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Section 56-19-10. Definitions. - For the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 21, Title...
Section 56-19-20. Administration and enforcement. - The Department of Motor Vehicles is hereby vested with the...
Section 56-19-40. Department of Motor Vehicles shall examine all applications; investigations; rejections. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall examine and determine the...
Section 56-19-50. Department of Motor Vehicles shall seize expired, fictitious and certain other certificates, cards, permits, licenses, and plates. - The Department of Motor Vehicles may take possession of any...
Section 56-19-60. Method of giving notice; proof of service. - Whenever the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized or required...
Section 56-19-70. Refunds of fees. - Whenever any application to the Department of Motor Vehicles is...
Section 56-19-80. Disposition of fees and penalties. - All fees and penalties collected by the Department of Motor...
Section 56-19-90. Forms. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall prescribe and provide suitable...
Section 56-19-110. Judicial review of Department of Motor Vehicle's acts. - A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act...
Section 56-19-210. Certificate of title required to sell or mortgage vehicle or mobile home; exception. - It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or...
Section 56-19-220. Exemption of certain vehicles. - No certificate of title need be obtained for: (1) A...
Section 56-19-230. Owners shall apply for certificates. - Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, every owner...
Section 56-19-240. Application for certificate; form and contents. - (A) An application for a certificate of title for a...
Section 56-19-250. Department of Motor Vehicles shall check application against list of stolen and converted vehicles. - The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon receiving an application for...
Section 56-19-260. Filing application; issuance of certificate. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall file each application received...
Section 56-19-265. Liens or encumbrances recorded on motor vehicles or titled mobile homes; transmission of lien information; transaction fees; continuation statement. - (A) Any liens or encumbrances on a motor vehicle or...
Section 56-19-270. Refusal of certificate. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall refuse issuance of a...
Section 56-19-280. Refusal of certificate; vehicle reported stolen or converted. - When the theft or conversion of a vehicle is reported...
Section 56-19-290. Contents of certificate. - Each certificate of title issued by the Department of Motor...
Section 56-19-300. Contents of certificate for vehicle last registered where lienholders not named on certificate. - A distinctive certificate of title shall be issued for a...
Section 56-19-310. Numbering certificates issued to successive owners; two transfers when auctioneer gives title. - The certificate of title issued to the first owner of...
Section 56-19-320. Certificate as prima facie evidence of facts. - A certificate of title issued by the Department of Motor...
Section 56-19-330. Record of certificates issued. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall maintain a record of...
Section 56-19-340. Certificate mailed to first lienholder or, if none, to owner. - The certificate of title must be mailed to the first...
Section 56-19-350. Duplicate certificates; surrender of recovered original. - If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or...
Section 56-19-360. Procedures for voluntary transfer; duties of transferor and transferee; effective time of transfer. - If an owner, manufacturer or dealer transfers his interest in...
Section 56-19-370. Procedures for voluntary transfer; dealer purchasing vehicle for resale. - If a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for...
Section 56-19-380. Procedures for voluntary transfer; issuance of new certificate. - The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt of a properly...
Section 56-19-390. Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession. - (1) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle...
Section 56-19-400. Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession; issuance of new certificate. - The Department of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt of an application...
Section 56-19-410. Procedures for involuntary transfer or repossession; surrender of old certificate; effect of surrender and issuance of new certificate. - A person holding a certificate whose interest in the vehicle...
Section 56-19-420. Fee; allocation. - (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall charge fifteen dollars...
Section 56-19-425. Fee for furnishing odometer reading. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall be authorized to charge...
Section 56-19-430. Assignment of new identifying number; issuance of new, or endorsement of, original certificate. - The Department of Motor Vehicles may assign a new identifying...
Section 56-19-440. Suspension or revocation of certificate. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend or revoke a...
Section 56-19-450. Effect of suspension or revocation on validity of security interest. - Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not,...
Section 56-19-460. Surrender of suspended or revoked certificate. - When the Department of Motor Vehicles suspends or revokes a...
