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If a violator of the restrictions on stopping, standing, or parking under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to a traffic citation affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of five (5) days, the clerk of the municipal court may send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter informing him of the violation and warning him that in the event such letter is disregarded for a period of five (5) days, a warrant of arrest may be issued. On any occasion where two (2) or more such traffic citations have been affixed on the same motor vehicle and the traffic citations have been disregarded, a warrant of arrest may be issued without sending the letter provided in this section. (Prior Code, Chapter 20)
A. In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of the parking the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred.
B. The presumption in Subsection A of this section shall apply only when the procedure as prescribed in this chapter has been followed. (Prior Code, Chapter 20)
A. Every police officer upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this state or any traffic law of this city shall deposit the original and a duplicate copy of the citation with his immediate superior officer, who shall cause the original to be delivered to the municipal court.
B. Upon the filing of the original citation in the municipal court, the citation may be disposed of only by trial in the court or by other official action by a judge of the court, including forfeiture of bail or by payment of a fine.
C. The chief of police shall maintain a record of all warrants issued by the municipal court which are delivered to the police department for service, and of the final disposition of the warrants.
D. No member of the police department or other officer or public employee shall dispose of, alter, or deface a traffic citation or any copy thereof, or the record of the issuance or disposition of any traffic citation, complaint, or warrant, in a manner other than as required in this chapter. (Prior Code, Chapter 20)
A. The municipal court clerk shall keep a record of every traffic citation deposited with or presented to the court and shall keep a record of every official action by the court or its traffic violations bureau in reference thereto, including but not limited to a record of every conviction, forfeiture of bail, judgment of acquittal, and the amount of fine or forfeiture.
B. Within ten (10) days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this chapter or other law regulating the operation of vehicles on highways the municipal judge or clerk of the court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited shall prepare and immediately forward to the State Department of Public Safety a certified abstract of the court's record of the case. An abstract need not be made of any conviction involving the illegal parking or standing of a vehicle.
C. The abstract must be made upon a form furnished by the State Department of Public Safety and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the number of his operator's or chauffeur's license, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture. (Prior Code, Chapter 20)
No person operating a motor vehicle who has received a visual or audible signal directing the operator to bring his vehicle to a stop shall wilfully increase his speed or extinguish his lights or in any other manner attempt to or actually elude such law enforcement officer. A visual or audible signal for the purpose of this section means a red light and a siren from a law enforcement officer driving a motor vehicle with insignia showing the same to be an official police, sheriff, or highway patrol car. (Prior Code, Chapter 20)
A. The owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state and operating the vehicle within the city's boundaries, shall carry in such vehicle at all times a current owner's security verification form listing the vehicle, or an equivalent form which has been used by the State Department of Public Safety which shall be produced by any driver thereof upon request for inspection by any law enforcement officer and, in case of a collision, the form shall be shown upon request to any person affected by the collision.
B. The following shall not be required to carry an owner's or operator's security verification form or an equivalent form from the department during operation of the vehicle and shall not be required to surrender such form for vehicle registration purposes:
1. Any vehicle owned or leased by the federal or state government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof;
2. Any vehicle bearing the name, symbol or logo of the business, corporation or utility on the exterior and which is in compliance with the compulsory insurance law according to records of the department of public safety which reflect a deposit, bond, self-insurance, or fleet policy;
3. Any vehicle authorized for operation, under a permit number issued by the interstate commerce commission, or the Oklahoma corporation commission;
4. Any licensed taxicab; and
5. Any vehicle owned by a licensed motor vehicle dealer.
C. For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
COMPULSORY INSURANCE LAW: The law requiring liability insurance in conjunction with the operation of a motor vehicle in this state as found in article VI, chapter 7, and section 7-606 of title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
OPERATOR'S POLICY: An operator's policy of liability insurance which shall insure the named person against loss from the liability imposed upon him by law for damages arising out of the operation or use by him of any motor vehicle not owned by him, subject to the same limits of liability required in an owner's policy.
OWNER'S POLICY: An owner's policy of liability insurance which:
1. Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby to be granted;
2. Shall insure the person named therein and insure any other person, except as provided in subsection 3 of this definition, using an insured vehicle with the express or implied permission of the named insured, against loss from the liability imposed by law for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation or use of such vehicle;
3. May provide for exclusions from coverage in accordance with existing laws; and
4. Shall be issued by an authorized carrier providing coverage in accordance with section 7-204 of title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECURITY: 1. A policy or bond meeting the requirements of section 7-204 of title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. A deposit of cash or securities having the equivalency of limits required under section 7-204 of title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes as acceptable limits for a policy or bond; or
3. Self-insurance, pursuant to the provisions of section 7-503 of title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, having the equivalency of limits required under section 7-204 of title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes as acceptable limits for a policy or bond.
SECURITY VERIFICATION FORM: A form, approved by the state board for property and casualty rates, verifying the existence of security required by the compulsory insurance law of the state of Oklahoma.
D. Every operator of a motor vehicle registered in this state, shall while operating or using such vehicle within the city's boundaries, carry either an operator's or an owner's security verification form issued by a carrier, providing the operator is not excluded from coverage thereon; or an equivalent form issued by the department of public safety, reflecting liability coverage.
E. An owner or operator who fails to produce for inspection a valid and current security verification form or equivalent form which has been issued by the department upon request of any peace officer of the department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine as provided in section 1-108 of this code.
F. A sentence imposed for any violation of this section may be suspended or deferred in whole or in part by the court.
G. Any person producing proof in court that a current security verification form or equivalent form which has been issued by the department reflecting this liability coverage for such person was in force at the time of the alleged offense shall be entitled to dismissal of such charge.
H. Upon conviction, bond forfeiture or deferral of sentence, the court clerk shall forward an abstract to the state department of public safety within ten (10) days reflecting the action taken by the court. (Ord. 284, 8-2-1983)
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