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§47-951.


§47-951.
   
   As used in Section 951 et seq. of this title:
   
   1. "Wrecker or wrecker vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is
   equipped with any device designed to tow another vehicle or
   combination of vehicles. The use of the term "wrecker" or "wrecker
   vehicle" shall be construed to include a combination wrecker or
   combination wrecker vehicle, as defined in paragraph 2 of this
   subsection, unless a specific differentiation is otherwise described;
   
   2. "Combination wrecker" or "combination wrecker vehicle" means any
   wrecker vehicle which is designed and equipped with two separate and
   distinct devices to tow simultaneously two or more other vehicles or
   combinations of vehicles, whether or not both devices are in use
   simultaneously. One of the devices shall allow another vehicle to be
   loaded onto and transported upon the wrecker vehicle, and one of the
   devices shall allow another vehicle to be attached to and pulled by
   the wrecker vehicle;
   
   3. "Tow" or "towing" means the use of a wrecker vehicle to lift, pull,
   move, haul or otherwise transport any other vehicle by means of:
   
   a. attaching the vehicle to and pulling the vehicle with the wrecker
   vehicle, or
   
   b. loading the vehicle onto and transporting the vehicle upon the
   wrecker vehicle;
   
   4. "Rollback equipment" means a towing device or equipment upon which
   the towed vehicle is loaded and transported, removing the towed
   vehicle completely from the surface of the roadway. The term "rollback
   equipment" shall include car haulers;
   
   5. "Dolly" means a towing device or equipment which lifts and suspends
   one axle of the towed vehicle above the surface of the roadway;
   
   6. "Wrecker or towing service" means engaging in the business of or
   performing the act of towing or offering to tow any vehicle, except:
   
   a. where the operator owns the towed vehicle and displays on both
   sides of the wrecker vehicle in plainly visible letters not less than
   two (2) inches in height the words "NOT FOR HIRE",
   
   b. where the service is performed by a transporter as defined in
   Section 1-181 of this title,
   
    c. where service is performed in conjunction with the transportation
       of household goods and property, or
    d. where the wrecker vehicle is owned or operated by the United
       States government, the State of Oklahoma, or any department or
       political subdivision thereof;
       
   7. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety;
   
   8. "Department" means the Department of Public Safety;
   
   9. "Operator" means any person owning or operating a wrecker vehicle
   or wrecker or towing service;
   
   10. "Officer" means any duly authorized law enforcement officer;
   
   11. "Roadway" means any public street, road, highway or turnpike or
   the median, easement or shoulder of a roadway; and
   
   12. "Service call" means the act of responding to a request for
   service with a wrecker vehicle in which a service is performed.
   

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