2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 47. Motor Vehicles
§47-901. Abandonment unlawful - Determination.

47 OK Stat § 47-901 (2016) What's This?

It shall be unlawful to abandon a motor vehicle on a highway or other public property. Any member of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol or any qualified sheriff, deputy sheriff or any member of any city police department shall deem a vehicle abandoned and shall have the authority to remove or direct the removal of a vehicle when found upon any portion of the highway, shoulder, or right-of-way, if after a period of forty-eight (48) hours there is no evidence of an apparent owner who intends to remove the vehicle.

Laws 1967, c. 363, § 1, emerg. eff. May 22, 1967.

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