A. In addition to the licenses to operate motor vehicles, the Department of Public Safety may issue cards to Oklahoma residents for purposes of identification only. The identification cards shall be issued, renewed, replaced, canceled and denied in the same manner as driver licenses in this state. The application for an identification card by any person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be signed and verified by a custodial legal parent or legal guardian, either in person before a person authorized to administer oaths or electronically if completing an online application, or a notarized affidavit signed by a custodial legal parent or legal guardian submitted before a person authorized to administer oaths by the person under the age of eighteen (18) years with the application. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the identification cards shall be valid for a period of four (4) years from the month of issuance; however, the identification cards issued to persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older shall be valid indefinitely from the month of issuance.

B. No person shall hold more than one state-issued or territory-issued REAL ID Compliant Driver License or REAL ID Compliant Identification Card, as defined in subsection G of Section 6-101 of this title. The Department shall not issue a REAL ID Compliant Identification Card to any applicant who has been previously issued a REAL ID Compliant Driver License or REAL ID Compliant Identification Card unless such license or identification card has been surrendered to the Department by the applicant. The Department may promulgate rules related to the issuance of replacement REAL ID Compliant Identification Cards in the event of loss or theft.

C. The fee charged for the issuance, renewal, or replacement of a REAL ID Compliant Identification Card shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). The fee charged for the issuance, renewal or replacement of a REAL ID Noncompliant Identification Card pursuant to this section shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00); however, no person sixty-five (65) years of age or older shall be charged a fee for an identification card. Of each fee charged pursuant to the provisions of this subsection:

1. Seven Dollars ($7.00) shall be apportioned as provided in Section 1104 of this title;

2. Three Dollars ($3.00) shall be credited to the Department of Public Safety Computer Imaging System Revolving Fund to be used solely for the purpose of the administration and maintenance of the computerized imaging system of the Department;

3. Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be deposited in the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund;

4. Three Dollars ($3.00) shall be deposited to the State Public Safety Fund created in Section 2-147 of this title; and

5.a.Two Dollars ($2.00) of the fee authorized by this subsection related to the issuance, renewal or replacement of an identification card by a motor license agent that does not process approved applications or renewals for REAL ID Compliant Driver Licenses or Identification Cards shall be deposited, in addition to the amount authorized by paragraph 4 of this subsection, to the State Public Safety Fund created in Section 2-147 of this title, or

b.Two Dollars ($2.00) of the fee authorized by this subsection related to the issuance, renewal or replacement of an identification card by a motor license agent that does process approved applications or renewals for REAL ID Compliant Driver Licenses or Identification Cards shall be retained by the motor license agent.

D. The Oklahoma Tax Commission is hereby authorized to reimburse, from funds available to that agency, each motor license agent issuing an identification card to a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older, an amount not to exceed One Dollar ($1.00) for each card or driver license so issued. The Tax Commission shall develop procedures for claims for reimbursement.

E. When a person makes application for a new identification card, or makes application to renew an identification card, and the person has been convicted of, or received a deferred judgment for, any offense required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act, the identification card shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from the month of issuance, but may be renewed yearly during the time the person is subject to registration on the Sex Offender Registry. The cost for such identification card shall be the same as for other identification cards and renewals.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 457, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 294, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 1, § 27, emerg. eff. Feb. 22, 2007; Laws 2013, c. 116, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2013, c. 259, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 266, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2017, c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff. March 2, 2017.

NOTE: Laws 2006, c. 311, § 10 repealed by Laws 2007, c. 1, § 28, emerg. eff. Feb. 22, 2007.