(a) Forms.--The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, registration cards, drivers' licenses and all other forms requisite or deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and any other laws the administration of which is vested in the department.
(b) Review of applications.--The department shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle, for a certificate of title, and for a driver's license and of any other application lawfully made to the department, and may in all cases make investigation as may be deemed necessary or require additional information, and shall reject any application if not satisfied of the genuineness, regularity or legality of the application or the truth of any statement contained in the application, or for any other reason when authorized by law.
(c) Investigations.--The department may make necessary and reasonable investigations to procure information required to enforce the provisions of this title and department regulations.
(d) Retention of records.--The department shall promulgate rules setting forth the minimum amount of time that must elapse before the department may destroy records acquired, established or maintained under this title.
(e) Furnishing documents and information.--The department may supply copies of and information concerning registrations, titles and security interests of vehicles and such statistical data as it may deem to be in the public interest.
(f) Furnishing information to municipal police departments and sheriffs' offices.--The department shall regularly transmit to each municipal police department and sheriff's office a list of the names of persons residing within its jurisdiction whose operating privilege or registration has been suspended or revoked.
(Feb. 7, 1990, P.L.11, No.6, eff. 60 days)
1990 Amendment. Act 6 added subsec. (f).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities
Section 6101 - Applicability and uniformity of title
Section 6102 - Powers and duties of department and local authorities
Section 6103 - Promulgation of rules and regulations by department
Section 6104 - Administrative duties of department
Section 6105 - Department to prescribe traffic and engineering investigations
Section 6105.1 - Designation of highway safety corridors
Section 6105.2 - Designation of litter enforcement corridors
Section 6106 - Designation of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police
Section 6107 - Designation of authorized vehicles by department
Section 6108 - Power of Governor during emergency
Section 6109 - Specific powers of department and local authorities
Section 6110 - Regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike
Section 6111 - Regulation of traffic on bridges under authority of interstate commissions
Section 6112 - Removal of traffic hazards by property owner
Section 6113 - Control of public travel on private property by owner
Section 6114 - Limitation on sale, publication and disclosure of records
Section 6115 - Emergency telephones along Pennsylvania Turnpike
Section 6116 - Payment by credit or debit card
Section 6117 - Authority of qualified employees of department and Department of Revenue
Section 6118 - Municipal police officer education and training
Section 6119 - Removal of dead deer
Section 6121 - Uniform system of traffic-control devices
Section 6122 - Authority to erect traffic-control devices
Section 6123 - Erection of traffic-control devices while working
Section 6123.1 - Mandatory traffic-control devices in highway work zones
Section 6124 - Erection of traffic-control devices at intersections
Section 6125 - Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings
Section 6126 - Interference with devices, signs or signals
Section 6127 - Dealing in nonconforming traffic-control devices
Section 6128 - Dealing in official traffic-control devices or bridge parts
Section 6129 - Maintenance of pedestrian crosswalks in school zones
Section 6141 - Declaration of policy
Section 6142 - Reciprocity agreements, arrangements and declarations authorized
Section 6143 - Benefits, privileges and exemptions from taxes and fees
Section 6144 - Vehicle registration and licensing
Section 6145 - Proportional registration of fleet vehicles
Section 6146 - Enforcement agreements
Section 6146.1 - Multijurisdictional permit agreement
Section 6147 - Declaration of reciprocity in absence of agreement
Section 6148 - Applicability to leased vehicles
Section 6149 - Automatic reciprocity
Section 6150 - Proportional registration not exclusive
Section 6151 - Suspension of reciprocity benefits
Section 6152 - Form, publication and distribution of documents