§509. Transfer of certain registration certificates
A.Whenever the title or interest of any person in or to a vehicle (except
trucks, tandem trucks, semitrailers, tandem semitrailers, trailers, and busses or
passenger coaches, registered under the provisions of this Chapter) is transferred or
assigned, the registration of such vehicle, together with the number plates originally
assigned thereto, shall be transferred to the transferee or assignee thereof upon the
surrender of the former's registration certificate, or upon proof satisfactory to the
commissioner of the transfer thereof; the number plate or plates originally assigned
to the vehicle must remain attached thereto until the end of the current registration
year. The transferee, before operating or permitting the operation of such
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§509. Transfer of certain registration certificates
A. Whenever the title or interest of any person in or to a vehicle (except
trucks, tandem trucks, semitrailers, tandem semitrailers, trailers, and busses or
passenger coaches, registered under the provisions of this Chapter) is transferred or
assigned, the registration of such vehicle, together with the number plates originally
assigned thereto, shall be transferred to the transferee or assignee thereof upon the
surrender of the former's registration certificate, or upon proof satisfactory to the
commissioner of the transfer thereof; the number plate or plates originally assigned
to the vehicle must remain attached thereto until the end of the current registration
year. The transferee, before operating or permitting the operation of such motor
vehicle upon a highway, shall apply and obtain the registration thereof, as upon
original registration, except as herein otherwise provided. In the case of a transfer
or assignment of the title or interest of an owner in and to a vehicle, the registration
thereof shall be suspended and the vehicle shall not be operated upon the highways
unless the new owner obtains a transfer or registration in accordance with the
provisions hereof. The Commissioner of the Division of State Police may issue to
proper persons, under such rules and regulations as he shall provide, a temporary
permit for the operation of such vehicle upon the highways.
B.(1) Whenever the title or interest of any person in or to a truck, tandem
truck, semitrailer, tandem semitrailer, trailer, and bus or passenger coach, registered
and licensed under the provisions of this Chapter, other than as provided in
Paragraphs (2) through (5) of this Subsection, is transferred or assigned, the owner
shall transfer the registration certificate and license plate thereof.
(2) Whenever a truck, tandem truck, semitrailer, trailer, and bus or passenger
coach, registered under the provisions of this Chapter, for which a license in excess
of $10.00 has been paid, is destroyed or permanently withdrawn from service and
replaced by a like vehicle to be similarly used, the registered owner may transfer the
registration and license plate from the vehicle destroyed or withdrawn from service
to the vehicle replacing it, by complying with Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this
Subsection.
(3) To effect such transfer and registration the owner of the vehicle shall pay
a total registration transfer fee of three dollars. Such fee shall cover only the transfer
of said registration. Where applicable the transferee shall submit an affidavit
showing the fact of destruction or withdrawal from service, and surrender the
registration certificate therefor to the commissioner. No plate shall be used by the
owner until the use thereof on a vehicle other than that for which it was originally
issued has been approved by the commissioner.
(4) If the weight of the replacement vehicle being registered under this
Subsection exceeds the weight of the vehicle destroyed or withdrawn from service,
a new license plate shall be purchased for the replacement vehicle. The
commissioner shall, upon surrender of the old license plate, allow credit for the
amount paid therefor, against the registration fee for the replacement vehicle.
(5) Whenever the title or interest of any person in or to a truck, tandem truck,
semitrailer, tandem semitrailer, trailer, vehicle used for the transport of forest
products, and bus or passenger coach, registered under the provisions of this Chapter
as a common or contract vehicle, is transferred or assigned, the owner shall retain the
registration and license plate thereof and the same may be used as the registration
certificate and licensing plate of another vehicle of the same classification or
surrendered to the commissioner under such rules and regulations as may be
promulgated by the commissioner. No such registration certificate or license plate
shall be used by the owner until the use thereof on a vehicle other than that for which
it was originally issued has been approved by the commissioner.
C. Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 403, §2.