contract for services, credit
agreement or other document which displays the notice
in bold-faced, capitalized and underlined type, o r is
separated from surrounding written material so as to
be conspicuous with a separate signature line;
2. The claimant may require the person obligated under the
contract for services to pay the costs of repossession as a
condition for reclaiming the a rticle only to the extent of the
reasonable fair market value of the services required to take
possession of the article;
3. The claimant shall not transfer to a third party or to a
person who performs repossession services, a check, money order, or
credit card transaction that is received as payment for services
with respect to an article and that is returned to the claimant
because of insufficient funds or no funds, because the person
writing the check, issuing the money order, or credit cardholder has
no account or because the check, money order, or credit card acco unt
has been closed. A person violating this paragraph shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor; and
4. An article that is repossessed pursuant to this subsection
shall be promptly delivered to th e location where the services were
performed. The article shall r emain at the services location at all
times until the article is lawfully returned to the record owner or
a lienholder or is disposed of pursuant to this section.
D. 1. If a vehicle, all -terrain vehicle, utility vehicle,
manufactured home, motorcycle, bo at, outboard motor, or trailer has
a certificate of title issued by the Tax Commission or by a
federally recognized Indian tribe in the State of Oklahoma, but
there is no active lien record ed on the certificate of title,
Section 91A of this title will appl y instead of this section.
Likewise, if there is an active lien recorded on the certificate of
title but the lien is over fifteen (15) years old and the property ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 10
is not a manufactured home , Section 91A of this title will apply
instead of this section.
2. If personal property that otherwise would be covered by this
section has been registered by the Tax Commission or by a federally
recognized Indian tribe in the State of Oklahoma, and ther e is a
lien of record but no certificate of title has been issued, S ection
91A of this title will apply instead of this section.
3. If personal property otherwise would be covered by this
section, but the services were rendered or the property was
abandoned prior to November 1, 2005, Section 91A of this title will
apply instead of this section.
E. A person who knowingly makes a false statement of a material
fact regarding the furnishing of storage, rental space, material,
labor or skill for the protecti on, improvement, safekeeping, towing,
right to occupy space, storage o r carriage thereof in a proceeding
under this section, or attempts to use or uses the provisions of
this section to foreclose an owner or lienholder 's interest in a
vehicle knowing that any of the statements made in the proceeding
are false, upon convictio n, shall be guilty of a felony.
F. Upon receipt of notice of legal proceedings, the Tax
Commission shall cause the sale process to be put on hold until
notice of resolution of court pr oceedings is received from the
court. If such notice of commencement o f court proceedings is not
filed with the Tax Commission, the possessory lien sale process may
continue.
G. No possessory lien sale shall be held on a Sunday.
H. For purposes of thi s section:
1. "Possession" includes actual possession and constructive
possession;
2. "Constructive possession " means possession by a person who,
although not in actual possession, does not have an intention to
abandon property, knowingly has both powe r and the intention at a
given time to exercise dominion or control over th e property, and
who holds claim to such thing by virtue of some legal right;
3. "Lawfully in possession " means a person has documentation
from the owner or the owner 's authorized agent, or an insurance ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 11
company or its authorized agent, authorizing the furn ishing of
material, labor or storage, or that the property was authorized to
be towed to a repair facility. If the person lacks such
documentation, he or she shall not be lawfully in possession of the
Section 91 Personal Property and shall not be entitled to a special
lien as set forth in this section; and
4. "Itemized charges" means total parts, total labor, total
towing fees, total storage fees, total processing fees and totals of
any other fee groups, the sum total of which shall equal the
compensation claimed.
I. For purposes of this section, the United States Postal
Service approved electronic equivalent of proof of return receipt
requested Form 3811 shall satisfy return re ceipt requested
documentation requirements.
J. If a person claiming a special lien pursuant to this section
fails to comply with any of the requirements of this section, any
interested party may proceed against the person claiming such lien
for all damages arising therefrom, including conversion, if the
article of personal property has been sold. If the notice or
notices required by this section shall be shown to be knowingly
false or fraudulent, the interested party shall be entitled to
treble damages. The prevailing party shall be entitled to all
costs, including reasonable atto rney fees.
