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. § 61-3-333

Replacing license plates or decals

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if one or both license plates registered to a motor vehicle, quadricycle, travel trailer, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer or the registration decal for the motor vehicle, quadricycle, travel trailer, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is mutilated or destroyed, the owner of the registered motor vehicle or trailer may obtain a set of replacement license plates, a replacement license plate, or a duplicate registration decal upon filing a sworn declaration stating that fact and payment of a fee of $10.

(2) If the owner requests that the replacement license plate or plates bear the same background and license plate number as the plate or plates that were destroyed or mutilated, the duplicate license plate or plates may be issued upon payment of a fee of $15.

(3) The fees imposed in this section must be deposited in the account established in 61-6-158, except that $2 of the fee imposed in subsection (1) must be deposited in the state general fund.

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History:

EnactedEn. Subd. 7, SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 158, Laws ofL. 1933

ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 1759.6, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1935

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 47, Laws ofL. 1955

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 86, Laws ofL. 1969

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 3, ChapterCh. 226, Laws ofL. 1971

Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 53-120

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 503, Laws ofL. 1985

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 9, ChapterCh. 724, Laws ofL. 1991

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 4, ChapterCh. 280, Laws ofL. 2003 (SB 118 - DePratu, Bob (R) SD 40)

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 35, ChapterCh. 592, Laws ofL. 2003 (HB 559 - Gallus, Steven (D) HD 35)

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 64, ChapterCh. 596, Laws ofL. 2005 (HB 671 - Musgrove, John (D) HD 34)

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 13, ChapterCh. 413, Laws ofL. 2009 (SB 508 - Brueggeman, John (R) SD 6)

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