SECTION 165:30-19-19. Trip permits and hunters permits

(a)   A seventy-two (72) hour trip permit provides full registration to trucks, truck-tractors, trailers, semi trailers, and motorbuses, which are not registered in Oklahoma.

(1)   The permit is valid for either interstate or intrastate movement. This permit cannot be issued for a vehicle, which has been apprehended by law enforcement officers for improper registration.

(2)   Out of state vehicles eligible for apportioned registration, but not registered as such, will be required to purchase a seventy-two (72) hour trip permit before proceeding through the State of Oklahoma.

(3)   Trip permits are available from the Transportation Division of the Commission and Commission contracted wire services. The cost of the permit is set forth by 47 O.S. § 1124 (B) with any processing fee as set by Commission rule. Trip permits obtained through permit services may have additional fees associated with issuance. Once a trip permit is issued, no refunds will be allowed.

(4)   An operator of a motor vehicle possessing an expired, altered, or undated temporary permit shall be deemed to be operating an unregistered motor vehicle and shall be subject to full registration and penalty.

(5)   A permit must be issued on newly purchased trucks carrying a load and driving to another state for registration.

(6)   Only one (1) copy of a seventy-two (72) hour permit receipt will be given to applicant.

(7)   A trip permit effective date shall not be more than seventy-two (72) hours from the time it is issued.

(b)   An unladen permit, otherwise known as a hunters permit, provides temporary registration to an apportionable vehicle at the unladen weight of the vehicle for a period of forty-five (45) days.

(1)   Hunters permits are typically obtained by a vehicle owner to move the vehicle, without any load, to another jurisdiction when apportioned registration credentials are no longer valid due to the severance of a lease with a motor carrier.

(2)   A Hunters permit is recognized as valid registration in all IRP participating jurisdictions at a weight not to exceed the unladen weight of the vehicle or the combined unladen weights of the power unit and trailer, provided however, an unregistered trailer must obtain a separate permit.

(3)   Hunters permits are available from the Commission at a fee as prescribed by 47 O.S. § 1124 (C) with any processing fee as set by Commission rule. Once an unladen permit is issued, no refunds will be allowed.

(4)   The operator of a motor vehicle possessing an expired, altered or undated hunters permit shall be deemed to be in violation of state statutes and the rules of this Commission and shall be subject to full registration and penalty.

(5)   An unladen permit effective date shall not be more than seventy-two (72) hours from the time it is issued.

[Source: Transferred from OAC 710:60-4-19 by SB 141 (2004), eff 7-1-04 (Editor’s Notice published at 21 Ok Reg 2927); Added at 23 Ok Reg 2325, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1546, eff 7-1-08; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1773, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 951, eff 7-1-12; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 1024, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1044, eff 10-1-18]