K. This section shall apply to all actions or proceedings that
commence on or after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 42 O.S. 2021, Section 91a, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 91a. A. 1. a. This section applies to all types of
personal property other than:
(1) farm equipment as defined in Section 91.2 of this
title, and
(2) "Section 91 Personal Property " as defined in
Section 91 of this title.
b. This section applies to any vehicle, all -terrain
vehicle, utility vehicle, manufactured home,
motorcycle, boat, outboard motor, or trailer that is ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 12
excluded from coverage under subsection A of Section
91 of this title because the personal pro perty:
(1) does not have a certificate of title,
(2) has a certificate of title but does not have an
active lien recorded on the certificate of title,
(3) has a certificate of title that is not issued by
the Oklahoma Tax Commis sion or by a federally
recognized Indian tribe in the State of Oklahoma,
or
(4) is otherwise excluded by subparagraph b of
paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 91 of this
title or subsection D of Section 91 of this
title.
c. If personal property has a certificate of title, or
would be required to have a certificate of title under
Oklahoma law, and is apparently covered both by this
section and by Sections 191 through 200 of this title,
the procedures set out in this section shall apply
instead of Sections 191 through 200 of this titl e. If
personal property without a certificate of title and
not required to be titled under Oklahoma law is
covered both by this section and Sections 191 through
200 of this title, the procedures set out in Sections
191 through 200 of this title shall appl y instead of
this section.
2. a. Any person who, while lawf ully in possession of an
article of personal property to which this section
applies, renders any service to the owner thereof by
furnishing storage, rental space, ma terial, labor or
skill for the protection, improvement, safekeeping,
towing, right to occup y space, storage or carriage
thereof, has a special lien thereon, dependent on
possession, for the compensation, if any, which is due
to such person from the owner f or such service.
Charges owed under a contract primarily for the
purpose of storage or ren tal of space shall be accrued
only at the regular periodic rate for storage or
rental as provided in the contract, adjusted for
partial periods of storage or rental. ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 13
b. Except for Class AA licensed wrecker towing charges,
the special lien shall be subordin ate to any perfected
security interest unless the claimant complies with
the requirements of this section. Failure to comply
with any requirements of this section shall result in
denial of any title application and cause the special
lien to be subordinate to any perfected lien. Upon
such denial, the applicant shall be entitled to one
resubmission of the title application within thirty
(30) business days of receipt of the denial, and
proceed to comply with the requirements of this
section. In the event of a denial, the Notice of
Possessory Lien and the Notice of Sale may be mailed
on the same day in separate envelopes and storage
charges shall only be charged from t he date of
resubmission; however, before a Notice of Sale is to
be mailed, the personal prop erty must have been
possessed by the possessory lien claimant for at least
twenty-one (21) days. Furthermore, if the denial was
due to error by the party submittin g the title
application, then no additional fee for the
resubmission shall be charged to the property owner.
"Failure to comply" includes, but is not limited to:
(1) failure to timely provide additional
documentation supporting or verifying any entry
on submitted forms as requested by th e Tax
Commission,
(2) failure to provide the documentation supporting
lawful possession as outlined in paragraph 3 of
subsection H of this section,
(3) claimant being other than the individual who
provided the service gi ving rise to the special
lien, as in subparagraph a of this paragraph,
(4) claimant not being i n possession of the vehicle,
or
(5) notification and proceedings not accomplished in
accordance with subparagraph c of this paragraph,
and paragraph 3 of this subsection.
ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 14
c. Any person claiming a l ien under this section shall
request, within five (5) busin ess days of performing
any service or work on the property, the Tax
Commission or other appropriate license agency to
furnish the name and address of the curr ent owner of
and any lienholder upon th e property. The Motor
Vehicle Division of the Tax Commissi on or appropriate
license agency shall respond in person or by mail to
the lien claimant within ten (10) business days of the
receipt of the request for infor mation. The Tax
Commission shall rende r assistance to ascertain
ownership, if needed. The lien c laimant shall send,
within seven (7) business days of receipt of the
requested information from the Oklahoma Tax Commission
or other license agency, a notice of the location of
the property by cert ified mail with return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, to the owner and any
lienholder of the vehicle at the addresses furnished.
The lien claimant may charge Twenty Dollars ($20.00)
for processing plus the cost of postage if the notice
is timely sent pursuant to the requirements of this
subparagraph in addit ion to fees regulated by the
Oklahoma Corporation Commission for licensed wreckers.
