How long do I have to transfer a vehicle title in Oklahoma?

Obtain the title, pay sales and excise tax and complete the full registration within two months of the purchase date - Service Oklahoma states that two months "is not calculated by any particular number of days" and gives the example that a vehicle purchased on 1 November 2023 required registration by 1 January 2024 from the date of purchase. Delinquent registration penalties begin. Most registration classes start at $1 per day up to a maximum of $100 per year, with manufactured homes and commercial trucks at different rates, and Service Oklahoma states that by law penalties cannot be waived.

How much does a title transfer cost in Oklahoma?

The base title fee is $11. The Oklahoma vehicle title fee alone. It excludes the $17.00 transfer fee, the $1.50 insurance fee, the waste tire fee, registration (from $96.00 down to $26.00 depending on how many times the vehicle has been registered), 3.25% motor vehicle excise tax and 1.25% vehicle sales tax. A boat or outboard motor title is $2.25. An ownership transfer attracts 3.25% motor vehicle excise tax on the purchase price or taxable value plus 1.25% vehicle sales tax on the actual purchase price, unless one of Service Oklahoma's published exemptions applies.

Does a vehicle title transfer need to be notarized in Oklahoma?

Required. An Oklahoma certificate of title assignment must be notarised, and where the title has been converted to an electronic record the Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title that replaces it must be notarised too - Service Oklahoma states expressly that the move to electronic titles did not eliminate the notary requirement.

Does the seller have to notify the title authority in Oklahoma?

Yes. Service Oklahoma. 2 business days from the date of sale. Service Oklahoma publishes no penalty for a late pre-registration filing itself. The enforcement consequence it does publish attaches to the separate ten-day duty to have a metal plate and pre-registration decals on the vehicle, which "may result in citations, fines, and/or penalties at the discretion of law enforcement".

Transferring a vehicle title in Oklahoma

Issued by Service Oklahoma - Motor Vehicle Services. Choose your situation below — the buyer’s and seller’s obligations are listed separately, and every answer links to the official source.

Title fee: $11base title fee
Deadline: 10 daysfrom the date of purchase
Documents: 4incl. 718
Where: State officein person

What the seller hands over depends on which kind of Oklahoma title the vehicle carries. Since 1 July 2025 Service Oklahoma issues titles electronically, so it is either a paper certificate with the assignment signed in front of a notary, or - if the title is already electronic - a notarised Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title, which takes the place of the title. Either the buyer or the seller must pre-register the sale within two business days, the buyer must have a metal plate with pre-registration decals on the vehicle within ten days, and Service Oklahoma's Vehicle Titles page says the title must be applied for and issued within two months of obtaining ownership.

8 things this answer does not settle

Three current Service Oklahoma publications give different deadlines for the same duty. The Vehicle Titles page says "The State of Oklahoma requires titles to be applied and issued within 2 months of obtaining ownership". Form 773 (Rev. 01/2023) says "Oklahoma law requires transfer of title within thirty (30) days of the assignment date" and that missing it "will result in delinquent penalties". The Vehicle Registration page says both that transfers have "2 months for tags without incurring penalty charges" and that "For newly purchased vehicles, penalties will accrue on the thirty-first (31st) day following ownership assignment". Until Service Oklahoma reconciles them, 30 days is the only figure that satisfies all three.
Oklahoma switched to electronic title issuance on 1 July 2025, so which document transfers a vehicle now depends on whether its title is still a valid paper certificate or has already been converted to an electronic record. Existing paper titles stay valid until the next transaction. Service Oklahoma publishes no way for a buyer to check which kind of title a vehicle carries before the sale; a paid vehicle information request reports the title type but the free version is described as limited.
The 3.25% excise tax rate and the 1.25% vehicle sales tax rate are published only in Service Oklahoma's own Standard Operating Procedures (G.01 and G.02, effective 18 March 2025). The customer-facing Fees page publishes no rate and links only to an Excise Tax Calculator.
Those SOPs are posted publicly on oklahoma.gov but are written for Service Oklahoma's own title consultants and cross-reference an internal "LO Manual" that is not published. Figures taken from them could not be confirmed against a customer-facing page.
Service Oklahoma's Help Center, which carries its published guidance on transferring a deceased owner's vehicle, is hosted at intercom.help rather than on oklahoma.gov. It is linked as "Help Center" from the footer of Service Oklahoma's own pages.
Service Oklahoma names no emissions test in any of its published title or registration document lists, but publishes no page saying that emissions testing is not required in Oklahoma either. This record therefore reports emissions as not published rather than as not required.
Service Oklahoma does not publish whether the buyer must also file Form 701-6 Application for Oklahoma Certificate of Title where the seller's title is electronic and ownership passes on Form 718 alone. Its in-state transfer checklist names neither Form 701-6 nor any substitute application, and Form 718 says only that "additional forms may be required in conjunction with this form".
The $10.00 Form 773 filing fee is printed on the form itself; it does not appear on Service Oklahoma's Fees page, so we could not confirm it against the current fee schedule.

