§286-52.5  Procedure when registration of atrailer transferred.  (a)  Upon transfer of registered ownership in or to atrailer, the person whose interest is to be transferred and the transfereeshall write their signatures with pen and ink upon the certificate ofregistration issued for the trailer, together with the address of thetransferee in the appropriate space provided upon the certificate.

(b)  Within thirty calendar days of thetransfer of registered ownership of a trailer, the transferee shall forward thecertificate of registration to the director of finance who shall file thecertificate.  Whenever a transferee fails to comply with this section, thedirector of finance shall charge the transferee a fee of $50, in addition tothe fee provided in this section, for the issuance of a new certificate ofregistration.

(c)  If the director of finance has ascertainedas of the date of the application that the registered owner has not depositedor paid bail with respect to any summons or citation issued to the registeredowner for stopping, standing, or parking in violation of traffic ordinanceswithin the county, the director may require, as a condition precedent to thetransfer, that the registered owner deposit or pay bail with respect to allsuch summonses or citations.

(d)  The director of finance, upon receipt ofthe certificate of registration properly endorsed, shall register the trailerand shall issue to the owner thereof by reason of the transfer a newcertificate of registration in the manner and form provided for originalregistration.

(e)  Until the director of finance has issuedthe new certificate of registration as provided in subsection (d), delivery ofsuch trailer shall be deemed not to have been made and registration theretoshall be deemed not to have passed, and the intended transfer shall be deemedto be incomplete and not to be valid or effective for any purpose.

(f)  In the event of the transfer by operationof law in or to a trailer registered under section 286-47.2, as upon inheritance,devise, or bequest, order in bankruptcy, or insolvency, execution sale,repossession upon default in performance of the terms of a lease or executorysales contract, or otherwise than by the voluntary act of the person whoseinterest is to be transferred, the certificate of registration shall be signedupon the spaces provided by the personal representative of, or successor ininterest of the person whose registered ownership or interest is so transferredin lieu of such person.  Every personal representative, receiver, trustee,sheriff, or other personal representative hereinabove referred to shall filewith the director of finance a notice of any transfer by sale, lease, orotherwise by the person, of any such trailer, together with evidence satisfactoryto the director of finance of all facts entitling such representative to makethe transfer.

(g)  Any person who refuses or neglects todeliver a certificate of registration to a transferee entitled thereto underthis section, shall be punished as provided in section 286-61.

(h)  Every dealer or manufacturer, upontransferring a trailer, whether by sale, lease, or otherwise, shall immediatelygive notice of the transfer to the director of finance upon the official formprovided by the director of finance.  Every such notice shall contain the dateof transfer, the names and addresses of the transferor and transferee, and suchdescription of the trailer as may be called for in the official form.

(i)  Every person, other than a dealer ormanufacturer, upon transferring a trailer, whether by sale, lease, orotherwise, shall within ten days give notice of the transfer to the director offinance upon the official form provided by the director of finance.  Everynotice shall contain the date of transfer, the names and addresses of thetransferor and transferee, and such description of the trailer as may be calledfor in the official form.  Any person who violates this subsection shall befined not more than $100.

(j)  Whenever the registered owner of anytrailer or any dealer or manufacturer has given notice to the director offinance of a transfer of the registered ownership to the trailer, as providedin subsections (h) and (i), and has delivered the certificate of registrationbearing the transferor's signature to the transferee as required by subsection(a), the transferor shall be relieved from liability, civil or criminal, whichthe transferor might subsequently incur by reason of being the registered ownerof the trailer.

(k)  A dealer or manufacturer who has forwardeda properly endorsed certificate of registration to the director of financeshall be relieved of any civil liability, only if, in addition to therequirement of subsection (j), the dealer or manufacturer obtains from thetransferee a specific written authorization to forward the certificate.

(l)  Any person who falsely or fraudulentlygives notice to the director of finance of a transfer of registered ownershipto a trailer shall be subject to the penalty provided in section 286-61.

(m)  The director of finance may charge a feewhich shall be deposited in the general fund for each new certificate ofregistration issued.  The fee charged to issue a new certificate ofregistration shall be established by the county's legislative body. [L 1985, c27, pt of §1; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, §11; am L 1999, c 219,§1]