OTC now allows tags to be renewed online!

[Mike 01Hawk]

http://www.tax.ok.gov/mvonlinereg.html



No more bi-yearly visits to the tag office!!! I swear I don't think I've ever seen a 'happy' tag agent.

[nathanm]

Where have you been?

[Mike 01Hawk]

When did they start?

I really have no reason to goto the OTC site, I was just browsing it randomly today though.

[Red Arrow]

I've been renewing my car tags by mail for years.  Just send the card they send, your insurance verification, a check or credit card number to them and a few weeks later you get your sticker.

[Townsend]

I just renewed mine online.

The "online" fee struck me as funny but whatever.

Thought it was strange that you can choose a tag agent or the OTC to send it to you.

[Red Arrow]

I just renewed mine online.

The "online" fee struck me as funny but whatever.

Thought it was strange that you can choose a tag agent or the OTC to send it to you.

I believe that the last time I went to a tag agent, I still did not get an instant tag.  They mailed it to me.  I go to the post office (or can mail stuff from work) so a stamp and envelope are cheaper than a drive to the tag agency.  Plus, I don't have to wait in line.

Some stuff I think you still have to go to the tag agency.

[nathanm]

When did they start?

Not sure exactly, but at least since June of last year. I was impressed that they were only the better part of a decade behind Arkansas.

The downside (and this may be solved by choosing a tag agent, idk) is that you get an Oklahoma County sticker rather than a Tulsa County sticker. Why they bothered switching to having different stickers for different counties, I'll never figure out. I guess it's at least mildly better than Florida where there used to be different plates in each county.

[Conan71]

Not sure exactly, but at least since June of last year. I was impressed that they were only the better part of a decade behind Arkansas.

The downside (and this may be solved by choosing a tag agent, idk) is that you get an Oklahoma County sticker rather than a Tulsa County sticker. Why they bothered switching to having different stickers for different counties, I'll never figure out. I guess it's at least mildly better than Florida where there used to be different plates in each county.

When I lived in KC almost 25 years ago, which county you lived in meant status.  A "JO" meant Johnson County, a "WY" meant Wyandotte if you lived on the Kansas side.  Wyco's were rough blue collar types, Joco's were the affluent yuppie types.  Ah yes, class warfare at it's finest.  One of these days I'll find the photo of myself with a waterfall mullet working sweeping debris out of George Brett's new house down in Joco.  Seemed like hard work back then, amazing what 25 years of retrospect will buy you

[DolfanBob]

My Dad retired TPD and years ago he told me about the County distinctions on State tags. TPD and all Law enforcement use that as a, What's that ole boy from Stephens County doing cruising around Tulsa this time of night.
Not that it was early type of profiling or anything like that. Just saying.

[Hoss]

My Dad retired TPD and years ago he told me about the County distinctions on State tags. TPD and all Law enforcement use that as a, What's that ole boy from Stephens County doing cruising around Tulsa this time of night.
Not that it was early type of profiling or anything like that. Just saying.

But with the new method you'll either need a serious zoom lens/binoculars or be right up on the backside of the vehicle to even make that out.  I don't think it will work well for 'fly by' profiling.  Once you've been pulled over, however...

[Conan71]

But with the new method you'll either need a serious zoom lens/binoculars or be right up on the backside of the vehicle to even make that out.  I don't think it will work well for 'fly by' profiling.  Once you've been pulled over, however...

Yeah, but what about the RFID's the little green men are putting in the stickers so the black helicopters can follow you?

[Gonesouth1234]

Yeah, but what about the RFID's the little green men are putting in the stickers so the black helicopters can follow you?

Tin foil, my friend.  Works as a hat, and on top of the license tag so "they"
can't track you in the car.  

Unless you have already visited their "mother ship" and had a free physical courtesy of their on-board doctor.

[Townsend]

BTW, I received the tag in two days.

[Gonesouth1234]

I believe that the last time I went to a tag agent, I still did not get an instant tag.  They mailed it to me.  I go to the post office (or can mail stuff from work) so a stamp and envelope are cheaper than a drive to the tag agency.  Plus, I don't have to wait in line.

Some stuff I think you still have to go to the tag agency.

I still think the best oxymoron is government efficiency, but I am so glad to see that the tag agent system has continued to work.

The overseers merged their operation with another one a year or so ago, and all of the company vehicles had to be registered in the new company name. 

The home base is in another state, but after making three trips to the local tag agent that I have done business with  for years, the process was completed.   The agent himself worked with me, made a couple of calls to the OTC to be sure we had all of the information and powers of attorney so I could complete the paperwork , and other than being frustrated with having to make three trips and several phone calls, it wasn't that bad.

I've heard the stories from friends who live in other states about the dreaded DMV, and after talking to other managers who had numerous problems with the state employees  there who had no clue what to do, it struck me that our system is not the worst setup.

Anybody who had to stand in line on the first of the year, through the month of January, some 30 years ago, to get their license or tag renewed since the tags all expired in January, probably has forgotten the horror and wasted time spent standing in line to make a simple transaction.

[Hoss]

I still think the best oxymoron is government efficiency, but I am so glad to see that the tag agent system has continued to work.

The overseers merged their operation with another one a year or so ago, and all of the company vehicles had to be registered in the new company name. 

The home base is in another state, but after making three trips to the local tag agent that I have done business with  for years, the process was completed.   The agent himself worked with me, made a couple of calls to the OTC to be sure we had all of the information and powers of attorney so I could complete the paperwork , and other than being frustrated with having to make three trips and several phone calls, it wasn't that bad.

I've heard the stories from friends who live in other states about the dreaded DMV, and after talking to other managers who had numerous problems with the state employees  there who had no clue what to do, it struck me that our system is not the worst setup.

Anybody who had to stand in line on the first of the year, through the month of January, some 30 years ago, to get their license or tag renewed since the tags all expired in January, probably has forgotten the horror and wasted time spent standing in line to make a simple transaction.

I lived in Texas for three years during the early nineties.  I used to complain about our tag agencies and the lines to get my tag renewed and my license renewed.

To get my license transferred to the state of Texas, I had to take their written exam (not really difficult) but they were one of the first states (at the time) to use the touch screen method and it was a little buggy.  Then, once you passed and received your license, they took your photo for the license.  Problem was, they sent that to Austin, they would print a laminated license (like our old ones, but these were embossed with the State Seal of Texas) and mail it back to you.  In the interim, you got a paper copy of your license with no photo id on it.  It reminded me of Oklahoma's old licenses pre-photo.  Total turnaround time to get the photo-id license?  Six weeks.

And lines at the DMV for tag renewal, even in the middle of the month, were insane.  Although I guess it didn't help that I lived in one of the most populous counties in the state (Harris).