Do this first

Ask the seller whether the vehicle's Oklahoma title is still a paper certificate or has already been converted to an electronic record - since 1 July 2025 an electronic title is transferred on Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title instead of on a paper certificate, and Form 718 can only be used where the title on record is electronic.
Take away either the paper Oklahoma certificate of title with the assignment to you signed and notarised, or the notarised Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title - Service Oklahoma accepts one or the other as the evidence of ownership for an Oklahoma-titled vehicle.

Your checklist

Ask the seller whether the vehicle's Oklahoma title is still a paper certificate or has already been converted to an electronic record - since 1 July 2025 an electronic title is transferred on Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title instead of on a paper certificate, and Form 718 can only be used where the title on record is electronic.718Official page
Take away either the paper Oklahoma certificate of title with the assignment to you signed and notarised, or the notarised Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title - Service Oklahoma accepts one or the other as the evidence of ownership for an Oklahoma-titled vehicle.718Official page
For a motor vehicle of model year 2011 or newer, make sure the odometer disclosure is either printed on the title assignment or given to you on a completed Form 729 Odometer Disclosure Statement signed by both of you.Applies when: The vehicle is model year 2011 or newer and has an odometer.729Official page
Keep the purchase contract or bill of sale - Service Oklahoma needs purchase price documentation to assess the excise and sales tax. If none was prepared and you cannot get one from the seller, complete Form 722-1 Declaration of Vehicle Purchase Price and swear it before a notary public.722-1Official page
Agree with the seller who submits the pre-registration, and get it in within two business days of the date of sale - online at Navigate or in person at a Licensed Operator - choosing the Licensed Operator who will issue your plate and pre-registration decals.Official page
Put a metal Oklahoma license plate carrying the two pre-registration decals on the vehicle within ten days of the purchase date - either your own existing plate moved onto this vehicle or the new standard plate the Licensed Operator sends you. The seller keeps their plate.Official page
Take the ownership document, your valid driver license or FEI number, verification of Oklahoma liability insurance, the purchase price documentation and the lien release for any active lien to Service Oklahoma on N Classen in Oklahoma City or any Licensed Operator location.Official page
If you already hold an Oklahoma license plate with unexpired tags and you are not changing registration type, bring the plate to the visit to transfer it to this vehicle and receive credit for the time left on the tags.Applies when: The buyer already holds an Oklahoma plate with unexpired tags.Official page
Pay the $11.00 title fee, the $17.00 transfer fee, the $1.50 insurance fee, registration, the waste tire fee, 3.25% excise tax and 1.25% sales tax when you complete the full registration.Official page

