Title 39, Motor Vehicles

No refunds of registration fees may be made, except when the vehicle has been improperly registered or when the vehicle has been destroyed.

The governing body of any incorporated city that has adopted the home rule provisions of chapter 40-05.1 and the department may enter into contractual agreements under which the department may collect any motor vehicle registration fees assessed by the city. Agreements entered in…

Any owner of a motor vehicle, if such motor vehicle is returned to the manufacturer under the provisions of chapter 51-07, may claim a refund in the amount equal to the unused portion of the fee upon the vehicle, computed pro rata by the month, one-twelfth of the annual fee paid …

The highway patrol and all other road or police officers shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter for which another penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

1. Any owner of a motor vehicle licensed in this state, if such vehicle is permanently and involuntarily destroyed, may during the same year or following year claim a refund in an amount equal to the unused portion of the fee paid, less five dollars, upon the vehicle so destroyed…

A vehicle otherwise properly registered may be used for transporting other vehicles not registered provided that the transported vehicle has displayed a transporter's license plate and the transporting vehicle carries a transporter's registration card. The fee for the transporter…

Upon registering a vehicle, the department shall issue to the owner a registration card which must set forth all of the following: 1. The date issued. 2. The registration number assigned to the vehicle. 3. A description of the registered vehicle, including either serial or identi…

The registration issued for a vehicle must be in the driver's vehicle or on an electronic device in the possession of the driver or, in the case of a housetrailer or mobile home or a trailer or semitrailer, regardless of when such vehicle was acquired, inside or on the vehicle, a…

It is a class A misdemeanor for any person to: 1. Alter with fraudulent intent any registration card or temporary registration permit issued by the department; 2. Forge or counterfeit any registration card or temporary registration permit purporting to have been issued by the dep…