Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. Dealers
61-4-106. Transfer of license

61-4-106. Transfer of license. A registered dealer, broker, auto auction, or wholesaler who sells or disposes of the dealer's, broker's, auto auction's, or wholesaler's entire business to another person or seeks to change the applicant's name, ownership interest in the business, corporate officer or managing member of the business entity, or a person designated by the applicant to manage or oversee the applicant's business shall file with the department a statement containing the name of the registered dealer, broker, auto auction, or wholesaler, the number under which the business is registered, the name of the purchaser, and the location of the place of business sold. Upon the filing of the statement, and a new license application form as originally required under 61-4-101, along with a filing fee of $2, the department shall examine the license application of the purchaser as required under 61-4-101.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 75, L. 1917; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 207, L. 1919; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 199, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 1760, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 107, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 88, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 103, L. 1933; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 38, Ex. L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 1760, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 138, L. 1937; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 125, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 154, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 200, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 201, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 221, L. 1951; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 215, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 41, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 228, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 178, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 121, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 12-105, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 226, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 243, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 53-122(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 383, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1940, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 143, L. 2019.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 61. Motor Vehicles

Chapter 4. Sales and Distribution of Motor Vehicles

Part 1. Dealers

61-4-101. Types of licenses and terms -- common application -- bonds -- zoning

61-4-102. Dealer plates -- restriction of use -- fees

61-4-103. Repealed

61-4-104. Record of purchase or sale

61-4-105. Criminal penalty -- civil penalty imposed by agency

61-4-106. Transfer of license

61-4-107. Cease and desist order

61-4-108. Exemptions

61-4-109. Privileges incident to license -- withdrawal upon certain conditions

61-4-110. Obligation of dealer to pay off liens on motor vehicles accepted in trade, purchase, or consignment -- duties of dealer and secured party

61-4-111. Used vehicles -- transfer to and from dealers

61-4-112. New motor vehicles -- transfers by dealers

61-4-113. New motor vehicles towed into state to be labeled

61-4-114. Repealed

61-4-115. Repealed

61-4-116. Repealed

61-4-117. Repealed

61-4-118. Repealed

61-4-119. Penalty

61-4-120. Auto auction -- restrictions -- annual report -- issuance, use, and fees for demonstrator plates

61-4-121. Temporary registration permit -- limitation on issuance and transfer -- violation -- penalty

61-4-122. Compliance specialists as peace officers

61-4-123. Dealer requirements and restrictions

61-4-124. Annual report -- filing fees -- grace period for dealer and demonstrator plates -- restrictions imposed upon failure to file

61-4-125. Wholesaler restrictions -- demonstrator plates -- annual report

61-4-126. Claims against dealer, broker, wholesaler, or auto auction bonds

61-4-127. Broker requirements -- restrictions -- annual report -- fees

61-4-128. Common standards -- dealer plates -- demonstrator plates -- loaner plates -- identification cards -- fees

61-4-129. Assignment of demonstrator plates

61-4-130. Courtesy license plates -- issuance -- restrictions on use

61-4-131. Definitions

61-4-132. Right of designated family member to succeed in dealership ownership

61-4-133. Refusal to honor succession to ownership -- notice required

61-4-134. Procedure to determine right to succeed

61-4-135. Written designation of succession unaffected

61-4-136. Violation -- penalty

61-4-137. Civil damages

61-4-138. through 61-4-140 reserved

61-4-141. Repealed

61-4-142. reserved

61-4-143. Unlawful curbstoning of vehicle for sale

61-4-144. through 61-4-149 reserved

61-4-150. Sale, transfer, or exchange of dealership -- notice -- response to notice