SEC. 63-21-17. Certificate issuance; record maintenance.

(1) The State Tax Commission shall examine each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home on the form prescribed by the commission.

(2) The State Tax Commission shall maintain a record of all certificates of title issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter:

(a) Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home;

(b) Under the vehicle identification number;

(c) Under the name of the owner; and

(d) In the discretion of the State Tax Commission, by any other method the commission determines.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8125-28; Laws, 1968, ch. 531, Sec. 8, eff from and after passage (approved August 9, 1968). Amended by Laws 1999, Ch. 556, Sec. 8, SB2632, eff. July 1, 1999.

PREVIOUS VERSION: Pre-1999