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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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