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§47-851.
§47-851.
A. Except as otherwise provided for in subsections B and C of this
section, no person shall drive or move on any highway any motor
vehicle, including, but not limited to, motorcycles, trailers,
semitrailers or pole trailers, or ancient vehicles which are not used
primarily incidental to historical or exhibition purposes only, which
are licensed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission and operated on the
streets or highways of this state or any combination thereof, unless
the equipment upon the vehicle is in good working order and adjustment
as required in this title and is in such safe mechanical condition as
not to endanger the driver or other occupant of any vehicle upon the
highway. Each such motor vehicle, except any commercial truck or
truck-tractor registered pursuant to Section 1120 of this title which
is engaged in interstate commerce, or any trailer or semitrailer
registered pursuant to Section 1133 of this title which is engaged in
interstate commerce, shall bear an official inspection sticker.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
1. Any manufactured home which requires a permit to be moved upon the
highways of this state;
2. Any ancient vehicle as defined by Section 1-101.1 of this title,
which has not been modified from its original state of manufacture.
Provided, ancient vehicles shall be exempt from retrofitted pollution
control devices; or
3. Any modified ancient vehicle which has been inspected as required
by subsection C of this section. For purposes of this section,
"modified ancient vehicle" shall mean any vehicle manufactured in 1948
or earlier which has been modified or modernized from its original
state of manufacture.
C. 1. No person shall drive or move on any roadway any modified
ancient vehicle unless the vehicle has been inspected in accordance
with subsection A of this section or has been inspected annually in
accordance with this subsection.
2. A modified ancient vehicle may be inspected pursuant to standards
issued by the National Street Rod Association and the Department of
Public Safety. This inspection shall be conducted annually by an
inspector certified by the National Street Rod Association. Upon
successful completion of the inspection, the Department shall issue to
the owner of the vehicle a Certificate of Exemption which shall be
carried in the vehicle at all times it is driven or moved on any
roadway of this state. The certificate shall be submitted to any law
enforcement officer upon request. The certificate shall serve as proof
that the requirement for a state inspection and official inspection
sticker as prescribed in subsection A of this section has been waived
for the vehicle, and that the vehicle has been inspected pursuant to
this subsection. The Department shall promulgate rules to implement
and administer the provisions of this subsection.
D. Nothing in this section shall exempt any motor vehicle from the
provisions of the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act.
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