Chapter 360
2012 -- S 2982 AS AMENDED
Enacted 06/21/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR VEHICLES - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT
Introduced By: Senator Michael J. McCaffrey
Date Introduced: May 17, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 31-3.1-4 of the General Laws in Chapter
31-3.1 entitled
"Certificates of Title
and Security Interests" is hereby amended to read as follows:
31-3.1-4.
Application for first certificate of title. -- (a)
The application for the first
certificate of title of a vehicle in this state shall be made by
the owner to the division of motor
vehicles on the form it prescribes and shall contain:
(1) The name,
residence, and mailing address of the owner;
(2) A description of
the vehicle including, so far as the following data exists: its make,
model, identifying number, type of body, the number of
cylinders, and whether new or used;
(3) The date of
purchase by applicant, the name and address of the person from whom
the vehicle was acquired, and the names and addresses of
any lienholders in the order of their
priority and the dates of their security agreements; and
(4) Any further
information the division reasonably requires to identify the vehicle and
to enable it to determine whether the owner is entitled
to a certificate of title, and the existence or
nonexistence of security interests in the vehicle.
(b) If the application
refers to a vehicle purchased from a dealer, it shall contain the
name and address of any lienholder
holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of
the sale and the date of this security agreement and be
signed by the dealer as well as the owner,
and the dealer or buyer shall promptly mail or deliver
the application to the division. The buyer
shall also complete a security lien statement as provided
in section 31-3.1-19.
(c) If the application
refers to a vehicle last previously registered in another state or
country, the application shall contain or be accompanied by:
(1) Any certificate of
title issued by the other state or country;
(2) Any other
information and documents the division reasonably requires to
establish
the ownership of the vehicle and the existence or
nonexistence of security interest in it; and
(3) The certificate of
a person authorized by law that the identifying number of the
vehicle has been inspected and found to conform to the
description given in the application, or
any other proof of the identity of the vehicle the
division reasonably requires.
(d) Chiefs of police,
their designees, who shall be employees of the police department,
or, in an emergency, the administrator of the division
of motor vehicles or his or her designee
shall conduct the inspection of the vehicle identifying
number, and certify, on forms provided by
the division, that it has been found to conform to the
description given in the application or any
other form of the identity of the vehicle the division
reasonably requires. An inspection and
certification fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed against
the applicant by the city or town
whose police conduct the inspection. The inspection by the
chiefs of police, or their designees,
who shall be employees of the police department, shall be
conducted at the local city or town
police station, or at a municipally owned
building, or at a licensed new motor vehicle dealership.
This provision eliminates the responsibility for the
inspection to be performed by division
personnel.
(1) Upon inspection of
the vehicle identifying number as provided for in this section,
each vehicle identification number shall be submitted for
a
(NCIC) check, and the results, sometimes called the
"NCIC check number", shall be attached to
the TR-5 form provided by the division or to any other
form consistent with this provision that
the division might reasonably require.
(e) No person,
partnership, or corporation shall charge a fee in excess of ten dollars
($10.00) for obtaining a certificate
of title for a motor vehicle.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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