8-129. Application for registration; certificate of title.
8-129
8-129. Application for registration; certificate of
title.
(a) Applications for the registration of a vehicle required to be
registered shall be made by the owner, by mail, on-line, electronically
or
otherwise, in the office of the county treasurer of:
(1) The county in which such
owner resides; or
(2) the county in which the owner has a bona fide place of business,
if such vehicle is garaged in such county for a period exceeding 90 days.
Such place of business shall not be an office or facility established or
maintained solely
for the purpose of obtaining registration.
Such applications for
registration shall be made upon appropriate forms furnished
by the department and every application shall contain the name of the
owner, such owner's residence address or bona fide place
of business, a
brief description of the vehicle to be registered and such other
information as may be required by the department. If
the owner is not a resident of or does not have a bona fide place of
business in this state, the owner may make application for
registration in
any county which the department shall designate, except that in the
case of members of the armed forces of the United States, the application
may be signed by the owner's spouse, parent, eldest brother or sister, in
the order named. With reference to every foreign
vehicle which has been registered outside of this state, the
owner shall exhibit to the department the certificate of title and
registration card, or other evidence of such former registration as may be
in the applicant's possession or control, or such other evidence as will
satisfy the department that the applicant is the lawful owner or possessor
of the vehicle.
(b) The applicant for the registration of
a vehicle required to be registered, upon the filing of the application, shall
submit a statement
certifying that
such person has a certificate of title for the motor vehicle,
showing the date and
identification thereof, or file an application therefor, as provided in
this act.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 7;
L. 1937, ch. 72, § 3;
L. 1938, ch. 11, § 1;
L. 1943, ch. 79, § 1;
L. 1947, ch. 96, § 1;
L. 1951, ch. 101, § 1;
L. 1955, ch. 45, § 1;
L. 1957, ch. 57, § 2;
L. 1959, ch. 46, § 3;
L. 1990, ch. 34, § 2;
L. 2001, ch. 140, § 2;
L. 2006, ch. 136, § 2; Jan. 1, 2007.