61-3-219. Refusal to issue certificate of title. The department may refuse to issue a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that:
(1) the applicant is not the owner of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile;
(2) the application contains a false or fraudulent statement;
(3) the applicant failed to furnish any information or document required by the department; or
(4) based on the check performed under 61-3-217(2), the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile has been reported as stolen.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 477, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 59, Ch. 542, L. 2005.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Certificates of Title, Registration, and Taxation of Motor Vehicles
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
61-3-208. Affidavit and bond for certificate of title
61-3-212. Retitling salvage vehicles -- penalty
61-3-214. Certificate of title -- custom-built motorcycle
61-3-216. Certificates of title -- application -- contents -- issuance
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
61-3-224. Temporary registration permit -- issuance -- placement -- fees