61-4-113. New motor vehicles towed into state to be labeled. (1) Any firm, person, corporation, or association or any of its employees offering for sale or carrying on the business of selling new motor vehicles in the state of Montana is required to prominently label any motor vehicle that has been driven under its own power, pushed, towed, or propelled by any other means to sufficiently identify it from other new motor vehicles that have not been driven, pushed, or towed and is required to furnish the purchaser of the motor vehicle with a certificate, on a printed form to be furnished by the department upon request by the dealers, showing the actual number of miles the motor vehicle has been driven under its own power and the number of miles the motor vehicle has been pushed, towed, or otherwise propelled upon its own wheels. Any firm, person, corporation, or association or any of its employees who fail to prominently label and issue the certificate or who knowingly issue a certificate that is untrue and calculated to mislead the purchaser are guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) The provisions of this section do not apply to motor vehicles during the period of time that the motor vehicles are used for bona fide demonstrating purposes.
History: En. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 26, L. 1937; R.C.M. 1947, 53-301, 53-302; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 421, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 503, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 161, Ch. 542, L. 2005.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Sales and Distribution of Motor Vehicles
61-4-101. Types of licenses and terms -- common application -- bonds -- zoning
61-4-102. Dealer plates -- restriction of use -- fees
61-4-104. Record of purchase or sale
61-4-105. Criminal penalty -- civil penalty imposed by agency
61-4-107. Cease and desist order
61-4-109. Privileges incident to license -- withdrawal upon certain conditions
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
61-4-122. Compliance specialists as peace officers
61-4-123. Dealer requirements and restrictions
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
61-4-129. Assignment of demonstrator plates
61-4-130. Courtesy license plates -- issuance -- restrictions on use
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
61-4-138. through 61-4-140 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