Montana Code Annotated
Part 2. Certificates of Title
61-3-203. Fee for original certificate of title -- disposition

61-3-203. Fee for original certificate of title -- disposition. (1) Until June 30, 2028, a person applying for a certificate of title shall pay the department, its authorized agent, or a county treasurer a fee of:
(a) $10 if the vehicle for which a certificate of title is sought is not a light vehicle or a truck or bus that weighs 1 ton or less; or
(b) $12 if the vehicle for which application is made is a light vehicle or a truck or bus that weighs 1 ton or less.
(2) The amount of $5 of the fee imposed pursuant to subsection (1) must be forwarded to the department for deposit in the motor vehicle information technology system account provided for in 61-3-550, and the remaining amount must be deposited in the state general fund.
(3) For expedited certificates of title, which may be issued only by the Montana motor vehicle division, the entirety of the fee imposed pursuant to subsection (1) must be deposited into the motor vehicle information technology system account provided for in 61-3-550.
(4) Beginning July 1, 2028, the fee imposed in subsection (1)(a) is $5 and the fee imposed in subsection (1)(b) is $7 and all fees paid pursuant to this section must be deposited in the state general fund.
History: En. Subd. 5, Sec. 2, Ch. 159, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 1758.4, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 72, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 121, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 41, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 53-112; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 361, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 378, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 535, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 342, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 162, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Secs. 51, 83(1)(c), Ch. 477, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 42, Ch. 596, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 50, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 398, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 323, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 566, L. 2021.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 61. Motor Vehicles

Chapter 3. Certificates of Title, Registration, and Taxation of Motor Vehicles

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 -- insurer or owner unable to supply title to auto auction dealer

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 -- issuance -- placement -- fees

61-3-225. Motor vehicle wrecking facility quarterly reports

61-3-226. Certificate of title -- transfer on death