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North Dakota Century Code

Chapter 39-05

N.D. Cent. Code ch. 39-05

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39-05-01Definitions 39-05-02Vehicles exempt from provisions of chapter 39-05-02.1Certificate of title required 39-05-02.2Exclusions from the certificate of title requirement 39-05-03Department not to license vehicle until application is made for a certificate of title 39-05-04Certificate of title required before vehicle can be operated on highway - Penalty 39-05-05Application for certificate of title - Contents - Fee 39-05-06Application to be verified - When officers and employees of department may verify 39-05-07False statement in application or other document - Penalty 39-05-08Application to be checked against certain indexes 39-05-09Issuance, contents, delivery, and term of certificate 39-05-09.1Lost, stolen, or mutilated certificate of title 39-05-09.2Suspension or revocation of certificates of title 39-05-10Registration card - Issuance - Contents - Signing 39-05-11Altering or forging certificate of title - Penalty 39-05-12Registration card to be carried in or on vehicle - Inspection of card - Penalty 39-05-13Duplicate number plate, trailer plate, certificate of registration card issued when, fee 39-05-14Special number when engine or serial number is altered, removed, or defaced - Application - Stamping - Record 39-05-15Registration card to be endorsed and sent to department upon transfer of vehicle - Penalty 39-05-16Legal owner of a motor vehicle not to transfer title without certificate - Penalty 39-05-16.1Release of a security interest 39-05-17Transfer of title of vehicle - Endorsement required - Certificate of title delivered - New certificate obtained - Penalty 39-05-17.1Certificate of title to be delivered 39-05-17.2Body damage disclosure - Rules - When required - Penalty 39-05-17.3Vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests 39-05-18Forwarding certificate of title to department not required when transferee is dealer - Exception 39-05-19Obtaining certificate of title for vehicle when ownership obtained by other than voluntary means 39-05-20Transferee may obtain new certificate of title upon inability to obtain old certificate - Proof of ownership - Valuation on transfer - Appeal 39-05-20.1Salvage certificate of title 39-05-20.2Issuance of salvage certificate of title 39-05-20.3Grounds for refusing certificate of title 39-05-20.4Titles for salvage and junk motor vehicles - Rules - Penalty 39-05-21Refusal to issue certificate of title - Revoking certificate - Appeal 39-05-22Department to maintain file of surrendered certificates of title - Purpose - Records 39-05-23Peace officers to report stolen and recovered motor vehicles to department 39-05-24Index of stolen and recovered motor vehicles kept by department - Department to report to municipalities, counties, and other states 39-05-25Receiving, transferring, or having possession of stolen vehicles - Felony 39-05-26Used car dealers to maintain records - Contents 39-05-27Vehicle dealer to have certificate of title or other documentary evidence to prove possession 39-05-28Penalty for defacing, destroying, removing, or altering engine, serial, or identification numbers 39-05-29Registration of housetrailers - Provisions of chapter not applicable to trailers or semitrailers less than fifty dollars in value 39-05-30Fees and revenues collected placed in highway tax distribution fund - Payment of salaries and expenses 39-05-31Director may employ office help and purchase supplies 39-05-31.1Administration of oaths 39-05-32Officers to enforce provisions of chapter 39-05-33General penalty 39-05-34Penalty for felony 39-05-35Manufactured homes - Conversion to real property - Procedure - Rules