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The seller's checklist

If the vehicle still has a paper Oklahoma title, sign the assignment on the certificate in front of a notary public and hand the notarised certificate to the buyer - Service Oklahoma's transfer checklist calls for "a properly assigned and notarized Oklahoma certificate of title".Applies when: The vehicle still carries a valid paper Oklahoma certificate of title.Official page
If Service Oklahoma has already issued an electronic title for the vehicle, download Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title, complete the vehicle, buyer, sale and seller sections in full, sign it in front of a notary public and give it to the buyer in place of a title.Applies when: The Oklahoma title on record is electronic.718Official page
Take your license plate off the vehicle and keep it. In Oklahoma the plate is assigned to you, the person, not to the car, and the buyer is responsible for putting their own plate on it.Official page
Settle with the buyer who submits the pre-registration on Navigate within two business days of the date of sale. If you submit it, the buyer gets an email asking them to confirm the details; if the buyer submits it, no confirmation from you is needed.Official page
Optionally file Form 773 Notice of Transfer of Ownership of a Vehicle, with its $10.00 filing fee, to put the assignment on Service Oklahoma's record and block certain transactions until the buyer completes the title transfer. Filing it does not itself transfer title.Applies when: The seller wants the assignment recorded before the buyer transfers the title.773Official page
For a motor vehicle of model year 2011 or newer, state the odometer reading with no tenths and sign as transferor - on the title assignment if it carries an odometer section, otherwise on Form 729.Applies when: The vehicle is model year 2011 or newer and has an odometer.729Official page

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Both of you, together

Complete Form 729 Odometer Disclosure Statement together where the disclosure is not already on the title assignment: the seller enters the reading and signs as transferor, the buyer signs as transferee, both using printed and signed names of individuals rather than companies - the same individual may not sign both parts.Applies when: The vehicle is model year 2011 or newer and the disclosure is not incorporated into the title assignment.729Official page

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Documents and official forms

718Evidence of ownership: a properly assigned and notarised Oklahoma certificate of title, or Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title where the title on record is electronicService Oklahoma lists these as alternatives at the head of its transfer checklist.
Valid driver license, or a Federal Employer Identification (FEI) number where the owner is not an individualService Oklahoma's Title Transfers SOP records that a copy is taken.
Verification of liability insurance issued pursuant to Oklahoma law (motor vehicles only)The verification form must comply with Oklahoma requirements; the Licensed Operator validates it electronically during the transaction.
Purchase price documentation - a purchase contract or a bill of saleService Oklahoma's glossary requires a bill of sale to include price, VIN, buyer information, seller information and to be notarised. Do not subtract a trade-in from the price.

Also required in some cases

The Oklahoma title on record is electronic rather than paper.

718Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title

The motor vehicle is model year 2011 or newer and the disclosure is not incorporated into the title assignment.

729Form 729 Odometer Disclosure Statement

No contract or bill of sale was prepared and the buyer cannot obtain one from the seller.

722-1Form 722-1 Declaration of Vehicle Purchase Price

The Oklahoma title shows an active lien.

Lien release for any active lien

Optional - the seller wants the assignment recorded with Service Oklahoma.

773Form 773 Notice of Transfer of Ownership of a Vehicle

Someone is signing on behalf of the buyer or the seller.

Original or certified copy of a Power of Attorney

Deadlines

Deadline10 calendar days from the date of purchase — Buyer: Have a metal Oklahoma license plate carrying the two pre-registration decals on the vehicle"Failure to affix a metal plate and pre-registration decals within ten days of the vehicle purchase may result in citations, fines, and/or penalties at the discretion of law enforcement."
DeadlineObtain the title, pay sales and excise tax and complete the full registration - Service Oklahoma publishes this as "two months" and states that two months "is not calculated by any particular number of days" from the date of purchase — BuyerDelinquent registration penalties begin. Service Oklahoma states that by law penalties cannot be waived.
Deadline30 calendar days from the assignment date on the title — Buyer: Form 773 states that "Oklahoma law requires transfer of title within thirty (30) days of the assignment date", and Service Oklahoma's Vehicle Registration page says penalties accrue on the thirty-first (31st) day following ownership assignment - both are shorter than the two months published elsewhere"Failure by the new owner to apply for a transfer of title within thirty (30) days will result in delinquent penalties."
Deadline2 business days from the date of sale — Buyer and seller: Submit pre-registration information to Service Oklahoma - in a private sale either the buyer or the seller may do it, online at Navigate or in person at a Licensed OperatorService Oklahoma publishes no penalty for the late submission itself. The published enforcement consequence attaches to the separate ten-day duty to display a metal plate and pre-registration decals.

