Section 32-8-30 Certificate required for certain motor vehicles and travel trailers; penalty. (a) Except as provided in Section 32-8-31, every owner of a motor vehicle which is in this state and which is required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of this state and for which no certificate of title has been issued […]
Section 32-8-31 Exemptions. No certificate of title shall be issued under this chapter for any of the following: (1) A vehicle owned by the United States or any agency thereof. (2) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway or used for purposes of […]
Section 32-8-32 Prerequisite to issuance of license plates. (a) No motor vehicle license (or license plate) shall be issued and no motor vehicle license (or license plate) shall be transferred for use on a motor vehicle required to be titled under this chapter except on presentation by the owner to the license plate issuing official, […]
Section 32-8-33 Prerequisite to assessment for ad valorem taxes. No motor vehicle required to be titled under the provisions of this chapter shall be assessed for ad valorem taxes by a tax assessor, director of revenue, or other county official authorized and required by law to assess motor vehicles for ad valorem taxes unless the […]
Section 32-8-34 Designated agents of department; bond of title service providers. (a) Each judge of probate, commissioner of licenses, director of revenue, or other county official in this state authorized and required by law to issue motor vehicle license plates shall by virtue of his or her office be a designated agent of the department. […]
Section 32-8-35 Application for first certificate. (a) The application for the first certificate of title of a vehicle in this state shall be made by the owner to a designated agent, on the form the department prescribes, and shall contain all of the following: (1) The current legal name, current residence, and current mailing address […]
Section 32-8-36 Application for certificate with bond or cash. If the department is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the department may accept the application but shall either: (1) Withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant presents documents reasonably […]
Section 32-8-37 Check of vehicle identification number against list of stolen vehicles; issuance of certificate; records. (a) The department upon receiving an application for certificate of title shall check the vehicle identification number shown in the application against the record of stolen or converted vehicles maintained by it. (b) The department shall examine each application […]
Section 32-8-38 Use of duplicate copy of application as permit to operate motor vehicle; return of duplicate and tags upon refusal to issue certificate. (a) The rules and regulations promulgated by the department shall make suitable provisions for the use by an applicant of the duplicate copy of his or her application for a certificate […]
Section 32-8-39 Contents and effect of certificate. (a) Each certificate of title issued by the department shall contain: (1) The date issued; (2) The current legal name and current address of the owner; (3) The names and addresses of any lienholders in the order of priority as shown on the application, or if the application […]
Section 32-8-40 Distinctive certificates for certain vehicles. If the department is not satisfied that there are no undisclosed security interests created before this chapter takes effect in a previously registered vehicle, the department may, in addition to the department’s options under Section 32-8-36, issue a distinctive certificate of title of the vehicle containing the legend, […]
Section 32-8-41 Delivery of certificate. The certificate of title shall be mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner. If the certificate of title is issued electronically, the designated agent that processed the application, at the time of issuance, shall provide the owner with a printed copy of the […]
Section 32-8-42 Refusing certificate. The department shall refuse issuance of certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that one of the following exists: (1) The applicant is not the owner of the vehicle. (2) The application contains a false or fraudulent statement. (3) […]
Section 32-8-43 Certificates lost, stolen, mutilated, etc. (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, shall promptly make application for and may […]
Section 32-8-44 Transfer of ownership – Generally. (a) If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle, other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall, at the time of the delivery of the vehicle, execute an assignment and warranty of title to the transferee in the space provided therefor on the certificate […]
Section 32-8-45 Transfer of ownership – To or from dealer; records. (a) If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder within 15 days after delivery to him of the vehicle, he need not send the certificate to the department but, […]
Section 32-8-46 Transfer of ownership – By operation of law. (a)(1) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as hereinafter provided in subsection (b), promptly mail or deliver to a designated agent the last certificate of title, if available, and proof […]
Section 32-8-47 Transfer of ownership – When department to issue new certificate. (a) The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by the department, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of […]
Section 32-8-49 Suspension or revocation of certificates. (a) The department shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, subject to the appeal provisions of Chapter 2A of Title 40, when authorized by any other provision of law or if it finds: (1) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued; or (2) The […]
