1716                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                        Ch. 472

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(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, if
the owner of a vehicle registered in this State assigns or
otherwise transfers his title or interest in the vehicle, the
registration of the vehicle expires, unless the owner gives the
transferee written permission to use the existing registration
plates.

(2) If the owner does not give this permission, the
owner shall remove the registration plates from the vehicle.

(b)  [(1)] A transferee who has been given written
permission to use the existing registration plates may drive and
permit the vehicle to be driven with those plates for not more
than 10 days from the date of the transfer.

(C) Before [this period] THE 10-DAY PERIOD DESCRIBED UNDER

SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION expires, the transferee shall
remove the plates from the vehicle and return them promptly to
the former owner of the vehicle or to the Administration.

[(2)] (D) When the 10-day period expires or, if
earlier, when the registration plates are removed, the
registration of the vehicle expires.

[(3)] (E) After 24 hours of the time the registration
of the vehicle expires, neither the transferee nor any other
person, other than the person to whom the registration plates
originally were issued, may have the registration plates in his
possession, whether or not they are in use.

[(4)] (F) This [subsection] SECTION does not prohibit
the former owner from transferring the registration plates to
another vehicle, as provided in this subtitle.

13-502.

(A)  Except as otherwise permitted in this subtitle, before
the transferee of a registered vehicle may drive a vehicle [or

permit it to be driven] on a highway, the transferee shall apply

for and obtain a new registration of the vehicle, as on an

original registration.

(B)  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED IN THIS SUBTITLE, BEFORE
THE TRANSFEREE OF A REGISTERED VEHICLE MAY PERMIT THE VEHICLE TO
BE DRIVEN ON A HIGHWAY, THE TRANSFEREE SHALL APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN.
A NEW REGISTRATION OF THE VEHICLE, AS ON AN ORIGINAL
REGISTRATION.

(C) If the vehicle is not driven on a highway, however, the
vehicle need not be registered.

13-503.