SECTION 710:60-9-98. Procedures for reporting and collecting returned checks on driver license

  The procedures in this Section should be followed by the motor license agent in the event a check deposited in payment of a driver license is returned unpaid:

(1)   Notice of returned check. Upon receiving notification by the bank that a check which was written for a driver license has been returned unpaid, the agent will pick up the check and complete a notice of returned check (OTC Form 774A) to be sent to the maker of the check. Deposit of the check must be attempted twice.

(2)   Penalties on driver license returned checks. The motor license agent may charge the maker of the returned check a service charge fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), as set forth by statute, provided two attempts were made to deposit the check. Should the depositing bank refuse to accept the dishonored check a second (2^nd) time, it shall be treated as if two (2) attempts had been made.

(3)   Procedures if returned check is uncollectible; obtaining credit to agent's account; subsequent payment. If a motor license agent is unable to collect a returned check written for a driver license, the agent must send the returned check to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, along with the agent's file copy of the driver license report. The Oklahoma Tax Commission will credit the agent's ledger account in the full amount of the driver license transaction. The motor license agent will forward directly to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) a copy of the returned check and a copy of the documents on the driver license. DPS will send a letter advising the holder of the driver license that the license is invalid, driving privileges are canceled, and payment for the returned check must be made to the motor license agent. When collecting for a driver license returned check, the motor license agent will collect the amount of the returned check, plus the service charge and remit the original check amount to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, while retaining the Twenty-five Dollar ($25.00) service charge. The Oklahoma Tax Commission will return the check to its maker. The motor license agent will notify DPS when the returned check has been paid.

(4)    Driver license returned checks to be forwarded to the Oklahoma Tax Commission; time limits. All insufficient checks for which payment is not received are to be sent to the Oklahoma Tax Commission within thirty (30) days of retrieval from the depository bank.

[Source: Added at 11 Ok Reg 3507, eff 6-26-94; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 3113, eff 7-11-96; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2375, eff 6-25-07]