Title 28 — Transportation

A. "Resident", for the purpose of registration and operation of motor vehicles: 1. Except as provided by paragraph 2, means the following: (a) A person who, regardless of domicile, remains in this state for an aggregate period of seven months or more during a calendar year. (b) A…

A. Except in counties that have entered into an agreement authorized by section 28-2006, the assessor of each county is an agent of the department for the performance of the acts and duties delegated to the assessor. B. A county assessor or the director in those counties that hav…

A. The following fees are required: 1. For each certificate of title, salvage certificate of title, restored salvage certificate of title or nonrepairable vehicle certificate of title, $4. 2. For each certificate of title for a mobile home, $7. The director shall deposit $3 of ea…

Except as otherwise provided by statute, the officer collecting the fees and taxes provided in this chapter shall immediately transfer them to the director. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the monies in the Arizona highway user revenue fund.

A. If the county assessor is acting as an agent of the department, the county assessor shall transmit the following monies to the county treasurer of the county in which the fee is collected: 1. One dollar of each registration fee. 2. One dollar of each title fee. 3. Two dollars …

A. The director and a county board of supervisors may contract to provide for the transfer of the duties and responsibilities of the county assessor pursuant to this title to the department. B. The agreement shall provide for the following: 1. The purchase and conveyance of real …

A. At the time of application for and before registration each year of a vehicle, the registering officer shall collect a highway safety fee in an amount to be determined by the director. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all monies collected pur…

A. If a permit, registration card or license plate is lost or mutilated or becomes illegible, the person entitled to the permit, card or plate shall immediately apply for and obtain a duplicate or substitute permit, card or plate by furnishing information satisfactory to the depa…

The certificate of title is valid for the life of the vehicle as long as the vehicle is owned by the original holder of the title, unless it has been replaced pursuant to section 28-2008.

A. The motorcycle safety fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to subsection B of this section and monies from gifts, grants and other donations. The director of the governor's office of highway safety shall administer the fund. On notice from the director o…

A. The department may conduct the following levels of motor vehicle inspections: 1. Level one. A level one inspection consists of matching the public vehicle identification number and a secondary vehicle identification number to the vehicle ownership documents to determine the id…

A. The vehicle inspection and certificate of title enforcement fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to sections 28-2011 and 28-2013 and section 28-2095, subsection G. B. Monies in the vehicle inspection and certificate of title enforcement fund are subject …

A. The department may receive monies from any department or agency of the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state and may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all property seized and forfeited to the state, or otherwise awarded to the department, as…

A. A person shall apply to the department on a form prescribed or authorized by the department for a certificate of title to a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer. The person shall make the application within fifteen days after the purchase or transfer of the vehicle, trailer o…

A. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, the owner of a foreign vehicle that has been registered in another state or country and for which an application for a certificate of title is made shall surrender to the department the license plates assigned to the vehicle,…

A. The department may only issue a vehicle certificate of title without registration for a vehicle that is physically present in this state for any of the following reasons: 1. The applicant for a certificate of title is a nonresident whose vehicle is not subject to vehicle regis…

A. The department shall file each application for a certificate of title. When the department is satisfied that the application is genuine and regular and that the applicant is entitled to a certificate, it shall register the vehicle and the owner alphabetically under the name of…

A. The department or an authorized third party shall do both of the following: 1. Create the certificate of title with space for notation of liens and encumbrances on the vehicle at the time of transfer. 2. Provide forms for assignment of title or interest and warranty by the own…

A. The registering officer shall collect the use tax imposed under title 42, chapter 5, article 4 and under the model city tax code pursuant to title 42, chapter 6, article 2 at the time of application for a transfer of title or registration of a vehicle. The registering officer …

A. If the department is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or is not satisfied that there are no undisclosed security interests in the vehicle, the department may register a vehicle but shall either: 1. Withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant…

A. When the owner of a registered or unregistered vehicle transfers or assigns the owner's title or interest to the vehicle: 1. If the vehicle is registered: (a) The owner shall endorse on the certificate of title or title transfer form an assignment with the warranty of title. (…

A. If satisfactory proof of ownership is furnished to the director, the director may issue a certificate of title for a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer whether or not a certificate of title has ever been issued for that motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer. B. If the direc…

A. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, when the title or interest of an owner of a registered vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall obtain a transfer of registration within thirty days after the passing of the title or in…

A. On the retail sale of a new all-terrain vehicle, off-highway vehicle as defined in section 28-1171 or off-road recreational motor vehicle, the dealer or person first receiving the motor vehicle from the manufacturer shall apply, on behalf of the purchaser, to the department fo…

A. The department shall prepare and maintain a list that identifies each prior year for which outstanding delinquent personal property taxes on mobile homes remain unpaid. The list shall contain: 1. The complete manufacturer's serial number, the brand name or model and the name o…

