§ 47-6-212 — Reinstatement fees - Conditions for reinstatement -

Oklahoma § 47-6-212

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 47: Motor Vehicles

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Provisional license. A. Service Oklahoma shall not assess and collect multiple reinstatement fees when reinstating the driving privilege of any person having more than one suspension or revocation affecting the person’s driving privilege at the time of reinstatement. B. Service Oklahoma shall: 1. Suspend or revoke a person’s driving privilege as delineated within the Oklahoma Statutes; and 2. Require any person having more than one suspension or revocation affecting the person’s driving privilege to meet the statutory requirements for each action as a condition precedent to the reinstatement of any driving privilege. Provided, however, reinstatement fees shall not be cumulative, and a single reinstatement fee, as provided for in subsection C of this section, shall be paid for all suspensions or revocations as shown by Service Oklahoma’s records at the time of reinstatement. C. Whenever a person’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle is suspended or revoked pursuant to any provision as authorized by the Oklahoma Statutes, the license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall remain under suspension or revocation and shall not be reinstated until: 1. The expiration of each such revocation or suspension order; 2. The person has paid to Service Oklahoma: a. if such privilege is suspended or revoked pursuant to Section 1115.5 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes or pursuant to any provisions of this title, except as provided in subparagraph b of this paragraph, a processing fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each such suspension or revocation as shown by Service Oklahoma’s records, or b. (1) if such privilege is suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-205, 6- 205.1, 7-612, 753, 754 or 761 of this title or pursuant to subsection A of Section 7-605 of this title for a conviction for failure to maintain the mandatory motor vehicle insurance required by law or pursuant to subsection B of Section 6-206 of this title for a suspension other than for points accumulation, a processing fee of Seventy- five Dollars ($75.00) for each such suspension or revocation as shown by Service Oklahoma’s records, and a special assessment trauma-care fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to be deposited into the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2530.9 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for each suspension or revocation as shown by the records of Service Oklahoma, and (2) in addition to any other fees required by this section, if such privilege is suspended or revoked pursuant to an arrest under the provisions of paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title or of Section 753, 754 or 761 of this title, a fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00), which shall be apportioned pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-460 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 3. The person has paid to Service Oklahoma a single reinstatement fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Service Oklahoma shall notify the license holder within three (3) days of reinstatement that the license holder shall apply for a new driver license pursuant to subsection A of Section 6-209 of this title. D. Service Oklahoma shall enter into agreements with persons whose license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked, for issuance of a provisional license subject to any restrictions imposed by law or a court order. The provisional license would allow such persons to drive from 6:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Driving privileges for a provisional license are limited from 12:00 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. to driving: 1. Between their place of residence and their place of employment or potential employment; 2. During the scope and course of their employment; 3. Between their place of residence and a college, university or technology center; 4. Between their place of residence and their child’s school or day care provider; 5. Between their place of residence and a place of worship; or 6. Between their place of residence and any court-ordered treatment program, with the condition that such persons pay a minimum total of Five Dollars ($5.00) per month toward the satisfaction of outstanding fees, including, but not limited to, provisional license fees, warrant fees, court costs or fees, driver license or commercial driver license reinstatement fees. Service Oklahoma may suspend or revoke a provisional license pursuant to this section if the person fails to honor the payment plan. The person may re-enroll in the provisional driver license program. E. Any person convicted of an offense specified in paragraph 1, 4, or 8 of subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title shall not be eligible for a provisional license. F. Any violation of law by the person holding the provisional license that would result in the suspension or revocation of a driver license, except for the failure to pay fines, fees, or other financial obligations if the person is participating in a payment plan, shall result in the revocation of the provisional license. G. Eligibility for a provisional license shall not take into consideration any outstanding fines and fees owed, including, but not limited to, warrant fees, court costs or fees, driver license or commercial driver license reinstatement fees. H. A person with a suspended driver license shall not have to take a driver license test to be eligible for a provisional license, provided the suspended license has not expired. I. The Department of Corrections shall provide inmates with relevant documentation to obtain a provisional license as provided in subsection D of this section before being released from custody. The Department of Corrections shall develop rules and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection. J. Service Oklahoma shall develop rules and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of this section except as otherwise provided by this title. K. For each fiscal year: 1. Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) of all monies collected each month pursuant to this section shall be apportioned as provided in Section 1104 of this title, except as otherwise provided in this section; and 2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all other monies collected in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) each month shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1982, c. 276, § 1, emerg. eff. May 18, 1982. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 286, § 21, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 264, § 11, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1986, c. 279, § 15, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 5, § 152, emerg. eff. March 11, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 226, § 5, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1990, c. 219, § 39, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 218, § 6, eff. April 1, 1995; Laws 2001, c. 361, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 474, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 396, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2004, c. 530, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2004; Laws 2007, c. 326, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 401, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2011, c. 226, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 274, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 97, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2017, c. 392, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2019, c. 400, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 487, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 282, § 73, emerg. eff. May 19, 2022; Laws 2025, c. 137, § 2, eff. July 1, 2026.