Vehicle sellers may perform title inspections starting November 1, 2026

Covered businesses may use employees to compare vehicle identification numbers with ownership records and record mileage. These rules cover out-of-state vehicles offered at salvage sales or auctions, or by licensed dealers or businesses that dismantle vehicles and recycle parts. Employers must give Service Oklahoma authorized employees' identification information and sample signatures. They must report when authorization or employment ends and return unused forms. Employee inspections cost $1, remitted to Service Oklahoma's reimbursement fund. Licensed title operators charge $4 and retain $3. Out-of-state dealers bringing vehicles to dealer-only auctions need no inspection unless an Oklahoma licensed dealer buys them. Service Oklahoma may authorize these inspections outside Oklahoma. These provisions take effect November 1, 2026.

A state, county, or city law enforcement officer or a National Insurance Crime Bureau agent must inspect an auction vehicle when its identification number differs from the ownership record. This requirement applies to vehicles offered for sale at auction whose vehicle identification number does not match the ownership record. The inspection occurs at the sale or auction location, or another location specified by the officer or bureau agent. This inspection requirement takes effect November 1, 2026.

State agencies may suspend or revoke inspection authority and impose further penalties for breaking these rules or falsifying inspection forms. The agencies are Service Oklahoma, the Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle Commission, and the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle, Dismantler, and Manufactured Housing Commission. An agency may act after finding that a person under its authority broke these rules or falsified an inspection form. Further penalties may include fines or suspension or loss of the person's business license. These enforcement provisions take effect November 1, 2026.

Covered salvage storage businesses may possess vehicles with damaged, removed, or missing manufacturer's identification numbers. This covers salvage pools—businesses authorized to store vehicles for insurance companies that require inspections. The exception covers possession of these vehicles. This possession exception takes effect November 1, 2026.