§ 4-155. Other requirements for motor vehicles.
A. Every operator of a motor vehicle upon the public streets, roadways, and highways shall have in their possession a currently valid state driver’s license and shall exhibit such license to any law enforcement officer upon request.
B. Every owner of a motor vehicle operated upon the public streets, roadways, or highways shall maintain, with some insurance company or surety company authorized to do business in the State of Oklahoma, or approved for this purpose by the Tax Commission, a liability insurance policy or bond, to cover any liability for an accident involving such motor vehicle, to a limit, exclusive of interests and cost of:
1. Not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of any one person in any one accident, and
2. Not less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and
3. Not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
C. If the amounts required under Oklahoma law for liability insurance are higher than the amounts stated in subsections (B)(1) to (B)(3) of this section, then the owner shall maintain insurance at the higher amount.
This requirement shall not apply to any owner if the operator of such vehicle has such insurance that covers the operator while he is operating the vehicle.
D. On and after the date of entitlement of this section:
1. The owner of a motor vehicle registration with the Osage Nation shall carry in such vehicle at all times a current owner’s security verification form listing the vehicle which has been issued by a bona fide insurance company registered to do business within Oklahoma, and shall produce such form upon request for inspection by any law enforcement officer or representative of the Tax Commission and, in case of a collision, the form shall be shown upon request to any person affected by said collision.
2. Every person registering a motor vehicle with the Osage Nation, except a motor vehicle which is not being used upon the public highway or public streets, or of a manufactured home while said manufactured home is on a permanent foundation, at the time of registration of such vehicle, shall certify the existence of security with respect to such vehicle by surrendering to the Tax Commission or other registering agency a current owner’s security verification form or an equivalent form issued by a bona fide insurance company registered to do business in the State of Oklahoma. The Tax Commission or other registering agency shall require the surrender of such form prior to processing an application for registration or renewal.
3. The following shall not be required to carry an owner’s or operator’s security verification form or an equivalent form during operation of the vehicle and shall not be required to surrender such form for vehicle registration purposes:
a. Any vehicle owned or leased by the federal, state, or Osage Nation government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof;
b. Any vehicle bearing the name, symbol, or logo of a business, corporation or utility on the exterior and which is in compliance with the provisions of Section 7-600 et seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes according to records of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety which reflect a deposit, bond, self-insurance, or fleet policy, on file with such Department of the State of Oklahoma;
c. Any vehicle authorized for operations, pursuant to a permit number issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission, or the Oklahoma Corporation Commission;
d. Any licensed taxicab; and
e. Any vehicle owned by a licensed used motor vehicle dealer and not regularly used by him upon the public highways.
E. Any member of the Osage Nation who knowingly issues or promulgates false or fraudulent information in connection with either an owner’s or operator’s security verification form or an equivalent form shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
F. Any member of the Osage Nation who operates, or allows to be operated, a motor vehicle owned by him, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of an offense, and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
G. Any motor vehicle operated in violation of the provisions of this section shall be a public nuisance. In such cases, the Tax Commission shall seize any Osage Nation license plate placed upon such vehicle and not allow its return or reregistration of the vehicle until a security verification form is filed with the Tax Commission or other action as ordered by the Tax Commission is taken to verify that such vehicle will not be used in violation of this section. If such a vehicle has been in an accident, any law enforcement officer shall impound such vehicle until a security verification form or other appropriate action as ordered by the Tax Commission is filed with the Tax Commission. If no form is filed within six months, the prosecuting attorney shall file appropriate forfeiture proceedings to forfeit such vehicle to the Osage Nation.
H. It shall be an absolute defense to any proceedings under this section that a current driver’s license or insurance policy was in fact in effect at the date of the incident, and in such cases the action shall be dismissed. ONCA 06-10, eff. Sept. 29, 2006.