HOUSE BILL No. 5099

December 1, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Vaupel and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 234 (MCL 257.234), as amended by 2002 PA 552.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 234. (1) The purchaser or transferee, unless the person

 

he or she is a licensed dealer, shall present or cause to be

 

presented the certificate of title and registration certificate if

 

plates are a registration plate is being transferred to another

 

vehicle, assigned as provided in this act, to the secretary of

 

state accompanied by the required fees, as provided by law,

 

whereupon and the secretary of state shall issue a new certificate

 

of title and registration certificate shall be issued to the

 

assignee. The secretary of state shall mail or deliver the

 

certificate of title shall be mailed or delivered to the owner or

 

another person designated by the owner may direct in a separate


instrument in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. shall

 

prescribe.

 

     (2) If the secretary of state mails or delivers a purchaser's

 

or transferee's certificate of title to a dealer, the dealer shall

 

mail or deliver that certificate of title to the purchaser or

 

transferee not more than 5 days after receiving the certificate of

 

title from the secretary of state.

 

     (3) Unless the transfer is made and the fee paid within 15

 

days, the vehicle is considered to be without registration, the

 

secretary of state may repossess the license plates, registration

 

plate, and transfer ownership of the vehicle ownership may be

 

effected transferred and a valid registration may be acquired

 

thereafter only upon payment of a transfer fee of $15.00 $25.00 in

 

addition to the fee provided for in section 806.

 

     (4) If a security interest is reserved or created at the time

 

of the transfer, the parties shall comply with the requirements of

 

section 238.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.