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plates issued to the former owner may be displayed on the
vehicle.

(D) After [this operation] THE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION is completed or, even
before this operation is completed, on request of the former
owner or the Administration, the person who obtained possession
of the vehicle shall return its registration plates to the former
owner or to the Administration.

[(3)] (E) After 24 hours of the earlier of the
request or the completion of the operation described in
[paragraph (2)] SUBSECTION (B) of this [subsection] SECTION, no
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.

[(b)] (F) If the title or interest of an owner in a

registered vehicle passes to a legatee or distributee as a result

of testamentary disposition or intestate devolution, the personal.

representative, legatee, or distributee may drive the vehicle and

permit it to be driven on the highways, without applying for a

new registration, until the expiration of the last annual
registration in the name of the deceased owner.

13-602.

(a) (1) Subject to the provisions of this part, a licensed
dealer may issue one temporary registration plate for a vehicle
to the person who buys the vehicle from the dealer, whether or
not the vehicle is to be registered in this State.

(2) The dealer may not issue more than one temporary
registration for any vehicle.

(b)  [(1)] Before a temporary registration plate may be
issued for a vehicle, the buyer of the vehicle shall complete and
deliver to the dealer a temporary registration plate application,
on the form that the Administration requires.

[(2)] (C) On the same day that a dealer issues a
temporary registration plate for a vehicle, the dealer shall send
to the Administration a copy of the temporary registration plate
application completed by the buyer of the vehicle.

13-603.

(a) On request of the buyer of a vehicle to whom the dealer
has issued a temporary registration plate, the dealer immediately
shall send to the Administration[:

(1) An] AN application completed by the buyer for the
annual registration of the vehicle[; and].