Michigan Laws 324.81111 – Refusal to issue ORV certificate of title; grounds; issuance and delivery; requiring certification of ownership
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.81111
- Code: means the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 324.81101
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Owner: means any of the following:
(i) A vendee or lessee of an ORV that is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease of the ORV, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement, and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee. See Michigan Laws 324.81101Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301 state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) The department of state may refuse to issue an original or duplicate ORV certificate of title under the circumstances provided in section 81109(5) or if any of the following occur:
(a) The applicant fails to furnish all required information or reasonable additional information requested by the department of state.
(b) The required fee has not been paid.
(c) The applicant is not entitled to an ORV certificate of title under this part.
(d) The ORV is titled under the code.
(e) The application contains a false or fraudulent statement.
(f) The department of state has reasonable grounds to believe that the ORV was stolen or embezzled.
(2) Subject to subsection (1), if satisfied that the applicant is the owner of the ORV and is otherwise entitled to an ORV certificate of title, the department of state shall issue an ORV certificate of title in the applicant’s name. The certificate shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to the owner of the ORV or to another person specified by the owner in a separate instrument, in a form prescribed by the department of state.
(3) If the secretary of state is not satisfied as to the ownership of an ORV which is not a late model ORV and whose value does not exceed $1,500.00, the secretary of state shall require the applicant to certify that the applicant is the owner of the ORV and therefore entitled to make application for a certificate of title for the ORV.