The owner of a vessel or lienholder of the vessel abandoned in violation of Section 4217 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or the owner of any vessel or lienholder of the vessel or insurer of a vessel when the insurer has purchased the vessel as a total loss vessel from the registered owner which shall have been lawfully removed from any waters of this state or other public property may regain possession of the vessel in accordance with rules of the Department of Public Safety upon payment of the reasonable cost of removal and storage of the vessel. The cost of removal and storage shall be paid to the wrecker or towing service. An operator shall release the vessel from storage upon authorization from the owner, agent or lienholder of the vessel or, in the case of a total loss, the insurer of the vessel where the vessel is to be moved to an insurance pool yard for sale.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 66, § 6.