Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1455

§ 7-633. Evidence of insurance or payment to fund to be required
by dealer issuing temporary registration plates.

Whenever a motor vehicle dealer shall issue temporary registra-
tion plates or markers under Section 3-602 of this Article to the
purchaser of a vehicle, the dealer shall require the purchaser either

(1)   to exhibit proof of insurance for the vehicle as required by
Section 7-632 of this Article, or, if no such proof can be shown,

(2)  to collect from the purchaser the sum of ten dollars ($10.00)
for the use of the Fund and to give the purchaser a receipt for this
sum. The form of the receipt shall be designated by the Fund. If
at any time subsequent to its purchase, the vehicle becomes insured
in the manner described in Section 7-632, there shall be no return
of the ten dollars ($10.00) paid to a dealer for the use of the Fund.
Whenever application shall be made to the Department of Motor
Vehicles for registration of a vehicle purchased from a dealer by
an applicant who has not obtained insurance on the vehicle, and the
applicant presents a receipt issued by a dealer evidencing payment
of the sum of ten dollars for the use of the Fund, the applicant
shall be credited by the Department with the sum of ten dollars
against the amount of the uninsured motorist fee and shall be re-
quired only to pay the remainder owed to the Department. All sums
collected by dealers from purchasers for the use of the Fund shall be
remitted to the Fund at such intervals and under the procedure
which the Board may designate.

§ 7-634. Penalties.

(a)    It is unlawful for any person or any servant of any person
to file with the Fund, Board, Commissioner, or Treasurer any notice
or document required under this part which is knowingly false or
untrue or contains any material misstatement of fact.

(b)    It is unlawful for any person to operate an uninsured motor
vehicle owned by him, or to permit the operation by another, with-
out having paid the fee prescribed in Section 7-603 of this article,
and it is also unlawful for the registered owner of any uninsured
vehicle to fail to pay the prescribed fee or to return his registration
certificate and plates as required in Section 7-603 of this article.
Failure to pay the prescribed fee or to return registration certificates
and plates shall constitute prima facie evidence of the operation of
an uninsured motor vehicle.

(c)    Violation of the provisions of this section is punishable, upon
conviction, by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by
imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.

§ 7-635. Appeals.

Any final order, decree, or judgment of court rendered pursuant to
this part which debars a claimant from further proceeding against
the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund or denies the claim or
which awards or allows claimant less than the claimant believes he is
entitled to and any final order, decree, or judgment of court by which
the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund or Board is aggrieved
shall be appealable to the Court of Appeals in the manner provided
by law and rule of court.