(a) If an owner‘s registration is suspended under this chapter, the registration may not be transferred nor the vehicle registered in any other name until the department is satisfied that the transfer or registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this chapter.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 28.20.550

  • department: means the Department of Administration. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle, including but not limited to a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but exclusive of a lessee under a lease not intended as security. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • suspend: means the temporary withdrawal, by formal action of the Department of Public Safety or the Department of Administration or by formal action of a court, of a certificate, registration, license, permit, or privilege issued or allowed under this title or regulations adopted under this title, effective for a period of time which must be specifically designated by the appropriate department or by the court. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • vehicle: means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon or immediately over a highway or vehicular way or area. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
(b) This section does not affect the rights of a conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee, or lessor of the vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to this chapter.
(c) The department shall suspend the registration of a vehicle transferred in violation of this section.
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