Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-12-28
NEW LAW R ULES
CAR REGISTRATION

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Provisions of the new law gov
erning the registration of motor
vehicles as enacted by the last leg
islative assembly, provide that ap-
plications for Registration or re-
registration of motor vehicles must
be filed with ME county treasurer
not later than Reb. | of each year.
1t was stated at the office OF Coun-
ty Treasurer Paul Kurtz.
The law provides that regdstra-
ton Of motor vehicles must be re-
newed annually and license fees
and taxes paid annually. All regis
trations expire on Dec. 81 OF the
year.
Upon receipt of the application
for registration and payment OF
license fees and taxes, the county
treasurer will file n copy OF the
application In hts office and issue
q receipt in triplicate, delivering
one copy Of the receipt to applicant.
one copy to the county clerk and
recorder and retain one copy for
his office. The treasurer must daily
forward to the registrar of motor
vehicles the duplicate of the appll-
cation for registration.
VIII Issue Stickers
The county treasurer shall also.
In the case OF motor vehicles reg
istered for the first time, issue to
the applicant a sticker recitdng that
license fees have been paid. This
sticker is to be used pending re-
cedpt Of license plates.
The law further provides that
the assessor must assess all motor
vehicles in his county, subject to
taxation, on Jan. | of each year,
and all motor vehicles becoming
taxable thereafter up to IL noon OF
the first Monday In March of each
year, atWhich time such motor We
hicle shall become taxable In the
county.
1t is further provided that all
taxes levied and assessed upon mo-
tor vehicles shall be payable to the
county treasurer prior to the time
that the treasurer accepts applica-
don for REGISTRATION or re-registra-
tion OF the motor vehicle.
If the owner of the motor We
| hicle owns real estate, the taxes
| against the motor vehicle becme q
lien against the real estate and may
be colleeted when the real estate
taxes are collected.
Persons owning personal proper
ty only, however, will be required
to pay the taxes before they can
obtain license plates for cars and
registration OF machines.
Add to Offices Work
The new law will add TO the
work OF both the assessors office
and treasurer's office. The assessor
will be required to make out many
more assessment lists than pervi-
ously, while duplication of receipts
will be necessary.
The procedure that will be fol-
lowed la, in brief, that the appli-
can't for license plates will call at
the treasurer's office and present
his application. He will then pro-
coed to the assessors office, where
the value OF the a. will be fixed
and the assessment made. The
owner will then return to the
~treasurer's office and pay his taxes
and license fees. The registration
card will subsequently be issued and
the a owner by the state registrar
of motor vehicles.
All license plates issued to Sher-
idan county motor vehicle owners
will be different from those issued
to owners In other counties. The
color combinations will be the
same, but each Sheridan county
license number will be proceededl
by the numeral "a. Daniels county
license plates will be preceded by
the numeral 81. and every other
county will have a distinctive num-
Der.