Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 595 - Department of Public Safety
Chapter 25 - Wreckers and Towing Services
Subchapter 3 - Wrecker License
Section 595:25-3-1 - General requirements
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
The following are the requirements for obtaining an original or renewal of a wrecker license:
(1) License required. No operator as defined by law, regardless of storage location, shall operate a wrecker vehicle upon any public street, road, or highway of this state for the offering to tow vehicles or the actual towing of vehicles without first obtaining from the Department a license as provided in this Chapter. Any wrecker vehicle being operated on any public street, road, highway, or turnpike in violation of Oklahoma law, or these rules may be removed from service by Oklahoma law enforcement officers.
(2) Display and use. An operator's wrecker service license shall be personal to the holder thereof and a wrecker vehicle license shall be unique to the vehicle. Each license shall be issued only to a person, a corporation, or some definite legal entity. The licenses are non-transferable and any change in ownership, whether of a wrecker service or wrecker vehicle, shall cancel the applicable license. The wrecker service license shall be conspicuously displayed at the primary place of business. The license shall be valid only at the place of business as shown on the license. Additional or satellite places of business shall not be permitted or approved on the same license but shall require a separate application and license.
(3) Issuance. No license for operation of a wrecker or towing service shall be issued until:
(4) Carry license. A copy of the wrecker vehicle license issued by the Department shall be carried at all times in the wrecker vehicle for which the license was issued.
(5) Disposition of wrecker vehicles. Any operator that removes its last remaining wrecker vehicle from operation will have thirty (30) days to have another wrecker vehicle inspected, approved, and licensed or the wrecker license issued to that operator will be cancelled.
(6) Additional wreckers. Any wrecker operator that adds a wrecker vehicle shall:
(7) License number and business name.
(8) Service of notice. Any notice required by law or by the rules of the Department served upon any holder of a wrecker or towing license shall be served personally or mailed to the last known address of such a person as reflected by the records on file with the Department. It is the duty of every holder of a certificate or license to notify the Department of Public Safety, Wrecker Services Division, in writing as to any change in the address of such person or of the place of business.
(9) License prohibited.
(10) One Class AA license per place of business. Wrecker operators shall be issued no more than one Class AA wrecker license for any one place of business.
(11) One Class AA wrecker service on Oklahoma Highway Patrol 's rotation log in same rotation area. An operator shall be permitted to rotate no more than one Class AA wrecker service in the same Highway Patrol rotation area on the Highway Patrol 's rotation log. For purposes of this paragraph, "Class A wrecker service" shall include those services with a Class AA-TL wrecker vehicle.
(12) Business telephone number. Each wrecker service shall have a telephone number published that is accessible to the public twenty-four hours a day. The operator shall provide in writing to the Department notice of any permanent business telephone number change prior to the new telephone number being placed in service.
(13) Business sign. Each AA Wrecker Service and each G Wrecker Service with storage shall have a business sign at the business location. The sign shall be at least 2 feet by 4 feet with letters at least 3 inches in height with contrasting background and shall display, at a minimum, the name of the wrecker service as shown on the license and a telephone number accessible to the public twenty-four (24) hours a day.
(14) Wrecker drivers. Wrecker services shall notify the Wrecker Services Division within ten (10) days of hiring or termination of employment of any wrecker driver.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2821, eff 6-28-96; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2711, eff 7-15-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 3011, eff 7-25-04; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2700, eff 7-25-05; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2694, eff 10-31-06 through 7-14-07 (emergency)1; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2777, eff 8-15-07; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2801, eff 9-12-08
1This emergency action expired before being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last effective permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-07 (after the 7-14-07 expiration of the emergency action), the text of 595:25-3-1 reverted back to the permanent text that became effective 7-25-05, as was last published in the 2006 Edition of the OAC, and remained as such until amended again by permanent action on 8-15-07.