57-40.3-07. Title or license registration not to be issued unless tax paid

57-40.3-07. Title or license registration not to be issued unless tax paid

No title or license registration shall be issued by the director of the department of

transportation for the ownership or operation of any motor vehicle to any applicant for title or

license registration unless the tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid by the applicant to the

director of the department of transportation except:

1. For those vehicles which have been previously licensed and the applicant for license

registration is the same person in whose name the license registration had previously

been issued.

2. For those vehicles transferred by way of gift between a husband and wife, parent and

child, or brothers and sisters.

3. For those vehicles which have been previously licensed and the applicant for license

registration is the same business organization to which the license registration had

been issued but the name of which has been changed through incorporation or other

reorganization in business structure but the ownership of which remains in the same

person or persons as prior to the reorganization.

4. For vehicles which have been previously licensed and are transferred between a

member of a general or limited partnership and the partnership at the time the

partnership is established or terminated, between a stockholder of a corporation and

the corporation at the time the corporation is organized or liquidated, or between a

member of a limited liability company and the limited liability company at the time the

limited liability company is organized or terminated.

5. For a vehicle leased and registered or licensed in another state by a nonresident

individual who is stationed as a member of the armed services of the United States in

this state, the vehicle is exempt from tax imposed under this chapter and registration in

this state must be issued upon application and payment of appropriate registration

fees.