61-3-333. Replacing license plates or decals. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if one or both license plates registered to a motor vehicle, quadricycle, travel trailer, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer or the registration decal for the motor vehicle, quadricycle, travel trailer, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is mutilated or destroyed, the owner of the registered motor vehicle or trailer may obtain a set of replacement license plates, a replacement license plate, or a duplicate registration decal upon filing a sworn declaration stating that fact and payment of a fee of $10.
(2) If the owner requests that the replacement license plate or plates bear the same background and license plate number as the plate or plates that were destroyed or mutilated, the duplicate license plate or plates may be issued upon payment of a fee of $15.
(3) The fees imposed in this section must be deposited in the account established in 61-6-158, except that $2 of the fee imposed in subsection (1) must be deposited in the state general fund.
History: En. Subd. 7, Sec. 1, Ch. 158, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 1759.6, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 47, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 226, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 53-120; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 724, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 280, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 592, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 596, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 413, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Certificates of Title, Registration, and Taxation of Motor Vehicles
61-3-301. Registration -- license plate required -- display
61-3-303. Original registration -- process -- fees
61-3-306. through 61-3-310 reserved
61-3-311. Registration -- time periods
61-3-312. Renewal of registration -- exceptions -- grace period
61-3-313. Motor vehicles exempt from registration renewal
61-3-318. Fleet registration period
61-3-319. Registration of custom-built motorcycle -- exemptions
61-3-322. Registration receipts -- issuance
61-3-324. Fleet registration -- application -- additions to and deletions from fleet
61-3-325. Fleet registration -- license plates
61-3-326. through 61-3-330 reserved
61-3-331. Assignment of license plates
61-3-332. Standard license plates
61-3-333. Replacing license plates or decals
61-3-334. Transfer of ownership of motor vehicle -- duty to remove plates
61-3-335. Transfer of license plates to another motor vehicle
61-3-336. Recycling license plates
61-3-337. Permanently registered motor homes -- plate restriction
61-3-338. Contract for manufacture and distribution of license plates
61-3-339. and 61-3-340 reserved
61-3-343. and 61-3-344 reserved
61-3-345. Motor vehicle computer system