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§47-7-609.


§47-7-609.
   
   A. Whenever any owner fails to timely furnish proof of insurance or
   fails to timely respond as required by subsection D of Section 7-608
   of this title, the Department of Public Safety shall suspend the
   person's driving privilege and the registration of any motor vehicle
   registered in the name of such person as owner which is not covered by
   security. The suspension shall be effective immediately upon the lapse
   of the thirty-day response period in subsection D of Section 7-608 of
   this title. The suspension shall remain in effect until payment is
   made of the fees provided for in Section 6-212 of this title and proof
   of insurance is presented to the Department; provided, if the person
   is not an owner of any motor vehicle or is not subject to the
   Compulsory Insurance Law of this state or provides proof the vehicle
   was insured prior to the suspension date, then proof of insurance and
   payment of the processing and reinstatement fee shall not be required
   and the Department shall vacate the suspension of the person's driving
   privilege.
   
   B. Any person whose driving privilege and registration have been
   suspended pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section
   shall surrender to the Department his or her driver license and the
   license plate of any motor vehicle registered in his or her name and
   not covered by security within thirty (30) days from the date of the
   suspension. Any owner failing to surrender his or her driver license
   or license plate or plates to the Department within such time shall
   pay a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) which shall be in addition to the
   fees provided for in Section 6-212 of this title.
   
   C. Whenever any person's driving privilege or registration of any
   motor vehicle is suspended pursuant to this section according to the
   records of the Department, the Department may accordingly notify any
   peace officer of the suspension.
   
   D. Any peace officer who has been notified that a person's driving
   privilege or registration of a motor vehicle is currently under
   suspension according to the records of the Department may, upon
   observing the person or motor vehicle anywhere upon a public street,
   highway, roadway, turnpike, or public parking lot, within this state,
   forthwith stop the person or motor vehicle and seize the person's
   driver license or license plate or both.
   
   E. No person shall have a property interest in a driver license,
   vehicle registration, or vehicle license plate issued pursuant to the
   laws of this state and it shall be the duty of every person whose
   driving privilege or motor vehicle registration has been suspended to
   forthwith surrender such driver license or license plate or both upon
   the request of any peace officer or representative of the Department.
   
   F. Any person upon a public street, highway, roadway, turnpike, or
   public parking lot, within this state, who willfully refuses to
   surrender possession of a driver license or license plate after being
   informed by a peace officer or representative of the Department that
   his or her driving privilege or motor vehicle registration is
   currently under suspension according to the records of the Department,
   shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the
   county jail for not more than ten (10) days or a fine not to exceed
   Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment.
   
   G. Any driver license or license plate surrendered to or seized by a
   peace officer pursuant to this section shall be submitted to a
   representative of the Department in a manner and with a form or method
   approved by the Department.
   
   H. The Department shall deposit fees collected pursuant to subsection
   B of this section in the office of the State Treasurer. The State
   Treasurer shall credit these fees to a special account to be
   distributed as hereinafter provided.
   
   I. The Department shall certify to the State Treasurer the name of the
   employing law enforcement agency from which a suspended driver license
   or license plate has been received pursuant to this section, together
   with a certification that the fee required by subsection B of this
   section has been paid. Following receipt of certification from the
   Department as provided herein, the State Treasurer shall reimburse the
   law enforcement agency named in the certificate the sum of Twenty-five
   Dollars ($25.00) for each driver license and the sum of Twenty-five
   Dollars ($25.00) for each vehicle license plate as shown on the
   certificate, from the special account.
   
   J. Any unencumbered monies remaining in the special account at the
   close of each calendar month shall be transferred to the General
   Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.
   
   K. The State of Oklahoma, the departments and agencies thereof,
   including the Department of Public Safety, all political subdivisions,
   and the officers and employees of each, shall not be held legally
   liable in any suit in law or in equity for any erroneous entry of a
   suspension upon the records of the Department, nor for the enforcement
   of the provisions of the Compulsory Insurance Law, Section 7-600, et
   seq. of this title, performed in good faith.
   

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