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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001683168-22-001347
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220211
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220228
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220228

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Spence Joseph S Jr
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001913987

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-41286
		FILM NUMBER:		22693529

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VIVAKOR, INC.
		STREET 2:		433 LAWNDALE DRIVE
		CITY:			SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84115

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vivakor, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001450704
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REFUSE SYSTEMS [4953]
		IRS NUMBER:				262178141
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7700 IRVINE CENTER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92618
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(949) 887-6890

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7700 IRVINE CENTER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92618
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    <periodOfReport>2022-02-11</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0001450704</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Vivakor, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VIVK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001913987</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Spence Joseph S Jr</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>433 LAWNDALE DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84115</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3334</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option to purchase Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>12.00</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2025-11-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                    <value>33333</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">8,333 options to purchase Common Stock (the &quot;Options&quot;) of Vivkaor, Inc. vested on November 1, 2020 (the &quot;Grant Date&quot;). The remaining 25,000 Options vest ratably at a rate of 33.3% annually beginning on the first anniversary of the Grant Date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Matthew Nicosia, Attorney-in-Fact for Joseph Spence</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Exhibit 24</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-indent: 20pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Know all by these presents that the undersigned does hereby make, constitute
and appoint each of Matthew Nicosia and Tyler Nelson, or each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 20pt">(1) (a) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a director of Vivakor, Inc. (&quot;Vivakor&quot;), any Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms or any amendments thereto (the
&quot;Section 16 Forms&quot;), required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), and the rules thereunder, (b) any Form 13-H and any other forms or any amendments thereto (the &quot;Section
13(h) Forms&quot;) required to be filed in accordance with Section 13(h) of the Exchange Act and any related rules thereunder, and (c)
a Form ID and any other forms or applications, including applications for EDGAR access codes and passwords, required to be filed or submitted
in accordance with Regulation S-T promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor provision) in
order to file a Section 16 Form electronically (a &quot;Form ID&quot; and, together with the Section 16 Forms and the Section 13(h) Forms,
the &quot;Forms&quot;);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 20pt">(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Forms and any amendments thereto, and the timely filing of such
Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or other authority; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 20pt">(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 20pt">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
is not assuming, nor is Vivakor assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 13(h) or Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 20pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by Vivakor, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 20pt">The undersigned understands and acknowledges that the Securities and
Exchange Commission requires any electronic requests for a Form ID and/or Passphrase be authenticated. The undersigned hereby confirms
the authenticity of any such electronic request submitted for a Form ID and/or Passphrase, or any update thereto, by any of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact on or after the date hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 20pt">From and after the date hereof, any Power of Attorney previously granted
by the undersigned concerning the subject matter hereof is hereby revoked.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 20pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 22nd day of February 2022.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>/s/ Joseph Spence </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Joseph Spence</P>

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