A. Subject to section 28-5807, the director shall:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-2161

  • Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Owner: means :

    (a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101

  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Semitrailer: means a vehicle that is with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer or single-axle tow dolly, that is designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and that is constructed so that some part of its weight and that of its load rests on or is carried by another vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Trailer: means a vehicle that is with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer or single-axle tow dolly, that is designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and that is constructed so that no part of its weight rests on the towing vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101

1. Refuse to register a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned by or under the control of a person who has failed, refused or neglected to pay any motor vehicle fee, tax or other assessment, or a penalty on the fee, tax or assessment, that is due the department or for its account. The department shall not renew a registration that is refused until the registration fees and the full amount of the delinquent fees, taxes or other assessments and penalties are paid.

2. Revoke the registration of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned by or under the control of a person who has been delinquent for at least forty-five days in the payment of any motor vehicle fee, tax or other assessment due the department or for its account.

B. The department shall renew the registration of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer revoked pursuant to subsection A of this section for the owner who failed, refused or neglected to pay any motor vehicle fee, tax or other assessment, or a penalty on the fee, tax or assessment, only on payment of the fees prescribed for registration and the full amount of the delinquent fees, taxes or other assessments and penalties.