Bill Text: MS HB1335 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Motor vehicles; make unlawful to sell without title and registration in name of owner unless dealer.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-23 - Approved by Governor [HB1335 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB1335-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Transportation
By: Representatives Gunn, Snowden, Bennett, Dixon
House Bill 1335
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER LICENSED OR PERMITTED IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FROM SELLING ANY MOTOR VEHICLE UNLESS THE SELLER SHALL HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION THE TITLE AND REGISTRATION FOR THAT VEHICLE; TO PROVIDE THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION IS A MISDEMEANOR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a motor vehicle dealer licensed or permitted in the State of Mississippi to sell any motor vehicle unless the seller shall have in his possession the title and registration for that vehicle. The title and registration must be titled and registered in the name of the seller unless the motor vehicle is sold by an heir, successor or assignee of the seller. This section shall not apply to (1) a person selling a motor vehicle to a licensed used motor vehicle parts dealer or scrap metal processor in compliance with Section 63-21-39, or (2) a person selling a motor vehicle under the Mississippi Title Pledge Act. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation. All local and state law enforcement agencies shall have jurisdiction to enforce this law.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
