49-501. TITLING REQUIREMENTS — EXEMPTIONS. (1) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to every vehicle required to be registered with the department in chapter 4, title 49, Idaho Code. (2) In addition, the titling requirements of this chapter shall apply to the following vehicles which are not required to be registered under the provisions […]
49-501A. APPLICATION TO VESSEL TITLING. The procedures provided in this chapter shall apply to all vessel titling programs referenced in chapter 70, title 67, Idaho Code. Unless otherwise provided, any reference to "vehicle" in this chapter shall also mean "vessel." History: [49-501A, added 1999, ch. 298, sec. 2, p. 750; am. 2001, ch. 73, sec. […]
49-502. DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE UPON SALE OR DISPOSITION — REASSIGNMENT BY DEALERS. (1) No person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a vehicle without delivery to the purchaser or transferee a certificate of title with an assignment as necessary to show title in the purchaser or transferee except as provided for in subsection […]
49-503. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REQUISITE TO ACQUISITION OF TITLE — WAIVER OR ESTOPPEL. Except as provided in sections 49-502, 49-510 through 49-512 and 49-514, Idaho Code, no person acquiring a vehicle from the owner, whether the owner is a dealer or otherwise, shall acquire any right, title, claim or interest in or to […]
49-504. APPLICATIONS TO DEPARTMENT FOR CERTIFICATES — PROCEDURE — IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS. (1) Application for a certificate of title shall be made upon a form furnished by the department and shall contain the owner’s Idaho driver’s license number, Idaho identification card number or social security number or individual taxpayer identification number. In the case of a […]
49-504A. PENALTY FOR LATE FILING — TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE — DISPOSITION OF MONEYS. (1) When a transfer of ownership arises, a penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for presentation of a previously issued certificate of title shall be assessed against the new owner when the presentation for transfer of title or creation of an […]
49-505. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE BY DEPARTMENT — DELIVERY — ELECTRONIC FILE FOR LIENHOLDERS. Certificates of title shall be printed by the department. The original copy shall be delivered to the applicant if there are no liens or encumbrances on the certificate. If there are liens or encumbrances recorded, the certificate shall be delivered […]
49-506. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS. Records pertaining to certificates of title used to record each title transaction shall be retained a minimum of twenty (20) years, after which time they may be destroyed. The records shall be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicles designated. History: [49-506, added 1988, ch. 265, […]
49-507. DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR TRANSFER OF VEHICLES — APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES AND ASSISTANTS. Procedure for the transfer of vehicles, and the issuance of certificates of title not otherwise expressly provided for by this chapter, may be provided for by regulations issued by the department, and in addition the director shall appoint all necessary personnel to […]
49-508. CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE — RETURN OF REGISTRATION RECEIPTS AND LICENSE PLATES. (1) If it appears that a certificate of title has been improperly issued, the department shall, after notice and hearing, cancel the certificate. The notice shall be served in person or by first class mail to the person to whom that […]
49-509. STOLEN VEHICLES — REPORTING BY OFFICERS. It shall be the duty of every sheriff, chief of police, officer of the Idaho state police, or officer having taken a report of a stolen vehicle, to immediately enter the information regarding the stolen vehicle into the national crime information center stolen vehicle file. History: [49-509, added […]
49-510. LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES — FILING — FEE — NOTATION ON CERTIFICATE — CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE. (1) No lien or encumbrance on any vehicle registered under the laws of this state created subsequent to December 31, 1986, irrespective of whether such registration was effected prior or subsequent to the creation of the lien or encumbrance, shall […]
49-511. CANCELLATION OR DISCHARGE OF LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE. When a lien or encumbrance is canceled or discharged, the lienholder shall provide notice of such cancellation or discharge to the department within thirty (30) days. If the lienholder was holding the paper certificate of title, he shall note the cancellation or discharge on the certificate of […]
49-512. SECURITY INTERESTS — METHOD OF GIVING CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE EXCLUSIVE. The method provided in this chapter for perfection of a security interest on a vehicle is exclusive, except as to security interests in vehicles held in inventory for sale, which shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 9, title 28, Idaho Code. History: [49-512, […]
49-512A. EFFECT OF A TERMINAL RENTAL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a transaction involving a motor vehicle or trailer does not create a sale or security interest merely because the transaction provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted under the agreement either upward or downward […]
49-513. SALE OF ENCUMBERED VEHICLE — CONSENT OF LIENHOLDER — EFFECT. Sale of any vehicle by the owner with the knowledge and consent of the holder of any lien or encumbrance properly noted upon the certificate of title or upon the electronic records of the department, shall not render the sale void or ineffective as […]
49-514. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP BY OPERATION OF LAW — LIENS — VEHICLES REGISTERED IN FOREIGN STATE — CERTIFICATES OF TITLE. In the event of the transfer of ownership of a vehicle by operation of law, as upon inheritance, devise or bequest, order in bankruptcy, insolvency, replevin, or execution sale, or whenever a vehicle is sold […]
49-515. LOST, MUTILATED OR ILLEGIBLE CERTIFICATES — DUPLICATE CERTIFICATES. In the event any certificate of title is lost, mutilated or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner of the vehicle, or the holder of the lien which is prior in date and time as shown by the records of the department, shall […]
49-516. JUNKED OR CHANGED VEHICLES — CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE. Each owner of a vehicle and each person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title when a vehicle is dismantled, destroyed or changed in a manner that it is not the vehicle described in the certificate of title, shall surrender his certificate of title […]
49-517. PRINTING AND FORM OF CERTIFICATES. (1) All certificates of title shall be printed upon safety paper to be selected by the department, and shall be in such form as the department shall prescribe. (2) When substantiated by a written agreement as provided in section 49-505, Idaho Code, the department may create a paperless electronic […]
