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| Registration and Plates Required
With limited exceptions, no person may operate a motor vehicle upon public highways of
Montana unless the vehicle is properly registered and is conspicuously displaying proper
number plates on front and rear of vehicle. Certain trailers, motorcycles, and vehicles
authorized to display demonstrator plates may have one plate conspicuously displayed on
rear of vehicle. Numbers are assigned by county of permanent residence at time of
application for registration. It is unlawful to use license plates issued to one
vehicle on any other vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless legally transferred as
provided by statute. See Montana Statutes Section 61-3-301
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| Transfer Requires Signed
Certificate When there is a transfer of any interest in a registered motor
vehicle, the person whose interest is to be transferred must sign with pen and ink on
certificate of ownership, and signature must be acknowledged before a county treasurer or
deputy, department employee, notary or other person authorized to acknowledge signatures.
See Montana Statutes Section 61-3-201 |
| Buyer Must File Within 20 Days
Within 20 calendar days after signing of certificate, transferee must forward endorsed
certificate of ownership with odometer statement, if required under 61-3-206, certificate
of registration, together with information required under 61-3-202, to the county
treasurer, who forwards them to the department. Certificates of ownership or registration
are not issued until outstanding certificates are surrendered or their loss is established
to reasonable satisfaction of department. Penalties for failure to apply within
20-day grace period. See Montana Statutes Section 61-3-201 |
| Secured Party May Intervene
If buyer does not make application within 25 days, a creditor or secured party may pay
fees for transfer of title and filing of security interest or lien in order to have title
transferred to transferee (buyer) and have the security interest or lien filed. The
creditor or secured party is not liable for penalty, registration fees, or taxes. The
department must return certificate of title to the county treasurer. The treasurer holds
the certificate of ownership until vehicle is properly registered. See Montana Statutes
Section 61-3-201 |
| Registrant Is Presumed Owner
For the purpose of this section, with limited exceptions provided by 61-3-701(3), the
person appearing on the public records as the registrant of any motor vehicle shall prima
facie be deemed the owner thereof. See Montana Code Section 61-3-105 |
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Montana Department of Justice
Motor Vehicle Division
Title and Registration Bureau
1032 Buckskin Drive
Deer Lodge, Montana 59722
Phone: (406) 846-6000 |
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Joe Mazurek
Attorney General Look at the
interesting structure for Montana's Department of Justice. |
| Montana
Code from Montana State Library |
| Title 61 Motor
Vehicle |
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| Dealer Must File Application For
Dealer's License A verified application for licensure as a dealer or
wholesaler must be filed in the department by each person, firm, corporation, or
association that, for commission or profit, engages in the business of buying, selling,
exchanging, taking for consignment, or acting as a broker of new motor vehicles,
recreational vehicles, used motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, mobile homes, or
special mobile equipment as defined in 61-1-104, or business as a wholesaler as defined in
61-1-319. See Montana Code Section 61-4-101 |
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