Title 39, Motor Vehicles

1. An application for a certificate of title must be made upon a form provided by the department and must contain all of the following: a. A full description of the vehicle, including the name of the manufacturer, model year if the model year is known, either the engine, serial, …

The department shall maintain a vehicle identification number index of registered motor vehicles and upon receiving an application for a certificate of title it shall check first the vehicle identification number shown in the application against such index.

1. After checking the application for a certificate as provided in section 39-05-08 and except as provided in subsection 4, the department, if it is satisfied that the applicant is the person entitled to the possession of the vehicle, shall issue a certificate of title in paper o…

If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, shall promptly make application for and may…

1. The department shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with chapter 28-32, when authorized by any other provision of law or if it finds: a. The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneousl…

Any person who shall: 1. Alter with fraudulent intent any certificate of title issued by the department; 2. Forge or counterfeit any certificate of title purporting to have been issued by the department under the provisions of this chapter; 3. Alter or falsify with fraudulent int…

1. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, the lienholder, within ten days after demand and in any event within thirty days of the satisfaction, shall execute a release of the lienholder'…

1. The owner or transferor of a motor vehicle who transfers title to a vehicle shall endorse an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate of title for the vehicle. The owner or transferor shall include on the assignment and warranty of title the name of the transferee…

1. The department shall adopt rules relating to the manner and form of disclosing motor vehicle body damage on the certificate of title to a motor vehicle. The rules must provide for a damage disclosure statement from the transferor to the transferee at the time ownership of a mo…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transaction regarding motor vehicles or trailers does not create a sale or security interest merely because an agreement provides that the rental price may be adjusted by reference to the amount realized upon sale or other disposition…

Whenever the ownership of any vehicle passes otherwise than by voluntary transfer, the transferee may obtain a certificate of title for the vehicle from the department upon application for the certificate and payment of a fee of five dollars. The application for the certificate m…

1. When the transferee of a vehicle is unable to obtain a properly assigned certificate of title for a vehicle, and makes application for a new certificate and presents satisfactory proof of ownership, the department may cancel the old certificate and issue a new certificate to t…

The department shall issue a salvage certificate of title for a salvaged or destroyed vehicle when the owner of the vehicle has returned the certificate of title for the vehicle to the department. The department shall prescribe the form and content of the salvage certificate of t…

1. The owner of a vehicle that is damaged in excess of seventy-five percent of the vehicle's retail value as determined by the national automobile dealers association official used car guide shall forward the title for that vehicle to the department within ten days and the depart…

The department may not issue a certificate of title or transfer a certificate of title if: 1. The application contains any false or fraudulent statements, the applicant has failed to furnish required information or reasonable additional information requested by the department, or…

The department may adopt rules defining salvage and junk motor vehicles and governing the manner and circumstances under which certificates of title for such a motor vehicle may be required. The rules must describe the facts and circumstances under which a person must receive fro…

If the department determines that an applicant for a certificate of title to a vehicle is not entitled thereto, it may refuse to issue the certificate, and in that event, unless the department reverses its decision or its decision is reversed by a court of competent jurisdiction,…

The department shall retain and appropriately file every surrendered certificate of title, such file to be maintained to permit the tracing of title of vehicles designated therein. 1. The department shall file, upon receipt, each affidavit of affixation relating to a manufactured…

Every vehicle dealer shall have in the dealer's possession a separate certificate of title assigned to such dealer or other documentary evidence of the dealer's right to the possession of every vehicle in the dealer's possession.

Any person who with fraudulent intent shall: 1. Deface, destroy, remove, or alter the engine, serial, or identification number of a motor vehicle; 2. Place or stamp other than the original engine, serial, or identification number, or a number assigned, upon a motor vehicle; or 3.…

All fees and revenues received by the director under the provisions of this chapter must be deposited by the director in the state treasury. Such moneys must be placed in the highway tax distribution fund. All salaries and other expenses incurred in connection with the provisions…

Within the legislative appropriation, the director may employ all office help and purchase all supplies necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Officers and employees of the department designated by the director may administer oaths for the purposes of this chapter but may not charge any fee therefor.

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

Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which another penalty is not provided specifically is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. This section does not apply to the department.

1. a. The owner or, if there is more than one owner, all owners, of a manufactured home that is covered by a manufacturer's certificate of origin which the owner is able to produce and that is permanently affixed to real property as defined in subsection 1 of section 47-10-27, or…