A. If the owner of a vehicle becomes employed in this state, the vehicle is deemed to be subject to tax in this state and, within thirty (30) days from the date of employment, shall be registered upon the same terms and conditions that resident owners are required to register such vehicles in this state. However, the owner of the vehicle who is employed in this state and commutes daily from an adjoining state shall be exempt from the provisions in this section. The penalty for failure to register the vehicle in the manner provided in this subsection shall be equal to the license or registration fee due, and any such vehicle may be seized and held at any time for any such delinquency and sold for nonpayment of the license or registration fees in the same manner that domestic vehicles may be seized and sold at any time of the year upon ten (10) days' notice.

If the vehicle is detained by a law enforcement officer of this state and it is determined that the owner of such vehicle has failed to comply with the provisions of this subsection, a penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed in addition to the penalties previously provided in this section. This penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be paid to the pension fund of the law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 1-147 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, who detained the vehicle.

B. Any student certified as a full-time-equivalent student by an institution of higher learning in this state and being a nonresident of Oklahoma, presently attending any institution of higher learning, shall not be required to purchase an Oklahoma license plate, provided that the state of residence of such student affords a similar exemption to Oklahoma students attending institutions of higher learning in such state. This exception for nonresident students does not apply when such student registers to vote as a resident in Oklahoma.

C. Any vehicle, including a manufactured home, other than a commercial truck which is owned by a visiting nonresident and is properly registered in its native state for the current year and remains here for any period in excess of sixty (60) days shall be registered upon the same terms and conditions that resident owners are required to register such vehicles in this state. Any vehicle within this state, owned by a nonresident which is not properly registered in its native state for the current year, shall be registered under the same terms and conditions as such domestic vehicles are required to be registered.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 179, § 28, operative July 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 212, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 290, § 20, operative July 1, 1988.