2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 47. Motor Vehicles
§47-180m. Enforcement of act.

In addition to all other duties as provided by law, it is hereby declared to be, and shall be the duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, district attorneys, enforcement officers appointed by the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, and all highway patrolmen within the State of Oklahoma:

1. To enforce the provisions of Sections 180 through 180m of this title or the Motor Carrier Act of 1995;

2. To apprehend and detain any motor vehicle or vehicles and driver or operator and their aides who are operating any motor vehicle, upon or along the highways of this state, for a reasonable length of time, for the purpose of investigating and determining whether such vehicle is being operated in violation of any of the provisions of Sections 180 through 180m of this title or the Motor Carrier Act of 1995;

3. To make arrests for the violation of the provisions of Sections 180 through 180m of this title or the Motor Carrier Act of 1995, without the necessity of procuring a warrant;

4. To sign the necessary complaint and to cause the violator or violators to be promptly arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction for trial;

5. To aid and assist in the prosecution of the violator or violators in the name of the State of Oklahoma to the end that this law shall be enforced;

6. To report all such arrests for violations of Sections 180 through 180m of this title to the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma within ten (10) days after making such arrest and to furnish such information concerning same as the Commission may request; and

7. At the request of the Corporation Commission, to seize and confiscate any and all identification devices and to forward the same to the Corporation Commission for cancellation.

Added by Laws 1939, p. 62, § 15. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 208, § 4, emerg. eff. May 29, 1953; Laws 1995, c. 143, § 41, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1995, c. 358, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.

NOTE: Laws 1995, c. 23, § 15 repealed by Laws 1995, c. 358, § 12, emerg. eff. June 9, 1995.