§ 63-4019. Registration fees - Due date - Delinquency - Registration dates - Proportional fees.
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A. 1. The registration fees herein levied upon vessels and motors located within this state shall be due on the first day of July each year and shall become delinquent on the first day of August thereafter.
2. Any person owning a vessel or motor subject to the provisions of this subsection and failing or refusing to file application for the registration of such vessel or motor and to pay the annual registration fee as provided by the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act, on or before the 31st day of July each year, shall be deemed delinquent.
B. On the registration of new vessels or new motors purchased in this state and on new or used vessels or motors used in this state or brought into this state between July 1 and September 30, inclusive, of any year the payment of the full annual registration and license fee shall be collected; and between October 1 and December 31, inclusive, of any year the payment of three-fourths (3/4) the annual registration and license fee shall be collected; and between January 1 and March 31, inclusive, of any year the payment of one-half (1/2) the annual registration and license fee shall be collected; and between April 1 and June 30, inclusive, of any year the payment of one-fourth (1/4) of the annual registration and license fee shall be collected.
C. Any person registering a vessel or motor under the provisions of the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act may elect to have the vessel or motor registered for a three-year period. If a person elects to register the vessel or motor for a three-year period, the person shall pay ninety percent (90%) of the registration fees that the person would have otherwise paid if the person had registered the vessel or a motor on an annual basis over the three-year period. If a person is registering a vessel or motor pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of this section and elects to register the vessel or motor for a three-year period, the partial year registration shall count as one of the three (3) years of registration. The motor license agent registering the vessel or motor for a three-year period shall receive one hundred percent (100%) of the fees the motor license agent would have otherwise received pursuant to subsection B of Section 1141.1 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes if the vessel or motor had been registered on an annual basis over the three-year period.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 304, § 4, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990; Laws 2004, c. 379, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.