PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 615

FOR the purpose of requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to refuse to issue a
certificate of title of a vehicle if the applicant fails to furnish certain information or
documents as required by statute or regulation; requiring the Administration to
refuse to issue a certificate of title if the Administration has information or
documents that indicate certain facts; and generally relating to altering the
circumstances under which the Administration is required to refuse to issue
certificates of title.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 13-110
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

13-110.

The Administration shall refuse to issue a certificate of title of a vehicle if:

(1)     The application contains any false or fraudulent statement;

(2)     The applicant has failed to furnish information or documents required
[or requested] by STATUTE OR REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY the Administration;

(3)     Any required fee has not been paid;

(4)     The applicant is not entitled to a certificate of title under the Maryland
Vehicle Law; or

(5)     The Administration has [reasonable grounds to believe] SPECIFIC
INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTS THAT INDICATE:

(i) That the applicant is not the owner of the vehicle;

(ii) That the issuance of a certificate of title to the applicant would be
a fraud against another person; or

(iii) That the vehicle does not comply with Title 2, Subtitle 7 of the
Environment Article or any regulation adopted under that subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

May 24, 1995

The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr.

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