Registration: Expiration and Renewal

Registration: Expiration and Renewal. Every vehicle and bicycle registration under this division shall expire annually at midnight on the last day of the month designated by the bureau. The owner of the vehicle has ten business days, after the last day of the month designated by the bureau, to renew the vehicle registration otherwise a late fee of $30 will be charged in addition to any fees designated by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. All late fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the Department of Public Safety Special Account for Bureau of Motor Vehicles supplies with the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety as the expenditure authority. Provided, however, that if the applicant has two or more vehicles, the said applicant shall be given the option to allow for the registration of his/her vehicles to expire in the same month as the vehicle intended for registration/re-registration at a fee of $25 per vehicle. Source: PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 207); amended by PL 19-18, § 3 (Nov. 6, 2015), modified; repealed and reenacted by PL 20-90, §2 (Feb. 18, 2019); amended by PL 22-34, § 3 (Jan. 31, 2023). Commission Comment: [Historical comments removed.] Legislative Findings of 2023 Amendment.— For Findings and Purpose of PL 22-34, see Commission comment to 9 CMC § 2101. Codification Note.— PL 22-34, § 3, repealed former subsecs. (a)–(c) of this section. Subsecs. (a) and (b) prohibited operation of an unregistered motor vehicle on a highway.