All title and registration fees and penalties levied by the terms and provisions of the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act shall become and remain a first lien upon any vessel or motor on which said fees, taxes and penalty is due and unpaid. Said lien shall be prior, superior and paramount to all other liens of whatsoever kind or character.

After the thirtieth day after such title and registration fees become delinquent, it shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Tax Commission or the Department of Public Safety, its designated officers or employees, and of sheriffs and all other duly authorized peace officers of this state, to seize and take into custody every vessel or motor required to be titled and registered pursuant to the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act but which is not so registered by the owner thereof, and such vessel or motor shall not be released to the owner thereof until it is duly registered and the fee due thereon paid in full, together with any penalty provided by law, plus the cost of seizure, including a reasonable cost of taking such vessel or motor into custody and storing it. In the event the owner or possessor of any such vessel or motor seized, as provided by law, shall fail to pay the registration fee and penalty due thereon, together with said costs of seizure and storage, said officer shall proceed to foreclose the lien thereon by selling such vessel or motor following the procedure for foreclosure of liens on personal property prescribed in Section 91 of Title 42 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

The provisions of the Uniform Tax Procedure Code under Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes providing procedures and remedies with respect to all state taxes shall also be available for the enforcement of the provisions of the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 27, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.