CHAPTER 3. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
- Part 1. General Provisions
- 61-3-101. Duties of department -- records.
- 61-3-102. Repealed.
- 61-3-103. Filing of security interests -- perfection -- rights -- procedure -- fees.
- 61-3-104. Repealed.
- 61-3-105. Repealed.
- 61-3-106. Report of stolen and recovered motor vehicles -- accessibility -- insurance fraud and theft reporting -- immunity.
- 61-3-107. Identification number for trailers, campers, and other motor vehicles.
- 61-3-108. Disposition of fees.
- 61-3-109. Electronic title, lien filing, and registration.
- 61-3-110. Contract rental price adjustment -- not sale or security interest.
- 61-3-111. through reserved.
- 61-3-115. Customer service accounts -- electronic updates or changes to motor vehicle, driver, or dealer licensing records.
- 61-3-116. Services that may be performed by authorized agent.
- 61-3-117. Payment of fees by credit card or other commercially acceptable means.
- 61-3-118. Motor vehicle electronic commerce operating account.
- 61-3-119. Address of record -- basis for change -- acknowledgment of current address and service -- national change of address program.
- Part 2. Certificates of Title
- 61-3-201. Certificate of title required -- exclusions.
- 61-3-202. Certificate of title -- issuance -- contents -- joint ownership.
- 61-3-203. Fee for original certificate of title -- disposition.
- 61-3-204. Replacement certificate of title -- application.
- 61-3-205. Transfer of ownership of vehicles by insurance company.
- 61-3-206. Odometer disclosure requirements on transfer of vehicle -- dealer to preserve record.
- 61-3-207. Repealed.
- 61-3-208. Affidavit and bond for certificate of title.
- 61-3-209. Repealed.
- 61-3-210. Definitions.
- 61-3-211. Surrender of certificate of title -- issuance of salvage certificate -- salvage retitling requirements.
- 61-3-212. Retitling salvage vehicles -- penalty.
- 61-3-213. Certificate of title -- custom vehicle, street rod, kit vehicle, or specially constructed vehicle.
- 61-3-214. Certificate of title -- custom-built motorcycle.
- 61-3-215. reserved.
- 61-3-216. Certificates of title -- application -- contents -- issuance.
- 61-3-217. Certificate of title -- duties -- examination of application -- records check -- incomplete application.
- 61-3-218. Certificate of title -- issuance -- delivery.
- 61-3-219. Refusal to issue certificate of title.
- 61-3-220. Certificate of title -- voluntary transfer -- duties.
- 61-3-221. Involuntary transfer.
- 61-3-222. Surviving spouse or heir -- small estates.
- 61-3-223. Salvage vehicles.
- 61-3-224. Temporary registration permit -- authority to adopt rules -- issuance -- placement -- fees.
- 61-3-225. Motor vehicle wrecking facility quarterly reports.
- Part 3. Registration
- 61-3-301. Registration -- license plate required -- display.
- 61-3-302. Residents operating motor vehicles under licenses issued by any state other than Montana forbidden -- vehicles exempt from registration -- exceptions.
- 61-3-303. Original registration -- process -- fees.
- 61-3-304. Repealed.
- 61-3-305. Repealed.
- 61-3-306. through reserved.
- 61-3-311. Registration -- time periods.
- 61-3-312. Renewal of registration -- exceptions -- grace period.
- 61-3-313. Motor vehicles exempt from registration renewal.
- 61-3-314. Registration period.
- 61-3-315. Rules -- early renewal.
- 61-3-316. New registrations.
- 61-3-317. New registration required for transferred motor vehicle -- grace period -- penalty -- display of proof of purchase.
- 61-3-318. Fleet registration period.
- 61-3-319. Registration of custom-built motorcycle -- exemptions.
- 61-3-320. Registration -- custom vehicle, street rod, originally equipped older vehicle, kit vehicle, or specially constructed vehicle.
- 61-3-321. Registration fees of vehicles and vessels -- certain vehicles exempt from registration fees -- disposition of fees.
- 61-3-322. Registration receipts -- issuance.
- 61-3-323. Definitions.
- 61-3-324. Fleet registration -- application -- additions to and deletions from fleet.
- 61-3-325. Fleet registration -- license plates.
- 61-3-326. through reserved.
- 61-3-331. Assignment of license plates.
- 61-3-332. Standard license plates.
- 61-3-333. Replacing license plates or decals.
- 61-3-334. Transfer of ownership of motor vehicle -- duty to remove plates.
- 61-3-335. Transfer of license plates to another motor vehicle.
- 61-3-336. Recycling license plates.
- 61-3-337. Permanently registered motor homes -- plate restriction.
