§32-8-30. Certificate required for certain motor vehicles and travel trailers; penalty.

(a) Except as provided in Section 32-8-31, every owner of a motor vehicle designated a 1975 year model, and all models subsequent thereto which is in this state and which is required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of this state and for which no certificate of title has been issued by the department, shall make application to a designated agent as herein defined for a certificate of title to the vehicle.

(b) Except as provided in Section 32-8-31, every owner of a travel trailer designated a 1990 year model, and all models subsequent thereto which is in this state and which is required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of this state and for which no certificate of title has been issued by the department, shall make application to a designated agent as herein defined for a certificate of title to the travel trailer.

(c) Any dealer, acting for himself or another, who sells, trades or otherwise transfers any vehicle required to be titled under this chapter who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $500.00.

(Acts 1973, No. 765, p. 1147, §2; Acts 1989, No. 89-918, p. 1817, §2; Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §2.)