Confidentiality of motor vehicle title and registration records
OK Vehicle Records Privacy
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Oklahoma's state counterpart to the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act for vehicle title and registration records. Personal information (name, street address, phone) is confidential and may be released only for listed permissible purposes, such as government functions, vehicle safety and recalls, verifying information in the normal course of business, litigation, and towing notices, and requesters must certify a lawful purpose and no further dissemination.
- Where
- Oklahoma
- Citation
- 47 O.S. § 1109
- Status
- In force
- In force since
- 1985-07-01
- Last amended
- 2023-07-01
- Enforced by
- Service Oklahoma and the Corporation Commission; district attorneys
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- Manufacturers or representatives that breach confidentiality lose access and face fines up to $50,000 on conviction; other penalties apply under the section and 68 O.S. § 205.
- Applies to
- Service Oklahoma, the Corporation Commission, and licensed tag agents holding vehicle title and registration records
- Private requesters (manufacturers, businesses, towing services, litigants, researchers, and others) receiving personal information from those records
Practices it requires
- Title and registration records are confidential; personal information may be disclosed only for the permissible purposes listed in the statute.47 O.S. § 1109(A)-(B)
- Businesses may obtain personal information only to verify information the individual gave them, or to correct it for fraud prevention, legal remedies, or debt recovery.47 O.S. § 1109(B)(5)
Security duties
- Manufacturers receiving records must protect their confidentiality and use them only for the stated purpose, subject to agency review of safeguards.47 O.S. § 1109(B)(2)
Other duties
- Requesters must submit an affidavit certifying a lawful and legitimate purpose and that the information will not be further disseminated.47 O.S. § 1109(D)
Sources
- Official text
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 47 (complete title PDF, Oklahoma Legislature, compiled Dec. 2025), § 1109
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Only the permissible uses in § 1109(B)(1)-(6) were read; later paragraphs of subsection B and the full penalty provisions were not reviewed. | Driver license record confidentiality (47 O.S. §§ 2-110, 2-129) was not reviewed.
Research reference, not legal advice.