61-3-456. Registration of motor vehicle owned and operated by Montana resident on active military duty stationed outside Montana. (1) As an incentive for military service, an owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer who is a Montana resident who entered active military duty from Montana, including a national guard or reserve member, and who is stationed outside Montana may file with the department an application for the registration of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer. The application must be sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. The application must state:
(a) the name and address of the owner;
(b) the make, the gross weight, the year and number of the model, and the manufacturer's identification number and serial number of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer; and
(c) that the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is owned and operated by a Montana resident who meets the qualifications of subsection (1) and is on active military duty and stationed outside Montana.
(2) The registration fee for a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer registered under subsection (1) is as provided in 61-3-321.
(3) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer registered under this section is not subject to:
(a) the taxes or fees described in 61-3-303(6);
(b) the fee in lieu of tax under 61-3-529 or the registration fee under 61-3-321(2) or 61-3-562; or
(c) any of the fees provided in part 5 of this chapter.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 257, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 496, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 509, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 515, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 68, Ch. 477, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 228, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 101, Ch. 542, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 596, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 389, L. 2021.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Certificates of Title, Registration, and Taxation of Motor Vehicles
61-3-401. Definition of personalized license plates
61-3-402. Personalized license plates authorized
61-3-403. Color and design of personalized license plates -- exception
61-3-404. Personalized license plates restricted to registered owner
61-3-405. Application for personalized plates
61-3-406. Fees for personalized plates -- disposition
61-3-408. through 61-3-410 reserved
61-3-411. Registration of motor vehicle owned and operated solely as collector's item
61-3-415. Special motorcycle license plates -- department to design -- fees -- distribution
61-3-416. through 61-3-420 reserved
61-3-421. Amateur radio operators -- special license plate
61-3-422. Issuance -- application -- additional fee
61-3-423. Limit of one identical pair of plates for each operator
61-3-425. Special plates -- sale or transfer of auto -- revocation or expiration of radio license
61-3-426. Combined license plates
61-3-427. through 61-3-430 reserved
61-3-432. Exemptions of vehicles not capable of operation on highways
61-3-433. Issuance of identification decal and receipt -- contents
61-3-434. Attaching receipt to equipment -- inspection
61-3-435. Certificate of title -- transaction summary receipt -- prima facie evidence
61-3-436. through 61-3-440 reserved
61-3-446. Retention of special license plates
61-3-448. Commemorative centennial license plates -- continued use authorized
61-3-449. and 61-3-450 reserved
61-3-455. Violation a misdemeanor
61-3-456. Registration of motor vehicle owned and operated by Montana resident on active military duty stationed outside Montana
61-3-458. Special plates for military personnel, veterans, spouses, and gold star families
61-3-459. Veterans' cemetery fee for special veteran license plates -- disposition
61-3-460. Motor vehicle registration fee and veterans' cemetery fee waivers
61-3-463. Collegiate license plates
61-3-464. Application for collegiate license plates
61-3-465. Issuance -- application -- additional fee -- disposition
61-3-466. Personalized collegiate license plates
61-3-467. Authorization to receive and transmit donations
61-3-468. Collegiate license plates -- continued use with institution's former name authorized
61-3-469. through 61-3-471 reserved
61-3-475. Qualifications and approval of organization as sponsor
61-3-476. Qualification and approval of governmental body as sponsor
61-3-477. Generic specialty license plate liaison -- responsibilities
61-3-478. Generic specialty license plate sponsor fee
61-3-479. Issuance of generic specialty license plates -- qualifications
61-3-480. Fees for generic specialty license plates -- disposition
61-3-481. Generic specialty license plates -- restrictions on use