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SECTION 31-3-6

§ 31-3-6 List of vehicles on which taxesdelinquent – Denial of registration. – On or before October 31 in each year, the collector of taxes of each city ortown shall furnish the division of motor vehicles, with a listing showing theregistration plate numbers, names, and addresses of the taxpayers of the cityor town whose personal property and/or excise tax on motor vehicles, theassessment of which were made the prior December 31 in the case of the propertytax, and the tax levied in the current year in the case of the excise tax,remained unpaid as of the date of the list. Subsequently, the collector oftaxes in each city or town shall, at the times and in the manner prescribed bythe administrator of the division of motor vehicles, furnish to the division ofmotor vehicles the names and addresses of those persons whose names appeared onthat list who have subsequently paid such personal property, and/or excisetaxes on motor vehicles, and the division shall remove from the list the namesand addresses of those persons. No city or town treasurer or tax collectorshall refuse to accept personal property, and/or excise taxes on a motorvehicle, or refuse to remove the names and addresses of the owners of thevehicle from the list because of any other taxes owing the city or town. Noperson, corporation, partnership, joint stock company, or association whosename appears on the list and whose name has not been subsequently removed fromthe list shall be permitted to register any motor vehicle until all the exciseand attendant penalties have been paid in full and the payment has beencertified to the division of motor vehicles by the tax collector. Theprovisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prevent the paymentof taxes on motor vehicles in quarterly installments as provided in chapter 5of title 44. The provisions of this section shall apply in all respects in thecase of taxes assessed upon motor vehicles by any fire district.

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SECTION 31-3-6

§ 31-3-6 List of vehicles on which taxesdelinquent – Denial of registration. – On or before October 31 in each year, the collector of taxes of each city ortown shall furnish the division of motor vehicles, with a listing showing theregistration plate numbers, names, and addresses of the taxpayers of the cityor town whose personal property and/or excise tax on motor vehicles, theassessment of which were made the prior December 31 in the case of the propertytax, and the tax levied in the current year in the case of the excise tax,remained unpaid as of the date of the list. Subsequently, the collector oftaxes in each city or town shall, at the times and in the manner prescribed bythe administrator of the division of motor vehicles, furnish to the division ofmotor vehicles the names and addresses of those persons whose names appeared onthat list who have subsequently paid such personal property, and/or excisetaxes on motor vehicles, and the division shall remove from the list the namesand addresses of those persons. No city or town treasurer or tax collectorshall refuse to accept personal property, and/or excise taxes on a motorvehicle, or refuse to remove the names and addresses of the owners of thevehicle from the list because of any other taxes owing the city or town. Noperson, corporation, partnership, joint stock company, or association whosename appears on the list and whose name has not been subsequently removed fromthe list shall be permitted to register any motor vehicle until all the exciseand attendant penalties have been paid in full and the payment has beencertified to the division of motor vehicles by the tax collector. Theprovisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prevent the paymentof taxes on motor vehicles in quarterly installments as provided in chapter 5of title 44. The provisions of this section shall apply in all respects in thecase of taxes assessed upon motor vehicles by any fire district.

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SECTION 31-3-6

§ 31-3-6 List of vehicles on which taxesdelinquent – Denial of registration. – On or before October 31 in each year, the collector of taxes of each city ortown shall furnish the division of motor vehicles, with a listing showing theregistration plate numbers, names, and addresses of the taxpayers of the cityor town whose personal property and/or excise tax on motor vehicles, theassessment of which were made the prior December 31 in the case of the propertytax, and the tax levied in the current year in the case of the excise tax,remained unpaid as of the date of the list. Subsequently, the collector oftaxes in each city or town shall, at the times and in the manner prescribed bythe administrator of the division of motor vehicles, furnish to the division ofmotor vehicles the names and addresses of those persons whose names appeared onthat list who have subsequently paid such personal property, and/or excisetaxes on motor vehicles, and the division shall remove from the list the namesand addresses of those persons. No city or town treasurer or tax collectorshall refuse to accept personal property, and/or excise taxes on a motorvehicle, or refuse to remove the names and addresses of the owners of thevehicle from the list because of any other taxes owing the city or town. Noperson, corporation, partnership, joint stock company, or association whosename appears on the list and whose name has not been subsequently removed fromthe list shall be permitted to register any motor vehicle until all the exciseand attendant penalties have been paid in full and the payment has beencertified to the division of motor vehicles by the tax collector. Theprovisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prevent the paymentof taxes on motor vehicles in quarterly installments as provided in chapter 5of title 44. The provisions of this section shall apply in all respects in thecase of taxes assessed upon motor vehicles by any fire district.