Fees and taxes

Charge	Amount	Paid by
Base title fee	$11The Oklahoma vehicle title fee alone. It excludes the $17.00 transfer fee, the $1.50 insurance fee, the waste tire fee, registration (from $96.00 down to $26.00 depending on how many times the vehicle has been registered), 3.25% motor vehicle excise tax and 1.25% vehicle sales tax. A boat or outboard motor title is $2.25.	Buyer
Oklahoma vehicle title fee	$11The certificate of title itself. It excludes the $17.00 transfer fee, the $1.50 insurance fee, registration, waste tire fees, excise tax and sales tax. A boat or outboard motor title is $2.25.	Buyer
Transfer fee	$17Charged in addition to the $11.00 title fee when ownership changes.	Buyer
Insurance fee	$1.50A flat charge listed by Service Oklahoma among the additional initial registration fees; it is not the cost of the insurance policy itself.	Buyer
Motor vehicle excise tax	3.25%Varies by the purchase price, or Service Oklahoma's taxable value for the vehicle where no price is established.Service Oklahoma's public Fees page publishes no rate and links only to its Excise Tax Calculator; the 3.25% figure is printed in the Title Transfers and Original Titles SOPs effective 18 March 2025.Official calculator	Buyer
Vehicle sales tax	1.25%Varies by the actual purchase price.Charged in addition to the excise tax. Service Oklahoma warns that "Sales tax and excise tax have different exemptions, so being exempt from one may not exempt you from the another".Official calculator	Buyer
Vehicle registration fee	From $26Varies by how many times the vehicle has been registered.$96.00 for the 1st-4th registration year, $86.00 for the 5th-8th, $66.00 for the 9th-12th, $46.00 for the 13th-16th and $26.00 from the 17th year. Motorcycles run $99.00 down to $29.00.	Buyer
Used tire recycling (waste tire) fee	From $1Varies by the number of tires and their rim size.$2.90 per tire for an automobile, $5.50 per tire where the rim size is over 19.5 inches, $1.00 per motorcycle tire and $7.00 under the International Registration Plan. Assessed on initial titling or registration in Oklahoma.	Buyer
Mail fee	$1.73Charged when Service Oklahoma mails the paperwork, or $6.60 if a license plate is being mailed. Not charged where the transaction is completed at a counter.	Buyer
Form 773 Notice of Transfer filing fee	$10Only where the seller chooses to file the optional notice of transfer.	Seller

An ownership transfer attracts 3.25% motor vehicle excise tax on the purchase price or taxable value plus 1.25% vehicle sales tax on the actual purchase price, unless one of Service Oklahoma's published exemptions applies.

Inspection, emissions, notary and odometer

Inspection: Sometimes required
A VIN inspection is needed only where the title record carries a Serial Inspection (SI) or Document/Serial Inspection (DS) hold; Service Oklahoma charges $4.00 for the inspection and the vehicle must be brought to a Licensed Operator or the N Classen counter.
A vehicle previously titled in another state is a separate case and is covered by the out-of-state answer.
There is no periodic safety inspection in Oklahoma's published titling requirements, but a VIN (serial) inspection is required before an Oklahoma title is issued for a vehicle previously titled in another state, and to clear a Serial Inspection hold. The published fee is $4.00.
Emissions: Not publishedService Oklahoma names no emissions test anywhere in its published requirements for titling or registering a vehicle, and we found no Oklahoma page stating either that emissions testing is required or that it is not - so this record says the answer is not published rather than asserting that no test exists.
Notarization: RequiredAn Oklahoma certificate of title assignment must be notarised, and where the title has been converted to an electronic record the Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title that replaces it must be notarised too - Service Oklahoma states expressly that the move to electronic titles did not eliminate the notary requirement.
Odometer disclosure: Required, unless you are exempt
Required when transferring a motor vehicle of model year 2011 or newer.
Not required for a motor vehicle older than model year 2011.
Ready, Set, Tag! qualifies the rule as "vehicles made in 2011 or newer with an odometer", so a vehicle with no odometer is outside it.
No separate Form 729 is needed when the disclosure is already incorporated into the title certificate's ownership assignment.
The same individual may not sign as both transferor and transferee.
A completed odometer disclosure is required when transferring a motor vehicle of model year 2011 or newer. It is usually incorporated into the title certificate's ownership assignment; where it is not, Form 729 Odometer Disclosure Statement is used.

