West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 91 - Motor Vehicles › Title 91 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Series 91-02 - Rules And Regulations › Section 91-2-3 - Licensing or Registration Instructions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. Every Motor Vehicle, trailer,
				semi-trailer and pole trailer when driven or moved upon a highway, shall be
				subject to the registration and certificate of title provisions of Chapter
				Seventeen-A of the Motor Vehicles Laws of this State, except as provided in
				Section Two, Article Three.
3.2.
				When application for certificate of title and license plates are made at the
				same time, no form of application for license is required. However, the license
				fee should accompany the application for certificate of title. If no fee is
				submitted for license, and the certificate of title is issued, an application
				for license will be mailed to the registered owner. In the event that no
				application is available for a vehicle that an applicant desires to license,
				and the vehicle is properly registered in the applicant' name in this State,
				the applicant may submit the required fee and a complete description of the
				vehicle for which application for license is being made. The description should
				include the manufacturer's made and serial number, year model, body style, West
				Virginia Certificate of Title Number, and the name and mailing address of the
				registered owner. Department form number forty-four is available and may be
				used for this type of application. A Schedule of Fees for all classes of
				License is available to the public upon request.
3.3. Where application for registration is
				made between the first day of October and the thirty-first day of December,
				inclusive, in any fiscal year, the fee shall be for three-quarters of the
				annual fee. When application is made between the first day of January and the
				thirty-first day of March, inclusive, in any fiscal year, the fee shall be for
				one-half the annual fee. When application is made between the first day of
				April and the thirteenth day of June, inclusive, in any fiscal year, the fee
				will be for one-fourth (1/4) the annual fee. If additional weight or fees are
				required, the quarterly reduction in fees would apply to all applications for
				transfer of license, additional weight, and exchange of license from one class
				to another.
3.4. Where application
				is made to transfer license from one vehicle to another, or to exchange license
				from one class to another, the following requirements should be complied with
				and the necessary fees and registration card submitted with the application:
(a) The name of the applicant must be the
				same as shown on the vehicle from which the exchange or transfer is being made.
				License cannot be transferred or exchanged from one person to another, except
				to a legal heir as provided in Chapter Seventeen-A, Article Four, Section Five,
				of the Code of West Virginia.
(b) A
				fee of one dollar is required to transfer license from one vehicle to another,
				plus the difference in fee if transfer is from a vehicle in a low weight
				bracket to a vehicle in a higher weight bracket. A fee of one dollar would also
				be required to transfer registration to a legal heir.
(c) When application is made to exchange
				license from one class to another, the applicant is required to surrender the
				license plate and registration card he desires to exchange. A one dollar
				exchange fee would be required, and any additional fee necessary to equalize
				the value of the plate surrendered with the value of the registration plate
				desired. The required class of license plate and registration card will be
				issued for the vehicle the exchange was made to.