Table of Contents TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES CHAPTER 3. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES Part 3. Registration

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7 61-3-301 — Registration – license pl... 1 61-3-302 — Residents operating motor... 61-3-303 — Original registration – p... 61-3-306 — Voluntary registration ca... 61-3-307 — Voluntary registration su... 61-3-311 — Registration – time perio... 1 61-3-312 — Renewal of registration –... 61-3-313 — Motor vehicles exempt fro... 61-3-314 — Registration period 61-3-316 — New registrations 61-3-317 — New registration required... 61-3-318 — Fleet registration period... 61-3-319 — Registration of custom-bu... 61-3-320 — Registration – custom veh... 61-3-321 — Registration fees of vehi... 61-3-322 — Registration receipts – i... 61-3-323 — Definitions 61-3-324 — Fleet registration – appl... 61-3-325 — Fleet registration – lice... 61-3-331 — Assignment of license pla... 61-3-332 — Standard license plates 61-3-333 — Replacing license plates... 61-3-334 — Transfer of ownership of... 61-3-335 — Transfer of license plate... 61-3-336 — Recycling license plates 61-3-337 — Permanently registered mo... 61-3-338 — Contract for manufacture... 61-3-341 — Lost certificates 61-3-344 — Out-of-state USS Montana... 61-3-345 — Motor vehicle computer sy... 61-3-346 — County motor vehicle comp... 61-3-347 — Duties of county motor ve...

Mont. Code Ann. § 61-3-316

New registrations

Except as provided in 61-3-311, a motor vehicle that is registered for the first time in this state must be assigned a registration period corresponding to when the motor vehicle is first registered in this state. Except as permitted in 61-3-318 or 61-3-324, the registration period for a motor vehicle must remain the same from year to year.

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History:

EnactedEn. 53-158 by SectionSec. 5, ChapterCh. 74, Laws ofL. 1975

Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 53-158(part)

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 27, ChapterCh. 515, Laws ofL. 1999 (HB 540 - Grinde, Larry (R) HD 94)

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 73, ChapterCh. 542, Laws ofL. 2005 (SB 285 - Story, Bob (R) SD 30)

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 56, ChapterCh. 596, Laws ofL. 2005 (HB 671 - Musgrove, John (D) HD 34)

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 4, ChapterCh. 335, Laws ofL. 2019 (SB 346 - Fitzpatrick, Steve (R) SD 10)

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