If the lien claimant is unable to meet the time
requirements due to a lac k of or an altered vehicle
identification number on the property, the lien
claimant shall proceed diligently to obtain the proper
vehicle identification number and shall meet the time
requirements on the notice once the vehicle
identification number is kno wn. If the lien claimant
is required to send additional notices because of
change of ownership or lienholder after it has timely
complied with the requirements of this subparagraph,
the lien claimant shall remain in compliance if such
additional notices a re sent within the required time
periods from the date of discovery of the new owners
or lienholders. The notice shall be in writing and
shall contain, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) a statement that the notice is a Notice of
Possessory Lien,
(2) the complete legal name, physical an d mailing
address, and telephone number of the claimant,
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(3) the complete legal name, physical and mailing
address of the person who requested that the
claimant render service to the owner by
furnishing material, l abor or skill, storage, or
rental space, or the date the property was
abandoned if the claimant did n ot render any
other service,
(4) a description of the article of personal
property, and the complete physical and mailing
address of the location of the a rticle of
personal property,
(5) the nature of the work, labor or service
performed, material furnishe d, or the storage or
rental arrangement, and the date thereof, and
written proof of authority to perform the work,
labor or service provided that, in the case of a
law enforcement directed tow, the logbook entry
prescribed in OAC 595:25 -5-5 or the tow ticket as
defined by the Corporation Commission shall serve
as written proof of authority,
(6) the signature of the claimant which shall be
notarized and, if applicable, the signature of
the claimant's attorney. If the claimant is a
business, the name of the contact person
representing the business shall be shown. In
place of an original signature and notary seal, a
digital or electronic signature or seal s hall be
accepted, and
(7) an itemized statement describing the date or
dates the labor or services were performed and
material furnished and the charges claimed for
each item, the totals of which shall equal the
total compensation claimed.
The lien claimant shall not be required to send the
notice required in this subparagraph if the property
is released to an interested party before the notice
is mailed and no additional charges or fees continue
to accrue. If a law enforcement agency has the
property towed to a law enforcement facility, the
person claiming a lien under this section shall not be ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 16
required to send notice until the property is released
by law enforcement to the claimant or the date which
claimant starts charging storage, whichever is
earlier. A lien claimant shall have an extension of
ten (10) business days to send the notice required in
this subparagraph if a state of emergency has been
declared in the county in which the property is
located.
d. Subparagraphs b and c of this paragraph shal l not
apply to salvage pools as defined in Secti on 591.2 of
Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
3. The lien may be foreclosed by a sale of such personal
property upon the notice and in the manner following: The notice
shall be in writing and shall contai n, but not be limited to:
a. the names of the own er and any other known party or
parties who may claim any i nterest in the property,
b. a description of the property to be sold, including a
visual inspection or a photograph if the property is a
motor vehicle, and the physical location of the
property,
c. the nature of the work, labor or service performed,
material furnished, or the storage or rental
arrangement, and the date thereof, and written proof
of authority to perform the work, labor or service
provided. In the case of a law enforcement directed
tow, the logbook entry prescribed in OAC 595:25 -5-5 or
the tow ticket as defined by the Corporation
Commission, shall serve as written proof of authority,
d. the time and place of sale,
e. the name, telephone number, physical address and
mailing address of the claimant, and agent or
attorney, if any, foreclosing su ch lien. If the
claimant is a business, then the name of the contact
person representing the business must be shown. In
place of an original signature and notary seal, a
digital or electronic sig nature or seal shall be
accepted, and
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f. itemized charges which shall equal the total
compensation claimed.
4. a. Such Notice of Sale shall be posted in two public
places in the county where the prope rty is to be sold
at least ten (10) days before the time therein
specified for such sale, and a copy of the notice
shall be mailed to the owner and any other party
claiming any interest in the property, if known, at
their last-known post office address, by certified
mail, return receipt requested, at least ten (10) days
before the time therein specified for such sale. If
the item of personal property is a manufactured home,
notice shall also be sent by certified mail to the
county treasurer and to the coun ty assessor of the
county where the manufactured home is located.
b. In the case of any item of personal property w ithout a
certificate of title and not required to be titled
under Oklahoma law, a party who claims any interest in
the property shall includ e all owners of the property;
any secured party who has a n active financing
statement on file with the county clerk of Oklahoma
County listing one or more owners of the property by
legal name as debtors and indicating a collateral
description that would in clude the property; and any
other person having any inter est in the personal
property, of whom the claimant has actu al notice.
c. In the case of personal property subject to this
section for which a certificate of title has been
issued by any jurisdiction , a party who claims any
interest in the property shall in clude all owners of
the article of personal property as ind icated by the
certificate of title; lien debtors, if any, other than
the owners; any lienholder whose lien is noted on the
face of the certificate of title; and any other person
having any interest in the article of personal
property, of whom the claimant has actual notice.
