North Dakota Code 39-05-09 – Issuance, contents, delivery, and term of certificate
1. After checking the application for a certificate as provided in section 39-05-08 and except as provided in subsection 4, the department, if it is satisfied that the applicant is the person entitled to the possession of the vehicle, shall issue a certificate of title in paper or electronic form, which must contain:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 39-05-09
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- paper: means any flexible material upon which it is usual to write. See North Dakota Code 1-01-27
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
a. The name of the owner.
b. The vehicle identification number. c. The signature of the director.
d. The date issued.
e. A description of the vehicle as determined by the department.
f. A statement of the owner’s title and of all liens or encumbrances upon the vehicle therein described and whether possession is held by the owner or lienholder.
2. Forms must be made available on the reverse side of the paper version or electronically for the assignment of title or interest and warranty thereof by the owner with a space for the notation of liens and encumbrances upon such vehicle at the time of a transfer.
3. The amount of any lien or encumbrance upon the vehicle need not be shown anywhere on the certificate of title, only the fact of such lien or encumbrance, and the identity of the lienholder or encumbrancer. The department shall deliver the certificate of title to the owner or first lienholder. The certificate is good for the life of the vehicle as long as the vehicle is owned or held by the original holder of the certificate.
4. The department may not issue a certificate of title for a manufactured home with respect to which there has been recorded an affidavit of affixation under section 47-10-27.
5. The holder of a manufacturer’s certificate of origin to a manufactured home may deliver it to a person to facilitate conveying or encumbering the manufactured home. A person receiving a manufacturer’s certificate of origin so delivered holds the certificate in trust for the person delivering the certificate.
6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate of title issued by the department for a manufactured home is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on the certificate, notwithstanding that the manufactured home, at any time, becomes affixed in any manner to real property.