[§286-204.5]  Vehicle identification card.  (a) A motor carrier shall file with the director a form prescribed by the directorcontaining a description of the commercial motor vehicle registered to themotor carrier.  There shall be one form per vehicle.  The form shall be filedwhen:

(1)  The original application for a safety clearanceis filed with the director;

(2)  A new commercial motor vehicle is placed inservice;

(3)  A commercial motor vehicle is withdrawn fromservice; and

(4)  New state license plates are issued for acommercial motor vehicle; provided that the form shall be filed not more thanfive days, including weekends and holidays, after the issuance of the plates.

(b)  Upon the filing under subsection (a), thedirector shall issue a motor vehicle identification card for that commercialmotor vehicle.  The card shall contain information sufficient to identify theowner of the vehicle and other information deemed necessary by the director.

(c)  A motor carrier shall inform the director,by filing a form prescribed by the director, of when a commercial motor vehicleregistered to the motor carrier is disposed of, transferred, sold, or otherwisetaken out of service by that carrier.  The motor carrier shall surrender thevehicle identification card to the director with the filing of the form byaffixing the card thereto. [L 2005, c 134, pt of §1]