Section 954 - EnforcementA. The Department of Public Safety shall be charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of Section 951 et seq. of this title for licensed wreckers and towing services operating in this state.B. Duly appointed peace officers of the political subdivisions of this state shall have authority to detain and arrest any person operating a wrecker or tow truck or offering towing services to the public for a charge without a valid license issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 951 et seq. of this title. Such officers, upon reasonable belief that any wrecker or tow truck is being operated without proper authority or without a valid license issued pursuant to Section 951 et seq. of this title, shall be authorized to require the operator thereof to stop and exhibit such documentation as may be required to establish his or her authority to tow or transport another vehicle or to prove possession of a valid wrecker or tow service license issued in this state. Any person convicted of operating a wrecker or tow truck or offering towing services to the public for a charge in this state without a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished with a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Law enforcement shall impound the tow truck being used in violation of this section.Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 954
Amended by Laws 2019, c. 391,s. 2, eff. 11/1/2019.Amended by Laws 1986, SB 533, c. 144, § 4, emerg. eff. 4/21/1986; Amended by Laws 2010, SB 1883, c. 211, §1, emerg. eff. 7/1/2010.