A. The department shall issue a certificate of title for a mobile home that is customarily kept in this state and the fee required under section 28-2003 shall be paid except for: 1. A mobile home that is owned and held by a dealer solely for purposes of sale. 2. A mobile home tha…

A. The director may establish a system to require recording of certificate of title information for newly issued, transferred and corrected certificates of title, including perfection and release of security interests, through electronic media in a cost-effective manner in lieu o…

A. The director, in cooperation with a statewide association of franchised new motor vehicle dealers, shall establish a program to accept and use electronic or digital signatures. B. In the process of developing the program, the director shall research and develop methods to allo…

A. If a vehicle that is subject to the issuance of a certificate of title or registration pursuant to this chapter becomes a salvage vehicle, stolen vehicle or nonrepairable vehicle and is acquired by an insurance company as a result of a total loss insurance settlement, the insu…

Employees of the department and peace officers, as defined by section 1-215, may seize a vehicle: 1. From which the serial or other identification number or mark is removed, defaced, obliterated or changed unless either of the following: (a) An application has been made to the de…

A. If a vehicle or motor has been seized under this chapter and held for six months and the owner has not complied with the provisions of law under which the vehicle or motor was seized, including payment of all fees, penalties, costs and expenses of seizure, the director shall s…

A. An owner who sells a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer as scrap or for dismantling or destroying shall assign the certificate of title or title transfer form of the vehicle to the purchaser. The purchaser shall deliver the following to the department: 1. An application for…

A. If a salvage vehicle as defined in section 28-2091 is rebuilt or restored to operation, the owner of the motor vehicle shall not transfer the motor vehicle until a restored salvage certificate of title has been issued pursuant to this section. B. On application for a restored …

A. If a vehicle from a foreign jurisdiction has a flood or water damage branded certificate of title, the department may issue a certificate of title for that vehicle that contains a flood or water damage brand. B. If the department determines that a flood or water damaged vehicl…

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title: 1. If a refurbished coach or body component is remounted to a new cab and chassis power unit of a modular motor home, the department shall issue a certificate of title for the modular motor home according to the make of the re…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a registered scrap metal dealer or a licensed automotive recycler may purchase a vehicle without obtaining a certificate of title if the scrap metal dealer or automotive recycler complies with subsection B of this section, the transactional value…

The following, other than a lien dependent on possession, are not valid against the creditors of an owner acquiring a lien by levy or attachment or against subsequent purchasers or encumbrancers without notice until the requirements of this article are met: 1. Any security agreem…

A. The department shall provide on the application for a certificate of title and the application for registration only a section that provides for the indication of a lien or encumbrance on the vehicle. B. The applicant's signature on the application for a certificate of title o…

A. The department shall maintain an appropriate index of all liens, encumbrances or title retention instruments filed as provided by this article. B. The filing and issuance of a new certificate of title as provided in this article is constructive notice to creditors of the owner…

A. When a holder of a lien or encumbrance receives payment in full satisfying a lien or encumbrance recorded under this article, the holder of the lien or encumbrance shall release the lien or encumbrance and notify the owner of the vehicle at the address shown on the certificate…

Notwithstanding any other provision in this article: 1. A security interest in inventory, as defined in section 47-9102, consisting in whole or in part of vehicles required to be issued a certificate of title and registered under section 28-2153 or of mobile homes shall be perfec…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the department may remove from its records a lien on a vehicle required to be issued a certificate of title and registered under section 28-2153 if the lien remains on the records of the department as unsatisfied twelve years…

A. Notwithstanding section 28-2132, after a hearing, the director may remove a restitution lien filed pursuant to section 13-805 or 13-806 from a vehicle record if the director finds both of the following: 1. A person purchased the vehicle without any knowledge that the vehicle w…

1. The person fails to make a payment on the lien for more than ninety days. 2. The secured creditor notifies the owner in writing, by certified mail return receipt requested, that the owner is ninety days late in making a payment and is in default. The notice shall include the f…

A. The director may establish a procedure for mailing registration applications and license plates or license tabs to applicants. B. For purposes of paying postage incurred under this section, the director may establish a postage fund and charge the estimated costs incurred under…

A. A person who registers a motor vehicle belonging to the person or leased to the person in a county other than the county where the person maintains the person's permanent and actual residence or at a place within the county that is outside the vehicle emissions control area wi…

A. A person shall not operate, move or leave standing on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the department for the current registration year or is properly registered for the current registra…

A. A nonresident who purchases an unregistered vehicle in this state for removal to the state of residence of the purchaser shall obtain a special ninety day nonresident registration permit for the vehicle. The nonresident shall obtain the special ninety day nonresident registrat…

A. A dealer or an authorized third party that issues a special ninety day nonresident registration permit pursuant to section 28-2154 shall send an electronic record of the permit to the department through an authorized third party or through the department's authorized third-par…

A. The department may issue a one trip registration permit that allows a person to operate an unregistered vehicle or a vehicle with a suspended registration from a specified origin to a specified destination. B. The one trip registration permit is valid only for the following pu…