Oklahoma Code § 47-1144

Title 47. Motor Vehicles: Methods of payment of fees and taxes - Licensed operator
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location hours of operation.
A.  Payments for any required registration fees, license plates
or decals or excise taxes, except as otherwise provided by law, may
be made as follows:
1.  By the applicant's personal or company check if presented
within the period of time required for purchase or renewal of the
registration and license plates or decals.  At the time of
presentment, the licensed operator may utilize a check verification
system to confirm that there are sufficient funds to pay the check.
Upon notification that there are insufficient funds, the licensed
operator shall refuse to accept the check or deliver the license
plate or decal.  If a licensed operator fails to utilize the check
verification system and the check is returned for nonpayment, the
licensed operator shall not receive any fees for the transaction.
No licensed operator shall be required to accept any check from any
person during any penalty period relating to that person's
registration; or
2.  By a nationally recognized credit or debit card issued to
the applicant.  Service Oklahoma may add an amount equal to the
amount of the service charge incurred as a service charge for the
acceptance of such credit card.  For purposes of this paragraph,
"nationally recognized credit or debit card" means any instrument or
device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, charge plate,
debit card or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an
issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining goods, services or
anything else of value on credit which is accepted by over one
thousand merchants in this state.  Service Oklahoma shall determine
which nationally recognized credit or debit cards will be accepted
by a licensed operator as payment for any required motor vehicle
registration fees, license plates or decals or excise taxes.
Provided, however, Service Oklahoma must ensure that no loss of
state revenue will occur by the use of such card.
B.  Each licensed operator location shall be open a minimum of
forty (40) hours per week, of which four (4) such hours per week
shall be in the evening hours or on Saturday, subject to the
approval of Service Oklahoma, except during such weeks that contain
a legal holiday prescribed by the statutes of this state.  Provided
that Service Oklahoma may authorize a licensed operator to stay open
a lesser period of time if Service Oklahoma is satisfied that the
public is being properly served.  Provided further, that there shall
be at least one licensed operator in each county open the hours

designated in this section.  All licensed operators shall post their
hours in a conspicuous place for the public's information.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 179, § 47, operative July 1, 1985.  Amended
by Laws 1991, c. 75, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 294, §
6, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 156, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998;
Laws 2006, c. 295, § 7, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 155, § 2,
eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2019, c. 195, § 6, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws
2019, c. 471, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2022, c. 282, § 183,
emerg. eff. May 19, 2022.

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