WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 211

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 211

(House Bill 318)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Validation Tabs for Registration Plates

FOR the purpose of providing that, if certain validation tabs for
vehicle registration plates are lost, specific persons are
required to apply for and are entitled to obtain replacement
validation tabs under certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 13-415

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

13-415.

(a)  If a current registration card [is] OR CURRENT
VALIDATION TABS THAT NEVER HAVE BEEN AFFIXED TO REGISTRATION
PLATES ARE lost, the owner of the vehicle for which . the card
[was] OR TABS WERE issued or the legal representative of the
owner named in the certificate of title of the vehicle, as shown
by the records of the Administration, immediately shall apply for
and, after furnishing information satisfactory to the
Administration and payment of the required fee, is entitled to
obtain a duplicate registration card or replacement validation
tabs.

(b)  If a current registration card or current validation
tabs that never have been affixed to registration plates are
stolen, the owner of the vehicle for which the card or tabs were
issued or the legal representative of the owner named in the
certificate of title, as shown by the records of the
Administration, immediately shall apply for and, after furnishing

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