- 61-3-338. Contract for manufacture and distribution of license plates.
- 61-3-339. and reserved.
- 61-3-341. Lost certificates.
- 61-3-342. Repealed.
- 61-3-343. and reserved.
- 61-3-345. Motor vehicle computer system.
- 61-3-346. County motor vehicle computer committee.
- 61-3-347. Duties of county motor vehicle computer committee.
- Part 4. Special Registration
- 61-3-401. Definition of personalized license plates.
- 61-3-402. Personalized license plates authorized.
- 61-3-403. Color and design of personalized license plates -- exception.
- 61-3-404. Personalized license plates restricted to registered owner.
- 61-3-405. Application for personalized plates.
- 61-3-406. Fees for personalized plates -- disposition.
- 61-3-407. Personalized license plates for disabled -- military, veteran, and generic specialty license plates.
- 61-3-408. through reserved.
- 61-3-411. Registration of motor vehicle owned and operated solely as collector's item.
- 61-3-412. Display of original Montana license plates on collector's item and general transportation collector's item motor vehicles -- definition -- validation.
- 61-3-413. Registration of motor vehicle as general transportation collector's item -- definition -- permanent registration required.
- 61-3-414. Special motorcycle license plates for military personnel, veterans, and spouses -- department to design -- fees -- disposition.
- 61-3-415. Special motorcycle license plates -- department to design -- fees -- distribution.
- 61-3-416. through reserved.
- 61-3-421. Amateur radio operators -- special license plate.
- 61-3-422. Issuance -- application -- additional fee.
- 61-3-423. Rules -- limit of one identical pair of plates for each operator.
- 61-3-424. List of amateur radio operator license plates -- distribution to public officials.
- 61-3-425. Special plates -- how affixed to car -- sale or transfer of auto -- revocation or expiration of radio license.
- 61-3-426. Combined license plates.
- 61-3-427. through reserved.
- 61-3-431. Special mobile equipment -- exemption from registration and payment of fees and charges -- identification decal -- temporary registration permit -- publicly owned special mobile equipment.
- 61-3-432. Exemptions of vehicles not capable of operation on highways.
- 61-3-433. Issuance of identification decal and receipt -- contents.
- 61-3-434. Attaching receipt to equipment -- inspection.
- 61-3-435. Certificate of title -- transaction summary receipt -- prima facie evidence.
- 61-3-436. through reserved.
- 61-3-441. Renumbered .
- 61-3-442. Renumbered .
- 61-3-443. Repealed.
- 61-3-444. Repealed.
- 61-3-445. Repealed.
- 61-3-446. Retention of special license plates.
- 61-3-447. Repealed.
- 61-3-448. Commemorative centennial license plates -- continued use authorized.
- 61-3-449. and reserved.
- 61-3-451. Repealed.
- 61-3-452. Repealed.
- 61-3-453. Repealed.
- 61-3-454. Repealed.
- 61-3-455. Violation a misdemeanor.
- 61-3-456. Registration of motor vehicle owned and operated by Montana resident on active military duty stationed outside Montana.
- 61-3-457. Repealed.
- 61-3-458. Special plates for military personnel, veterans, spouses, and gold star families.
- 61-3-459. Veterans' cemetery fee for special veteran license plates -- disposition.
- 61-3-460. Motor vehicle registration fee and veterans' cemetery fee waivers.
- 61-3-461. Short title.
- 61-3-462. Definitions.
- 61-3-463. Collegiate license plates.
- 61-3-464. Application for collegiate license plates.
- 61-3-465. Issuance -- application -- additional fee -- disposition.
- 61-3-466. Personalized collegiate license plates.
- 61-3-467. Authorization to receive and transmit donations.
- 61-3-468. Collegiate license plates -- continued use with institution's former name authorized.
- 61-3-469. through reserved.
- 61-3-472. Short title.
- 61-3-473. Definitions.
- 61-3-474. Responsibility for design of generic specialty license plates -- numbering -- rulemaking -- approval -- registration decal -- listing of plate sponsors.
- 61-3-475. Qualifications and approval of organization as sponsor.
- 61-3-476. Qualification and approval of governmental body as sponsor.
- 61-3-477. Generic specialty license plate liaison -- responsibilities.
- 61-3-478. Generic specialty license plate sponsor fee.
- 61-3-479. Issuance of generic specialty license plates -- qualifications.
- 61-3-480. Fees for generic specialty license plates -- disposition.
- 61-3-481. Generic specialty license plates -- restrictions on use.
- Part 5. Taxes, Fees, and Fees in Lieu of Taxes
- 61-3-501. When motor vehicle taxes and fees are due.
- 61-3-502. Repealed.
- 61-3-503. Assessment -- definition.