d. When the jurisdiction of titling for a vehicle, all -
terrain vehicle, motorcycle, boat, outboard motor, or
trailer that is five (5) model years old or newer, or
a manufactured home that is fifteen (15) model years
old or newer, cannot be determined by ordinary means, ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 18
the claimant, the agent of the claimant, or the
attorney of the claimant, shall request, in writing,
that the Oklahoma Tax Commission Motor Vehicle
Division ascertain the jurisdiction where the vehicle
or manufactured home is titled. The Oklahoma Tax
Commission Motor Vehicle Division shall, within
fourteen (14) days from the date the request is
received, provide information as to the jurisdiction
where the personal property is titled. If the
Oklahoma Tax Commission Motor V ehicle Division is
unable to provide the information, it shall provide
notice that the record is not available.
e. When personal property is of a type that Oklahoma law
requires to be titled, the o wner of record of that
property is unknown, and the jurisdi ction of titling
and owner of record cannot be determined by ordinary
means and also, if applicable, cannot be determined in
accordance with the preceding subparagraph, then the
special lien may be foreclosed by publication of a
legal notice in a legal new spaper in the county where
the personal property is located, as defined in
Section 106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Such notice shall include the description of the
property by year, make , vehicle identification number
if available from the prope rty, the name of the
individual who may be contacted for information, and
the telephone number of that person or the address
where the vehicle is located. The legal notice shall
be published once per week for three (3) consecutive
weeks. As soon as circu mstances exist as described in
the first sentence of this subparagraph, the first
date of publication may occur even if the special lien
has not accrued for over thirty (30) days. The first
date available for public sale of the vehicle is the
day following publication of the final notice, but no
fewer than thirty (30) days after the lien has
accrued. When the owner of record is unknown, t he
Notice of Sale nevertheless must be completed and
mailed to any known interested party by certified
mail. For purposes of this paragraph, interested
parties shall include all persons described in
subparagraph b or subparagraph c of this paragraph,
whichever is applicable, with the exception of any
owner who is unknown. Except in circumstances ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 19
described in paragraph 7 of this subsection that
provide for a shorter time period, the Notice of Sale
shall be posted in two public places in the county
where the property is to be sold at least ten (10)
days before the time therein specified for such sale,
and the Notice of Sale shall not be mailed until at
least thirty (30) days after the lien has accrued.
5. The lienor or any other person may in good faith be come a
purchaser of the property sold.
6. Proceedings for fo reclosure under this act shall not be
commenced until thirt y (30) days commence in twenty (20) days after
the lien has accrued, except as provided elsewhere in Oklahoma law.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceedings for
foreclosures for the storage of junk vehicles t owed and stored
pursuant to Section 955 of Title 47 of the O klahoma Statutes by
Class AA wreckers listed with the Motor Vehicle Division of the
Department of Public Safety, may be commenced five (5) days after
the lien has accrued. For purposes of this pa ragraph, "junk
vehicles" means any vehicle that is more than ten (10) years old if
the cost of a comparable vehicle would be less than Three Hundred
Dollars ($300.00) as quoted in the latest edition of the National
Automobile Dealers Association Official U sed Car Guide or latest
monthly edition of any other nationa lly recognized published
guidebook, adjusting to the condition of the vehicle.
B. 1. a. Any person who is induced by means of a check or other
form of written order for immediate payment of money
to deliver up possession of an article of personal
property on which the person has a special lien
created by subsection A of this section, which check
or other written order is dishonored, or is not paid
when presented, shall have a lien for the amount
thereof upon the personal property.
b. The person claiming suc h lien shall, within thirty
(30) days from the date of dishonor of the check or
other written order fo r payment of money, file in the
office of the county clerk of the county in which the
property is situated a sworn statement that:
(1) the check or other written order for immediate
payment of money, copy thereof being attached, ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 20
was received for labor, ma terial or supplies for
producing or repairing an article of personal
property, or for other spe cific property-related
services covered by this section,
(2) the check or other written order was not paid,
and
(3) the uttering of the check or other written order
constituted the means for inducing the person,
one possessed of a special lien created by
subsection A of this section up on the described
article of personal property, to deliver up the
article of personal property.
