Filed as: Electronic Title and Registration Program
Vehicle owners must now provide their full legal name, including middle name, on all title and registration applications, and that name must match their state or federal identification document. The Department of Revenue has established a new Electronic Title and Registration program that allows authorized providers to process vehicle titles and registrations electronically; these providers must pay a $300 annual fee, cover up to $30,000 in their own technical connection costs, remit collected taxes and fees to the state daily, and maintain paper records for five years or face program removal. The rules clarify that all vehicle titles and registrations will display each owner's full legal name going forward.
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The effect of the rules will be to require vehicles to be registered and titled in an individual’s legal name, to establish the Electronic Title and Registration (ERT) program, set forth ERT application requirements, require ERT provider annual fees, responsibility for technical costs, document retention requirements, and establish penalties for failure to remit state taxes and fees as required. The reason for adopting the proposed rules is to implement the ERT program as required by state law, to ensure that ERT providers comply with necessary technical requirements of DOR’s 605Drive system, ensure the timely remittance of state taxes and fees by ERT providers, and ensure compliance with federal document retention laws.
Moved by Rep. Muckey, seconded by Rep. DeGroot, to deem the rulemaking process complete; passed unanimously.
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