2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-4009.1. Serial numbers for outboard motors – Rules - Penalties.

A. 1. The Department of Public Safety shall promulgate rules specifying the location and manner in which serial numbers for outboard motors shall be affixed. In promulgating such rules, the Department shall consider the existence of voluntary industry standards, the current state of technology and the overall process of reducing vessel and motor thefts in this state.

2. Any outboard motor manufactured on or after October 1, 1985, which is for sale in this state shall comply with the rules promulgated pursuant to this section.

3. Any person, firm or corporation which sells or offers to sell any outboard motor or outboard motor part manufactured on or after October 1, 1985, which does not comply with this subsection shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), imprisonment in the county jail for a period of up to one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

B. 1. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly possess any outboard motor or outboard motor part upon which the serial number required by subsection A of this section has been removed, erased, defaced or otherwise altered to prevent identification.

2. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly possess, manufacture, sell or exchange, offer to sell or exchange, aid in sale or exchange, supply in blank, authorize or direct, give away, or to conspire to or attempt to commit any of the previously mentioned acts, any counterfeit manufacturer’s outboard motor or outboard motor part serial number plate or decal, used for the purpose of identification of any outboard motor or outboard motor part, or to conspire or attempt to commit any of these acts.

3. Any person violating any provision of this subsection shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a felony.

C. If any serial number required by this section to identify ownership of an outboard motor or outboard motor part does not exist or has been removed, erased, defaced or otherwise altered to prevent identification, and the true identity cannot be determined, the outboard motor or outboard motor part may be seized by any peace officer in this state and shall be subject to forfeiture pursuant to the procedures established for the law enforcement agency by which the seizing officer is employed. Such outboard motor or outboard motor part may not be sold or used to propel a vessel on the waters of this state unless and until the Department of Public Safety is directed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to issue to the outboard motor or outboard motor part a replacement identifying number which shall be affixed to the motor or part and shall thereafter be used for identification purposes of the motor or part.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 332, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.