A nonresident may, if he or she applies within ninety days from his or her original registration date and surrenders the registration certificate and license plates which were assigned to him or her, receive from the county treasurer, or the department if registration was pursuant to section 60-3,198, a refund in the amount of fifty percent of the original license fee, fifty percent of the motor vehicle tax imposed in section 60-3,185, and fifty percent of the motor vehicle fee imposed in section 60-3,190, except that no refunds shall be made on any license surrendered after the ninth month of the registration period for which the motor vehicle or trailer was registered.