Montana Code 61-3-214. Certificate of title — custom-built motorcycle
61-3-214. Certificate of title — custom-built motorcycle. (1) When a person applies for a certificate of title for a custom-built motorcycle and a certificate of title or an electronic record of title is created pursuant to this chapter, the certificate of title or electronic record of title must include:
Terms Used In Montana Code 61-3-214
- Certificate of title: means the paper record issued by the department or by the appropriate agency of another jurisdiction that establishes a verifiable record of ownership between an identified person or persons and the motor vehicle specifically described in the record and that provides notice of a perfected security interest in the motor vehicle. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- Custom-built motorcycle: means a motorcycle that is equipped with:
(a)an engine that was manufactured 20 years prior to the current calendar year and that has been altered from the manufacturer's original design; or
(b)an engine that was manufactured to resemble an engine 20 or more years old and that has been constructed in whole or in part from nonoriginal materials. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- Department: means the department of justice acting directly or through its duly authorized officers or agents. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- Frame: means the structure that supports the automobile body and other external component parts. See Montana Code 61-3-210
- Manufacturer: includes any person engaged in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers, travel trailers, motorboats, sailboats, snowmobiles, or off-highway vehicles as a regular business. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- Motorcycle: means a motor vehicle that has a seat or saddle for the use of the operator and that is designated to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, state agency, local government unit, another state government, the United States, a political subdivision of this or another state, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn on a public highway, except devices moved by animal power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Montana Code 61-1-101
(a)the make, style, year of manufacture, serial number or identification number of the motorcycle’s engine, and year of manufacture for the motorcycle, which is the year that the engine was manufactured or the year that the engine was manufactured to resemble; and
(b)the make and vehicle identification number for the frame of the motorcycle.
(2)If the application for a certificate of title is not accompanied by a previously issued certificate of title that includes the required information or a certificate from the manufacturer of the motorcycle’s engine or frame, the department may require a vehicle inspection to confirm the make, year of manufacture, and serial or identification number of the motorcycle’s engine, the frame, or both, and, if applicable, to assign a special identification number under 61-3-107.