West Virginia Code
Chapter 17A. Motor Vehicle Administration, Registration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Provisions
Article 3. Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title

§17A-3-1. Misdemeanor to Violate Provisions of Article; Penalty - (a) It is unlawful for any person to drive or...

§17A-3-1a. Registration of Vehicles of New Residents - (a) Every owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or other...

§17A-3-2. Every Motor Vehicle, etc., Subject to Registration and Certificate of Title Provisions; Exceptions - (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer and recreational...

§17A-3-3. Application for Registration; Statement of Insurance or Other Proof of Security to Accompany Application; Criminal Penalties; Fees; Special Revolving Fund - Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under this...

§17A-3-3a. Payment of Personal Property Taxes and Emergency Ambulance Fees Prerequisite to Registration or Renewal; Duties of Assessors; Schedule of Automobile Values - (a) Certificates of registration and renewal of registration of any...

§17A-3-3b. Motor Vehicles Believed Illegally Unregistered; Assessor to Make Verification - If, on information and belief the assessor has reason to...

§17A-3-4. Application for Certificate of Title; Fees; Abolishing Privilege Tax; Prohibition of Issuance of Certificate of Title Without Compliance With Consumers Sales and Service Tax Provisions; Exceptions - (a) Certificates of registration of any vehicle or registration plates...

§17A-3-5. Application for Specially Constructed, Reconstructed or Foreign Vehicles or New Vehicles Purchased Outside This State - (a) In the event the vehicle to be registered is...

§17A-3-6. Temporary Permit Pending Registration and Certification - The department in its discretion may grant a temporary permit...

§17A-3-7. Grounds for Refusing Registration or Certificate of Title - The division shall refuse registration or issuance of a certificate...

§17A-3-8. Examination of Registration Records and Index of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles - The department, upon receiving application for original registration of a...

§17A-3-9. Act of Registration and Record Thereof; Registration Indexes - The department shall file each application received and when satisfied...

§17A-3-10. Division to Issue Registration Card; Duplicate to County Assessor - The division upon registering a vehicle, or an agent of...

§17A-3-11. Registration of Vehicles According to Permissible Gross Weight - The commissioner, upon registering any truck, truck tractor or road...

§17A-3-12. Commissioner to Issue Certificate of Title; Signatures on Certificate; Certificate of Title to Be Delivered to Owner or Lienor - (a) The commissioner, if satisfied that the applicant for a...

§17A-3-12a. Disclosure of Odometer Information; Exceptions; Penalties - (a) In accordance with the provisions of sections four hundred...

§17A-3-12b. Canceled Certificates of Title for Certain Mobile and Manufactured Homes; Reissuance of Certificates of Title; Procedure - (a) The commissioner may cancel a certificate of title for...

§17A-3-13. Registration Card to Be Carried and Exhibited on Demand - Every registration card shall at all times be carried in...

§17A-3-14. Registration Plates Generally; Description of Plates; Issuance of Special Numbers and Plates; Registration Fees; Special Application Fees; Exemptions; Commissioner to Promulgate Forms; Suspension and Nonrenewal - (a) The division, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to...

§17A-3-15. Display of Registration Plates - (a) Registration plates issued for vehicles required to be registered...

§17A-3-16. Expiration of Registration and Certificates of Title - (a) Every vehicle registration under this chapter and every registration...

§17A-3-17. Application for and Renewal of Registration; Sheriffs Authorized to Issue Renewals of Registration for Certain Vehicles - (a) Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be...

§17A-3-17a. Application for Registration; Certain Motor Vehicle Dealers Authorized to Issue Certificates of Registration for Certain Vehicles - The division may authorize a motor vehicle dealer as defined...

§17A-3-18. Notice of Change of Address or Name - (a) Whenever any person after making application for or obtaining...

§17A-3-19. Lost or Damaged Certificates, Cards and Plates - In the event any registration card or registration plate is...

§17A-3-20. Department May Assign New Identifying Numbers - The department may assign a distinguishing number to a motor...

§17A-3-21. Regulations Governing Change of Motors - The commissioner is authorized to adopt and enforce such registration...

§17A-3-22. Issuance and Distribution of Registration Bulletins - The commissioner shall annually, following a renewal of registration, compile...

§17A-3-23. Registration Plates to State, County, Municipal and Other Governmental Vehicles; Use for Undercover Activities - (a) Any motor vehicle designed to carry passengers, owned or...

§17A-3-24. Emergency Waiver of Registration and Licensing Requirements; Conditions and Limitations; Statement of Purpose; Length of Emergency Waiver Period; Promulgation of Rules - (a) The Governor may authorize the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles...

§17A-3-25. State Vehicle Title, Registration and Relicensing Project of 2018; Emergency and Legislative Rules - (a) On or before July 1, 2018, the commissioner shall...

§17A-3-26. Enforcement; Report - Beginning January 1, 2019, any state vehicle in this state...

§17A-3-27. Compliance Audit - On or before December 31, 2019, the Legislative Auditor, in...