An original or a transfer certificate of title shall be issued without the payment of the excise tax levied by this act for:

1. Any vessel or motor owned by a nonresident which is already registered in another state and has been in Oklahoma for a period in excess of sixty (60) calendar days in any single registration year.

2. Any vessel or motor brought into this state by a person formerly living in another state, who has owned and registered said vessel or motor in such other state of his residence at least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the time it is required to be registered in this state;

3. Any vessel or motor registered by the United States, State of Oklahoma or by any of the political subdivisions thereof;

4. Any vessel or motor the legal ownership of which is obtained by the applicant for a certificate of title by inheritance;

5. Any vessel or motor which is owned and being offered for sale by a person licensed as a dealer under the provisions of the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act, registered in Oklahoma and the excise tax paid thereon;

6. Any vessel or motor, the ownership of which was obtained by the lienholder or mortgagee under or by foreclosure of a lien or mortgage in the manner provided by law or to the insurer under subrogated rights arising by reason of loss under an insurance contract;

7. Any vessel or motor, the legal ownership of which is obtained by transfers:

a.from one corporation to another corporation pursuant to a reorganization. As used in this section, the term "reorganization" means:

(1)a statutory merger or consolidation, or

(2)the acquisition by a corporation of substantially all of the properties of another corporation when the sole consideration is all or a part of the voting stock of the acquiring corporation, or of its parent or subsidiary corporation;

b.in connection with the winding up, dissolution or liquidation of a corporation only when there is a distribution in kind to the shareholders of the property of such corporation;

c.to a corporation for the purpose of organization of such corporation when the former owners of the vessel or motor transferred are immediately after the transfer in control of the corporation, and the stock or securities received by each is substantially in proportion to his interest in the vessel or motor prior to the transfer;

d.to a partnership in the organization of such partnership if the former owners of the vessel or motor transferred are, immediately after the transfer, members of such partnership and the interest in the partnership received by each is substantially in proportion to his interest in the vessel or motor prior to the transfer;

e.from a partnership to the members thereof when made in the dissolution of such partnership;

8. All vessels or motors owned by the council organizations or similar state supervisory organizations of the Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of U.S.A. and the Campfire Girls; and

9. All vessels or motors owned by organizations which are exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and which are primarily devoted to the establishment, development, operation, promotion, and participation in, alone or in conjunction with others, educational and training programs and competitive events to provide knowledge, information, or comprehensive skills related to the sports of sailing, fishing, boating, and other aquatic related activities.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 49, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 272, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.