2. a. Any person who renders serv ice to the owner of an
article of personal property by furnishing storage,
rental space, material, labor, or skill for the
protection, improvement, safekeepin g, towing, right to
occupy space, storage, or carriage thereof shall have
a special lien on such p roperty pursuant to this
section if such property is removed from the person 's
possession, without such person's written consent or
without payment for such s ervice.
b. The person claiming such lien shall, within five (5)
days of such nonauthorized remova l, file in the office
of the county clerk of the county in which the
property is located, a sworn s tatement including:
(1) that services were rendered on or in relation to
the article of personal property by the person
claiming such lien,
(2) that the property was in the possession of the
person claiming the lien but such property was
removed without his or her written consent,
(3) an identifying description of the article of
personal property on or in relation to which the
service was rendered, and
(4) that the debt for the services rendered on or in
relation to the article of personal property was
not paid. Provided, if the unpaid total amount ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 21
of the debt for services rendered on or in
relation to the article of personal property is
unknown, an approximated amount of the debt due
and owing shall be included in the sworn
statement but such approximated debt may be
amended within thirty (30) days of such filing t o
reflect the actual amount of the debt due and
owing.
3. The enforcement of the lien shall be within sixty (60) days
after filing the lien in the manner provided by law for enforcing
the lien of a security agreement and prov ided that the lien shall
not affect the rights of innocent, intervening purchasers without
notice.
C. If the person who renders service to the owner of an article
of personal property to which this section applies relinquishe s or
loses possession of the article due to circumstances de scribed in
subparagraph a of paragraph 1 or subparagraph a of paragraph 2 of
subsection B of this section, the person claiming the lien shall be
entitled to possession of the article until the amo unt due is paid,
unless the article is possessed by a person who became a bona fide
purchaser. Entitlement to possession shall be in accordance with
the following:
1. The claimant may take possession of an article pursuant to
this subsection only if the person obligated under the con tract for
services has signed an acknowledgment of receipt of a notice that
the article may be subject to repossession. The notice and
acknowledgment pursuant to this subsection shall be:
a. in writing and separate from the w ritten contract for
services, or
b. printed on the written c ontract for services, credit
agreement or other document which displays the notice
in bold-faced, capitalized and underlined type, or is
separated from surrounding written material so as to
be conspicuous with a separate signa ture line;
2. The claimant may require the person obligated under the
contract for services to pay the costs of repo ssession as a
condition for reclaiming the article only to the extent of the
reasonable fair market value of the services required to take
possession of the article; ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 22
3. The claimant shall not transfer to a third party or to a
person who performs reposses sion services, a check, money order, or
credit card transaction that is received as payment for services
with respect to an article and that is returned to the claimant
because of insufficient funds or no funds, because the person
writing the check, issuin g the money order, or credit cardholder has
no account or because the check, money order, or credit card accou nt
has been closed. A person violating this paragraph shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor; and
4. An article that is repossessed pursuant to this subsection
shall be promptly delivered to the location where the services were
performed. The article shall re main at the services location at all
times until the article is lawfully returned to the record owner or
a lienholder or is disposed of pursuant to this section.
D. 1. This section applies if a vehicle, all -terrain vehicle,
manufactured home, motorcycle, boat, outboard motor, or trai ler has
a certificate of title issued by the Tax Commission or by a
federally recognized Indian tribe in Oklahoma, but there is no
active lien recorded on the certificate of title.
2. This section applies if a vehicle, all -terrain vehicle,
utility vehicle, motorcycle, boat, outboard m otor or trailer has a
certificate of title issued by the Tax Commission or by a fed erally
recognized Indian tribe in Oklahoma, and there is an active lien
recorded on the certificate of title, but the lien is over fifteen
(15) years old.
3. This section applies if personal property to which Section
91 of this title otherwise would appl y has been registered by the
Tax Commission or by a federally recognized Indian tribe in the
State of Oklahoma, an d there is a lien of record but no certificate
of title has been issued.
4. This section applies if personal property to which Section
91 of this title otherwise would apply has not been registered by
either the Tax Commission or a federally recognized In dian tribe in
the State of Oklahoma, and no certificate of t itle has been issued,
but there is a lien of record.
5. This section applies to personal property that otherwise
would be covered by Section 91 of this title, except that the ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 23
services were render ed or the property was abandon ed prior to
November 1, 2005.
6. This section applies to a vehicle, all -terrain vehicle,
utility vehicle, manufactured home, motorcycle, boat, outboard
motor, or trailer for which ownership cannot be determined by
ordinary means or by the Oklahoma Tax Com mission Motor Vehicle
Division, as provided in subparagraphs d and e of paragraph 4 of
subsection A of this s ection, as applicable.
