Licensing of off-premises displays of new motor vehicles and off-premise sales of new motorized recreational vehicles.
A. The Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Commission shall provide for off-premise displays of new motor vehicles by currently licensed new motor vehicle dealers. An off-premise event may be held for display purposes only under the following conditions:
1. The motor vehicles are for display purposes only and not for sale at the off-premise display event;
2. No selling activities shall be conducted;
3. The display is in dealer's factory-approved area of sales and service responsibility;
4. The dealer must obtain written approval from the manufacturer or distributor; and
5. The dealer is required to obtain approval for the display location from the sponsoring entity.
B. The Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Commission is authorized to provide a variance to the distance requirements specified in this section, for any off-premise display event if:
1. The off-premise display is conducted within municipal, county, or state-owned or controlled facilities or within the grounds of any county, district, or state fair; and
2. The request for the variance must be in writing to the Commission no less than thirty (30) days prior to the off-premise display event.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 229, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 101, § 1, emerg. eff. April 5, 1986; Laws 1993, c. 56, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2005, c. 228, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2008, c. 315, § 3, emerg. eff. June 2, 2008; Laws 2011, c. 272, § 21, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.