Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 765 - Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured Housing Commission
Chapter 13 - Temporary License Plates
Subchapter 3 - Design
Section 765:13-3-3 - Content of the temporary license plate
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) There shall be two rectangular shaped blocks for the month, two rectangular shaped blocks for the day of the month, and two rectangular shaped blocks for the year indicating the date of the sale of the vehicle. The blocks shall be of a size of at least 1 3/4 inches in height and 1 1/2 inches in width and pale or light toned green in color. The rectangular blocks for the motorcycle temporary license plates shall be 1 inch in height and 3/4 inch in width. Preprinted below the two blocks on the left shall be the words "SOLD MONTH"; below the middle two blocks shall be the words "SOLD DAY"; and below the two blocks on the right shall be "SOLD YEAR".
(b) Any writing on the temporary license plate not preprinted shall be applied by an instrument using indelible black ink. The ink marker for writing in the date blocks should be capable of making a mark of at least 1/4 inch in width.
(c) The temporary license plate shall have the following preprinted language: The selling dealer's company name, the word "Oklahoma" or "Okla", and the words " 2 Month Temporary Tag" and a line with the words "Vehicle Year", "Make", "Model", below the line.
(d) In addition to the preprinted information recited in paragraphs (a) and (c), the temporary license plate shall have preprinted a sequential number of no fewer than six digits, approximately one inch in height. The height of the preprinted unique sequential number for a motorcycle temporary license plate shall be no less than 1/2 inch. The dealer shall record the temporary license plate's unique sequential number on the front of the vehicle's bill of sale in a conspicuous location. A dealer shall not issue more than one unique sequentially numbered temporary license plate for the same vehicle sale.
(e) The name of the purchaser shall be written on the temporary license plate or in lieu of the name of the purchaser the words "see bill of sale" may be used. If the term "see bill of sale" is used, the purchaser shall retain the bill of sale in the vehicle at all times until the vehicle has been registered in the purchaser's name.
Added at 25 Ok Reg 363, eff 11-1-07 (emergency); Added at 25 Ok Reg 2085, eff 6-26-08