7. This section applies to items of personal property that are
not required by Oklahoma law t o be titled, and that do not h ave a
certificate of title.
8. This section applies to salvage pools as defined in Section
591.2 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
9. This section applies to class AA licensed wrecker services
taking possession of a vehi cle pursuant to an agreement w ith, or at
the direction of, or dispatched by a state or local law enforcement
or government agency, or pu rsuant to the abandoned vehicle removal
provisions of Section 954A of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes with
respect to all types of personal property , regardless of whether
that personal property has a certificate of title.
10. For a vehicle abandoned a t a salvage pool, if the cost of
repairing the vehicle for safe operation on the highway does not
exceed sixty percent (6 0%) of the fair market value of the vehicle
as defined in Section 1111 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a
salvage title shall not be required.
E. A person who knowingly makes a false statement of a material
fact regarding the furnishing of storage, r ental space, material,
labor or skill for the protection, im provement, safekeeping, towing,
right to occupy space, storage or carriage thereof in a proceeding
under this section, or attempts to use or uses the provisions of
this section to foreclose an own er or lienholder's interest in a
vehicle knowing that any of the statements made in the proceeding
are false, upon conviction, shall b e guilty of a felony.
F. Upon receipt of notice of legal proceedings, the Tax
Commission shall cause the sale process to be put on hold until
notice of resolution of court proceedin gs is received from the
court. If such notice of commencement of court p roceedings is not ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 24
filed with the Tax Commission, the possessory lien sale process may
continue.
G. No possessory lien sale shall be held on a Sunday.
H. For purposes of this section :
1. "Possession" includes actual possession and constructive
possession;
2. "Constructive possession " means possession by a person who,
although not in actual possession, does not have an inten tion to
abandon property, know ingly has both power and the i ntention at a
given time to exercise dominion or control over the pro perty, and
who holds claim to such thing by virtue of some legal right;
3. "Lawfully in possession " means a person has documen tation
from the owner or the o wner's authorized agent, or an insurance
company or its authorized agent, authorizing the furnishi ng of
material, labor or storage, or that the property was authorized to
be towed to a repair facility.
Class AA wrecker service s taking possession of a vehic le
pursuant to an agreement wi th, or at the direction of, or dispatched
by, a state or local law enforcement or government agency, or
pursuant to the abandoned vehicle removal provisions of Section 954A
of Title 47 of the Okla homa Statutes, shall be consid ered lawfully
in possession of the vehicle. If the person lacks such
documentation, the procedur es established by this section shall not
apply; and
4. "Itemized charges" means total parts, total labor, total
towing fees, total storage fees, total processing fees and totals of
any other fee groups, the sum total of which shall equal the
compensation claimed.
I. For purposes of this section, the United States Postal
Service approved electronic equivalent of proof of return rec eipt
requested Form 3811 shall satisfy return receipt reques ted
documentation requirements.
J. If a person claiming a speci al lien pursuant to this section
fails to comply with any of the requirements of this section, any
interested party may proceed agai nst the person claiming such l ien
for all damages arising th erefrom, including conversion, if the ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 25
article of personal proper ty has been sold. If the notice or
notices required by this section shall be shown to be knowingly
false or fraudulent, the interes ted party shall be entitled to
treble damages. The prevaili ng party shall be entitled to all
costs, including reasonable at torney fees.
K. Any interested party shall be permitted to visually inspect
and verify the services rendered by the claimant prior to the sale
of the article of property during normal busines s hours. If the
claimant fails to allow any interested party t o inspect the
property, the interested party shall mail a request for inspection
by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the claimant.
Within three (3) business days of receipt of the request for
inspection, the claimant shall mail a photograph of the property, by
certified mail, return receipt requested, and a date of inspection
within five (5) business days from the date of t he notice to
inspect. The lienholder shall be allowed to re trieve the property
without being required to bring the title i nto the lienholder's
name, if the lienholder provides proof it is a lienholder and any
payment due the claimant for lawful charges wh ere the claimant has
complied with this section. Upon the r elease of personal property
to an insurer or representative of the insurer, wrecker operators
shall be exempt from all liability and shall be held harmless for
any losses or claims of loss. In th e event any law enforcement
agency places a hold on the prop erty, the party wanting to inspect
or photograph the property s hall obtain permission from the law
enforcement agency that placed the hold on the property before
inspecting or photographing.
L. This section shall apply to all actions or proceedings that
commence on or after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023 . ENR. H. B. NO. 1927 Page 26
Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the H ouse
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 18th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________