Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 595 - Department of Public Safety
Chapter 25 - Wreckers and Towing Services
Subchapter 3 - Wrecker License
Section 595:25-3-2 - Applications
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) Every applicant shall file with the Department a written application on a form prescribed by the Department and shall tender with the application a fee pursuant to 47 O.S. §953 in the form of check (business, personal, or cashier),or money order. Checks and money orders should be made payable to the Department of Public Safety. The application shall be completed using the applicant's legal name and include every alias and nickname by which the applicant is or has been known. Every applicant shall submit with the application a current original Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (O.S.B.I.) criminal record check for each individual, partner or corporate officer as shown on the application. If any owner, partner, or officer has not lived in Oklahoma for the immediately preceding five (5) years, he or she shall submit a criminal record check from the agency responsible for keeping criminal history in the state or states of residence for the immediately preceding five (5) years. Upon the return of any dishonored check the application shall be canceled.
(b) Upon receipt and approval of the application, the Department shall assign to the operator a permanent identification number for all matters relating to the approved wrecker and towing service. The Wrecker Services Inspector/Trooper will issue a contact report for the operator to present to the Oklahoma Tax Commission or a motor license agent for the purpose of being issued a wrecker license plate pursuant to 47 O.S. § 1134.3.
(c) The filing of an application for a license does not authorize wrecker or towing service operations by the applicant. Operation may commence only after all requirements have been met and proper authorization has been issued by the Department.
(d) The application shall be an affidavit containing the following information together with any additional information the Department may require.
(e) If, within ninety (90) days of receipt of an application, the Department is unable to verify all information as required by these rules, the application shall be denied. Such applicant may reapply.
(f) It is within the Department's discretion to disallow the licensing of a wrecker operator should it appear, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the identity of the business is substantially the same as that of one that is currently under suspension by the Department.
Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2821, eff 6-28-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3507, eff 8-12-97; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3121, eff 7-14-01; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 3011, eff 7-25-04; 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 595:25-3-2 reverted back to the permanent text that became effective 7-25-04, 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.