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54 Op. Okla. Att'y Gen. 1 (2024)

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ATTORNEY GENERAL
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION
2024-1
Jay Doyle, Chief Executive Officer                                  February 5, 2024
Service Oklahoma
6015 N. Classen Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Dear Chief Executive Officer Doyle:
This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask,
in effect, the following question:
Does title 47, section 6-117(D) (Supp.2023) of the Oklahoma Statutes require
a suspension to appear in a person's motor vehicle report (MVR) for three
years even after the suspension has been closed and a person's driving
privilege reinstated?
I.
SUMMARY
Yes. Unless removed from the driving record by a manner authorized by law, title 47, section 6-
117(D) (Supp.2023) requires a suspension to remain in the MVR for three years even after Service
Oklahoma (SOK) lifts the suspension and reinstates a driving privilege.
II.
BACKGROUND
First created on May 19, 2022, as a division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
(OMES), SOK is tasked with all the powers, duties, and responsibilities previously exercised by
the Driver License Services Division of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS),
effective November 1, 2022, and the Motor Services Division of the Oklahoma Tax Commission,
effective January 1, 2023. 2022 Okla. Sess. Laws ch. 282, § 1 (codified at 47 O.S.Supp.2022, § 3-
101).1 Among its many and various responsibilities and duties is the preparation and furnishing of
an MVR. An MVR summarizes a person's driving record and includes the enumeration of any
motor vehicle collisions, reference to convictions for violations of motor vehicle laws, and any
action taken against the privilege of the person to operate a motor vehicle, as shown by the files of
10n November 1, 2023, SOK became a separate and distinct state agency from OMES. 2023 Okla. Sess.
Laws ch. 47, § 2 (1st Extra. Sess.).

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