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§ 8-402.2. Reciprocal provisions for nonresidents.

(a)    The governor of this State may confer and advise with the
proper officers and legislative bodies of other states and enter into
reciprocal agreements under which the registration of vehicles owned
by the residents of this State will be recognized by the other state;
and he is further authorized and empowered from time to time to
grant to residents of other states the privilege of using the highways
of this State as in this article provided in return for similar privileges
granted residents of this State by the other states.

(b)    The governor may enter into reciprocal agreements under the
authority of subsection (a) whereby vehicles which are owned by
residents, firms, or corporations of another state, and registered in
the other state, but operated by residents of Maryland and in the
usual custody of the residents of Maryland, for an unlimited period
may be held and operated in such custody without being registered in
Maryland. Reciprocal agreement shall be limited to situations in
which the owner of the vehicle, and the person firm, or corporation
in the name of which the vehicle is registered, is an employer of the
resident of Maryland having the usual operation and custody of the
vehicle. The reciprocal agreement shall provide that before the
vehicle shall be extended the privileges of the agreement, the resident
of Maryland having the usual operation and custody of the vehicle
shall file with the department a statement showing the license number
of the vehicle, the name and address of the owner's place of business,
and the name and address of the resident of Maryland.

(c)    Nothing in this section limits the provisions of section
3-402.1.

§ 3-408. Application for registration.

Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration hereunder shall
make application to the department for the registration of the vehicle
upon the appropriate form or forms furnished by the department and
every application shall bear the signature of a person authorized
under paragraph 4 of section 3-104 (a) to sign an application for a
certificate of title of the vehicle, and it shall contain information as
reasonably required by the department to enable it to determine if the
vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration.

§ 8-403.1. County treasurers to act as agent for department.

(a) The county treasurer of each county in this State shall act
as the agent of the department in the registration of vehicles of the
Class A passenger or pleasure type, all trucks which are privately
owned and not operated for hire, and trailers and semitrailers of
the Class G type which are privately owned and not operated for
hire, and in the issuance of registration plates and registration
cards, in like manner as if application had been made at an office of
the department. Each county treasurer shall remit to the department
at the dose of each week all fees collected by him for the registration
of vehicles hereunder, together with a complete record of registration
made by him during each day, except the fifteen cent fee paid to him
by the applicant for his services in registering the vehicle. Each
applicant for registration of a vehicle, in addition to the registration
and license fees required by this article, shall pay a fee of fifteen