1. A. Except as otherwise provided for in subsections B and C of this section, no person shall drive or move on any highway any motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, motorcycles, trailers, semitrailers or pole trailers, or ancient vehicles which are not used primarily incidental to historical or exhibition purposes only, which are licensed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission and operated on the streets or highways of this state or any combination thereof, unless the equipment upon the vehicle is in good working order and adjustment as required in this title and is in such safe mechanical condition as not to endanger the driver or other occupant of any vehicle upon the highway. Each such motor vehicle, except any commercial truck or truck-tractor registered pursuant to Section 1120 of this title which is engaged in interstate commerce, or any trailer or semitrailer registered pursuant to Section 1133 of this title which is engaged in interstate commerce, shall bear an official inspection sticker.

2. B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

   1. 1. Any manufactured home which requires a permit to be moved upon the highways of this state;
   2. 2. Any ancient vehicle as defined by Section 47-1-101.1 of this title, which has not been modified from its original state of manufacture. Provided, ancient vehicles shall be exempt from retrofitted pollution control devices; or
   3. 3. Any modified ancient vehicle which has been inspected as required by subsection C of this section. For purposes of this section, "modified ancient vehicle" shall mean any vehicle manufactured in 1948 or earlier which has been modified or modernized from its original state of manufacture.

3. C.

   1. 1. No person shall drive or move on any roadway any modified ancient vehicle unless the vehicle has been inspected in accordance with subsection A of this section or has been inspected annually in accordance with this subsection.
   2. 2. A modified ancient vehicle may be inspected pursuant to standards issued by the National Street Rod Association and the Department of Public Safety. This inspection shall be conducted annually by an inspector certified by the National Street Rod Association. Upon successful completion of the inspection, the Department shall issue to the owner of the vehicle a Certificate of Exemption which shall be carried in the vehicle at all times it is driven or moved on any roadway of this state. The certificate shall be submitted to any law enforcement officer upon request. The certificate shall serve as proof that the requirement for a state inspection and official inspection sticker as prescribed in subsection A of this section has been waived for the vehicle, and that the vehicle has been inspected pursuant to this subsection. The Department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer the provisions of this subsection.
4. D. Nothing in this section shall exempt any motor vehicle from the provisions of the Oklahoma Motor Carrier Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Act.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 39, § 2, emerg. eff. April 13, 1974; Amended by Laws 1981, c. 118, § 25; Amended by Laws 1988, c. 179, § 1, operative July 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 1996, c. 287, § 1; NOTE: Former 47 O.S. § 851, as added by Laws 1967, c. 362, § 1, and as amended by Laws 1969, c. 46, § 1 and Laws 1969, c. 102, § 1 (47 O.S. 1971 Section 851, versions 1 and 2), repealed by Laws 1974, c. 39, § 3, emerg. eff. April 13, 1974.