Oklahoma Code § 47-7-209

Title 47. Motor Vehicles: Agreements for payment of damages
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A.  Any two or more of the persons involved in or affected by an
accident, as described in Section 7-201 of this title, may at any
time enter into a written agreement for the payment of an agreed
amount with respect to all claims of any of the persons because of
bodily injury to or death or property damage arising from the
accident, which agreement may provide for payment in installments,
and may file a signed copy thereof with the Department of Public
Safety.
B.  The Department, to the extent provided by the written
agreement filed with it, shall not require the deposit of security
and shall terminate any prior order of suspension, provided that
proof of financial responsibility has been filed; provided, if

security has previously been deposited, the Department shall
immediately return the security to the depositor or to the personal
representative of the depositor.
C.  Upon notice to the Department of a default in any payment
under the agreement, the Department shall take action suspending the
driving privilege of the person in default as in the same manner as
for failure of the person to deposit security when required under
this chapter.  When reporting a default, the amount already paid and
the outstanding balance shall be provided to the Department.
Provided, this subsection shall not be deemed to require any party
to the agreement to make notice to the Department of a default of
any payment.
D.  The suspension provided for in subsection C of this section
shall remain in effect and the driving privilege of the person shall
not be restored unless and until:
1.  Security is deposited and proof of financial responsibility
is filed as required under this chapter, the security to be in such
amount as the Department may then determine;
2.  The person in default has paid the balance of the agreed
amount; or
3.  One (1) year has elapsed following the effective date of the
suspension and evidence satisfactory to the Department has been
filed with it that during the one-year period no action at law upon
the agreement has been instituted and is pending.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 356, § 7-209.  Amended by Laws 1965, c. 187,
§ 5, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965; Laws 2009, c. 62, § 8, eff. Nov. 1,
2009.

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