8-129. Application for registration; certificate of title. (a) Applications for the registration of a vehicle required to be registered shall be made by the owner, by mail, on-line, electronically or otherwise, in the office of the county treasurer of:

(1) The county in which such owner resides; or

(2) the county in which the owner has a bona fide place of business, if such vehicle is garaged in such county for a period exceeding 90 days. Such place of business shall not be an office or facility established or maintained solely for the purpose of obtaining registration.

Such applications for registration shall be made upon appropriate forms furnished by the department and every application shall contain the name of the owner, such owner's residence address or bona fide place of business, a brief description of the vehicle to be registered and such other information as may be required by the department. If the owner is not a resident of or does not have a bona fide place of business in this state, the owner may make application for registration in any county which the department shall designate, except that in the case of members of the armed forces of the United States, the application may be signed by the owner's spouse, parent, eldest brother or sister, in the order named. With reference to every foreign vehicle which has been registered outside of this state, the owner shall exhibit to the department the certificate of title and registration card, or other evidence of such former registration as may be in the applicant's possession or control, or such other evidence as will satisfy the department that the applicant is the lawful owner or possessor of the vehicle.

(b) The applicant for the registration of a vehicle required to be registered, upon the filing of the application, shall submit a statement certifying that such person has a certificate of title for the motor vehicle, showing the date and identification thereof, or file an application therefor, as provided in this act.

History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 7; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 3; L. 1938, ch. 11, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 79, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 96, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 101, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 57, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 3; L. 1990, ch. 34, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 140, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 2; Jan. 1, 2007.