Montana Code 61-3-413. Registration of motor vehicle as general transportation collector’s item — definition — permanent registration required
61-3-413. Registration of motor vehicle as general transportation collector’s item — definition — permanent registration required. (1) For the purposes of 61-3-412 and this section, a “general transportation collector’s item” is a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer that is 25 years old or older and that is used for general transportation purposes.
Terms Used In Montana Code 61-3-413
- Department: means the department of justice acting directly or through its duly authorized officers or agents. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- 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
- Motor vehicle: means :
(i)a vehicle propelled by its own power and designed or used to transport persons or property on the highways of the state;
(ii)a quadricycle if it is equipped for use on the highways as prescribed in chapter 9; or
(iii)a golf cart only if it is equipped for use on the highways as prescribed in chapter 9 and is operated pursuant to 61-8-391 or by a person with a low-speed restricted driver's license. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- Owner: means each person who holds the legal title to a vehicle. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- Pole trailer: means a vehicle without power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members capable generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- register: means the act or process of creating an electronic record, maintained by the department, of the assignment of a license plate or a set of license plates to and the issuance of a registration decal for a specific vehicle, the ownership of which has been established or is presumed in department records. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- Semitrailer: means a vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that some part of its weight and that of its load rests on or is carried by another vehicle. See Montana Code 61-1-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Trailer: means a vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that no part of its weight rests on the towing vehicle. 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
(2)An owner of a general transportation collector’s item who wishes to display original Montana license plates or collector reproduction license plates on the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer shall file with the department an application for the registration of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer. The application must state:
(a)the name and address of the owner;
(b)the year and number of the license plate the applicant wishes to use; and
(c)the make, the gross weight, the year and number of the model, and the manufacturer‘s identification number and serial number of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer.
(3)Upon receipt of an application for registration of a general transportation collector’s item that will display an original Montana license plate, the department shall compare the number of the license plate that the applicant intends to use with the license plate numbers assigned to currently registered motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers. The department may reject an application if the number the applicant intends to use matches a number that is assigned to a currently registered motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer. If the department approves the application, the department shall file the application and register the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer in the manner specified in 61-3-101.
(4)Upon receipt of an application for registration of a general transportation collector’s item that will display a collector reproduction license plate, the department shall determine a distinctive license plate number to be assigned to the collector reproduction license plate. The department may:
(a)issue a new license plate number following the requirements for issuing distinctive license plate numbers under 61-3-331;
(b)issue a new personalized license plate number under 61-3-401 through 61-3-406; or
(c)at the request of the owner, transfer a license plate number that is already assigned to the general transportation collector’s item or another motor vehicle owned by the owner of the general transportation collector’s item.
(5)The general transportation collector’s item owner may take the license plate number issued pursuant to subsection (4) and purchase a collector reproduction license plate from any source.
(6)The one-time application fee for a collector reproduction license plate under subsection (4) is $50. The fee must be deposited as follows:
(a)$25 must be deposited into the state special revenue account to partially fund highway patrol officers’ salaries established in 44-1-504; and
(b)$25 must be deposited into the motor vehicle division administration account established in 61-3-112.
(7)Once an application is approved, appropriate fees are paid, and the requirements provided in 61-3-412(2) are met, an owner of a general transportation collector’s item shall permanently register the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer as provided in 61-3-562 and shall display on the motor vehicle’s, trailer’s, semitrailer’s, or pole trailer’s license plate a decal indicating that the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer has been permanently registered.