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.