Montana Code 61-3-414. Special motorcycle license plates for military personnel, veterans, and spouses — department to design — fees — disposition
61-3-414. Special motorcycle license plates for military personnel, veterans, and spouses — department to design — fees — disposition. (1) The department shall design and issue motorcycle license plates for all special military and veteran license plates provided for in 61-3-458.
Terms Used In Montana Code 61-3-414
- Authorized agent: means a person who has executed a written agreement with the department and is specifically authorized by the department to electronically access and update the department's motor vehicle titling, registration, or driver records, using an approved automated interface, for specific functions or purposes on behalf of a third party. 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)A person requesting a special military or veteran motorcycle license plate under this section:
(a)is subject to the eligibility requirements for the license plate as provided in 61-3-458; and
(b)shall pay to the county treasurer or an authorized agent:
(i)an administrative fee of $5 upon issuance of the motorcycle license plate, to be deposited in the county general fund;
(ii)a $5 license plate fee, to be deposited in the state general fund; and
(iii)a $10 veterans’ cemetery fee, to be deposited as provided in 61-3-459(2).
(3)Upon request, after paying the fees imposed under subsection (2)(b) and any applicable vehicle registration fees under this chapter, the surviving spouse of an eligible veteran, if the spouse has not remarried, may retain the special license plates issued to the deceased veteran, subject to the eligibility requirements for the plate as provided in 61-3-458(4).