An act relating to Service Oklahoma, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 2996                     By: Kerbs

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to Service Oklahoma; defining terms;

    exempting certain records from notarization

8   requirement; specifying that certain other

    transactions shall not apply; providing for

9   codification; and providing an effective date.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

13  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-107.1 of Title 47, unless

15 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

16  A. As used in this section:

17  1. "Electronic format" shall have the same meaning as in

18 Section 1105A of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and in a manner

19 approved by Service Oklahoma; and

20  2. "Eligible entity" means a firm or person who is authorized

21 to act on behalf of an automobile dealer, used motor vehicle

22 auction, rental car agency, salvage pool, lender or lienholder, or

23 any other entity or class authorized by Service Oklahoma.

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1   B. Any records submitted in an electronic format to Service

2 Oklahoma by an eligible entity shall not require notarization and

3 shall be exempt from any notarization requirements pursuant to Title

4 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. This subsection shall also apply to

5 any records being submitted to Service Oklahoma to create an

6 electronic format document, including, but not limited to, vehicle

7 titling or registration.

8   C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to

9 transactions that do not include an eligible entity.

10  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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12  60-2-14346      JBH     12/18/25

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