What happens to the plates

Oklahoma license plates are assigned to the person, not the vehicle: a private seller keeps the plate, and the buyer must put their own transferred plate or a newly issued one on the vehicle, with two pre-registration decals, within ten days of the purchase.

The seller keeps the plates
The buyer supplies a plate registered in their own name
The seller may move the plates to a replacement vehicle
The buyer gets new plates

Service Oklahoma states "In Oklahoma, your License Plate is assigned to you, the person, not your vehicle. If you sell your vehicle, it is important that you keep your License Plate." A buyer transferring an existing plate receives only the decals in the post; a buyer without one receives a standard metal plate with the decals attached. A plate with unexpired tags brought to the titling visit earns credit for the time left, provided the registration type is not changing. Where a plate itself is to change hands between named relatives, a trust or a sole proprietor and stays on the same vehicle, Form 773-LP is used.

How to submit

In person at a state title office
In person at an authorized third-party office
By mail
Online

Titling and registering are one counter transaction in Oklahoma - you take the ownership document, insurance verification and driver license to Service Oklahoma or a Licensed Operator and pay tag, title and tax together - but since 1 September 2024 a separate pre-registration step comes first, so the license plate now reaches the buyer before the title does.

Official state links

Source: Service Oklahoma - Motor Vehicle Services. Checked July 31, 2026. Report a correction

Common questions about Oklahoma

How long do I have to transfer a vehicle title in Oklahoma?: Obtain the title, pay sales and excise tax and complete the full registration within two months of the purchase date - Service Oklahoma states that two months "is not calculated by any particular number of days" and gives the example that a vehicle purchased on 1 November 2023 required registration by 1 January 2024 from the date of purchase. Delinquent registration penalties begin. Most registration classes start at $1 per day up to a maximum of $100 per year, with manufactured homes and commercial trucks at different rates, and Service Oklahoma states that by law penalties cannot be waived.
How much does a title transfer cost in Oklahoma?: The base title fee is $11. The Oklahoma vehicle title fee alone. It excludes the $17.00 transfer fee, the $1.50 insurance fee, the waste tire fee, registration (from $96.00 down to $26.00 depending on how many times the vehicle has been registered), 3.25% motor vehicle excise tax and 1.25% vehicle sales tax. A boat or outboard motor title is $2.25. An ownership transfer attracts 3.25% motor vehicle excise tax on the purchase price or taxable value plus 1.25% vehicle sales tax on the actual purchase price, unless one of Service Oklahoma's published exemptions applies.
Does a vehicle title transfer need to be notarized in Oklahoma?: Required. An Oklahoma certificate of title assignment must be notarised, and where the title has been converted to an electronic record the Form 718 Bill of Sale of an Electronic Title that replaces it must be notarised too - Service Oklahoma states expressly that the move to electronic titles did not eliminate the notary requirement.
Does the seller have to notify the title authority in Oklahoma?: Yes. Service Oklahoma. 2 business days from the date of sale. Service Oklahoma publishes no penalty for a late pre-registration filing itself. The enforcement consequence it does publish attaches to the separate ten-day duty to have a metal plate and pre-registration decals on the vehicle, which "may result in citations, fines, and/or penalties at the discretion of law enforcement".
What happens to the license plates in Oklahoma?: Oklahoma license plates are assigned to the person, not the vehicle: a private seller keeps the plate, and the buyer must put their own transferred plate or a newly issued one on the vehicle, with two pre-registration decals, within ten days of the purchase.

About this page

Everything here is a summary of procedures published by official state title authorities, with a link to the source for each answer.

Unusual ownership, probate, lien, salvage, court-order or identity situations commonly require steps beyond those listed here.

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