SECTION 35:15-7-3. Requirements and application for livestock trailer identification number

(a)   Trailers owned by individual persons who have an Oklahoma driver's license shall be identified with that driver's license number. Change of ownership requires the original owner remove his number, and the new owner's license number affixed within 30 days.

(b)   Any trailer required by this law to be identified which is owned by a person who has no valid Oklahoma driver's license shall be identified by the valid Oklahoma driver's license number of a member of his family in the first degree or an identification number issued by the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety in lieu of a driver's license number.

(c)   Any trailer required by this law to be identified that is owned by a citizen of another state shall be identified by a valid Oklahoma driver's license of the person in charge of said trailer in Oklahoma, or an identification number issued to owner of trailer by the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety in lieu of an Oklahoma driver's license number.

(d)   Any trailer required by this law to be identified which is owned by a corporation, school, nonprofit organization, partnership, association or other ownership entity; shall be identified by a valid Oklahoma driver's license number of one of the principals, manager, or individual in charge of said trailer, or an identification number issued by the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety in lieu of an Oklahoma driver's license number.

(e)   All trailer numbers shall be painted or otherwise affixed to the rear of the trailer, left of center. They shall be not less than 36 inches from ground level nor more than 72 inches from ground level.

(f)   The numbers shall be not less than two inches in height and placed horizontally, from left to right, on the left rear of the trailer.

(g)   Numbers must be of a color that contrasts sharply with the color of the trailer or the part of the trailer on which the number is placed.

(h)   Application procedure for an identification number in lieu of Oklahoma driver's license number as outlined in Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this Section is to write to the Director of Vehicle Inspection, Department of Public Safety, P.O. Box 11415, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111.