Section 56-19-470. Seizure of suspended or revoked certificate. - The Department of Motor Vehicles may seize and impound any...
Section 56-19-480. Transfer and surrender of certificates, license plates, registration cards and manufacturers' serial plates of vehicles sold as salvage, abandoned, scrapped, or destroyed. - (A) An owner who scraps, dismantles, destroys, or in any...
Section 56-19-485. Vehicle title-brand designations. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any motor...
Section 56-19-490. "Lemon Law" returns; notification; penalties. - (A) In every sale or transfer of a motor vehicle...
Section 56-19-495. Establishment of working group to develop process for titling vehicles for which no title can be provided. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall convene a working group...
Section 56-19-500. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Affixed" means that the...
Section 56-19-510. Owner affixing manufactured home to real property; Manufactured Home Affidavit for the Retirement of Title Certificate; recording and form of affidavit. - (A) An owner of a manufactured home may affix the...
Section 56-19-520. Retirement of the title certificate to a manufactured home; release of lien; Satisfaction Affidavit. - (A) Commencing nine months following the effective date of this...
Section 56-19-530. Records of retired title certificates; written confirmation to homeowner. - The Department of Motor Vehicles must maintain a record of...
Section 56-19-540. Retirement of title certificate when lien reflected on affidavit but not evidenced by mortgage; separate Manufactured Home Lien Affidavit to be filed; form. - (A) If at the time of the filing of the...
Section 56-19-550. Severance of manufactured home from real property when it will be affixed to real property in new location; filing of Manufactured Home Severance Affidavit; if not to be affixed to real property, Attorney Affidavit of Security Inte... - (A) A manufactured home for which the title certificate has...
Section 56-19-560. Manufactured home treated as real property. - Upon an owner of a manufactured home meeting all requirements...
Section 56-19-610. Chapter inapplicable to certain liens and security interests. - This chapter does not apply to or affect: (1) A...
Section 56-19-620. Security interest invalid against third parties unless properly perfected. - Unless excepted by Section 56-19-610, a security interest in a...
Section 56-19-630. Perfecting security interest; time when effective. - A security interest is perfected by the delivery to the...
Section 56-19-650. Procedure when owner creates security interest. - If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle:...
Section 56-19-660. Filing notices of security interests; record. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall file each notice of...
Section 56-19-670. Assignment of security interest; perfection; filing. - A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest...
Section 56-19-680. Satisfaction of security interest for which certificate is in possession of lienholder; filing release. - (1) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a...
Section 56-19-700. Security interests in previously registered vehicles not needing certificates unaffected. - This chapter shall in no wise affect or impair any...
Section 56-19-710. Continuation of security interests previously perfected under other laws. - If a security interest in a previously registered vehicle was...
Section 56-19-720. Sale or security interest not created by terminal rental adjustment clause in motor vehicle or trailer lease. - Notwithstanding another provision of law, a transaction involving a motor...
Section 56-19-810. Peace officers shall report theft or recovery of vehicles. - A peace officer who learns of the theft of a...
Section 56-19-820. Owners of lienholders may report thefts or conversions; Department of Motor Vehicles may disregard report; recovery to be reported. - An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of...
Section 56-19-830. Liability of officer or agency for acting on false theft report. - No peace officer or government agency shall be criminally or...
Section 56-19-840. Unclaimed vehicles in garages and certain other places to be reported; loss of storage lien for failure to report. - A proprietor, an owner, or an operator of any towing...
Section 56-19-850. Records of reports of stolen, converted, recovered, and unclaimed vehicles; distribution of lists. - The Department of Motor Vehicles shall maintain and appropriately index...
Section 56-19-1010. Title for all-terrain vehicle (ATV); application. - An owner of an ATV may make application to the...
Section 56-19-1020. Application for title of previously-titled all-terrain vehicle (ATV) received by gift, trade, or other means; proof of ownership - When a person who is not a licensed ATV dealer...
Section 56-19-1030. Title fee for all-terrain vehicle (ATV). - The title fee for an ATV is contained in Section...