- 61-3-504. Repealed.
- 61-3-505. Repealed.
- 61-3-506. Rules.
- 61-3-507. Exemption.
- 61-3-508. Repealed.
- 61-3-509. Disposition of fees -- responsibility for dishonored payments.
- 61-3-510. Repealed.
- 61-3-511. Repealed.
- 61-3-512. Repealed.
- 61-3-513. through reserved.
- 61-3-518. Repealed.
- 61-3-519. Repealed.
- 61-3-520. Fees on motor vehicles used exclusively in filming motion pictures or television commercials.
- 61-3-521. Repealed.
- 61-3-522. Repealed.
- 61-3-523. Repealed.
- 61-3-524. Repealed.
- 61-3-525. Repealed.
- 61-3-526. Repealed.
- 61-3-527. Repealed.
- 61-3-528. Repealed.
- 61-3-529. Schedule of fees for buses, motor vehicles having rated capacity of more than 1 ton, and truck tractors -- proration -- exemption.
- 61-3-530. Repealed.
- 61-3-531. Repealed.
- 61-3-532. Repealed.
- 61-3-533. Repealed.
- 61-3-534. Repealed.
- 61-3-535. Motor vehicle registration renewal -- reminder notice and renewal by mail.
- 61-3-536. Repealed.
- 61-3-537. Local option motor vehicle tax.
- 61-3-538. through reserved.
- 61-3-541. Repealed.
- 61-3-542. Repealed.
- 61-3-543. through reserved.
- 61-3-550. Motor vehicle information technology system account.
- 61-3-551. Terminated.
- 61-3-552. through reserved.
- 61-3-560. Repealed.
- 61-3-561. Repealed.
- 61-3-562. Permanent registration -- transfer of light vehicle ownership -- rules.
- 61-3-563. through reserved.
- 61-3-570. Local option flat fee.
- Part 6. Penalties -- Enforcement
- 61-3-601. Penalty for violations.
- 61-3-602. Enforcement.
- 61-3-603. Penalty for alteration or forgery of certificate of ownership or certificate of title -- assignment.
- 61-3-604. Penalty for altering identification number.
- 61-3-605. Repealed.
- 61-3-606. Repealed.
- 61-3-607. Penalty for tampering with odometer or violating odometer statement requirements.
- Part 7. Registration of Foreign Vehicles
- 61-3-701. Out-of-state vehicles used in gainful occupation to be registered -- reciprocity.
- 61-3-702. Foreign vehicles to display license plates.
- 61-3-703. Purpose.
- 61-3-704. Penalty.
- 61-3-705. and reserved.
- 61-3-707. Health care professional exception.
- 61-3-708. Cooperative or reciprocal registration -- filing of insurance -- fee.
- 61-3-709. Identification of ownership of certain large motor vehicles.
- 61-3-710. Rulemaking authority.
- 61-3-711. Declaration of policy.
- 61-3-712. Definitions.
- 61-3-713. Authority of department of transportation.
- 61-3-714. Authority for reciprocity agreements, provisions, reciprocity standards.
- 61-3-715. Base state registration reciprocity.
- 61-3-716. Proportional registration of fleet motor vehicles.
- 61-3-717. Declarations of extent of reciprocity.
- 61-3-718. Extension of reciprocal privileges to lessees authorized.
- 61-3-719. Automatic reciprocity.
- 61-3-720. Proportional registration not exclusive.
- 61-3-721. Proportional registration of motor fleet vehicles, registration periods, application, fee formula, and payment -- permanent registration of trailer and semitrailer fleets -- transfer of owne
- 61-3-722. Registration and identification of proportionally registered motor vehicles -- fees -- effect of registration.
- 61-3-723. Proportional registration not applicable in a single jurisdiction.
- 61-3-724. Registration of additional fleet motor vehicles.
- 61-3-725. Withdrawal of fleet motor vehicles -- procedure, credits, and accounting.
- 61-3-726. New fleet -- estimated mileage.
- 61-3-727. Fleet registration -- denial when no reciprocity.
- 61-3-728. Preservation of proportional registration records.
- 61-3-729. Relation to other state laws.
- 61-3-730. Suspension of reciprocity benefits.
- 61-3-731. Agreements to be written, filed, and available for distribution.
- 61-3-732. Continued validity of existing reciprocity agreements.
- 61-3-733. Laws supplemental to motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer registration laws.
- 61-3-734. and reserved.
- 61-3-736. Assessment of proportionally registered interstate motor vehicle fleets -- payment of fees required for registration.
- 61-3-737. Situs in state of proportionally registered fleets -- collection of fees.
- 61-3-738. Deposit and distribution of fees on proportionally registered fleets.