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HOUSE BILL NO. 399

INTRODUCED BY E. ARNTZEN

 

AN ACT ALLOWING FOR THE TRANSFER OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY WITH ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES; AMENDING SECTION 61-3-205, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

 

     Section 1.  Section 61-3-205, MCA, is amended to read:

     "61-3-205.  Transfer of ownership of vehicles by insurance company. (1) (a) When Except as provided in subsection (2), an insurance company or its adjuster that has taken possession of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile as a result of settling an insurance claim and that transfers ownership of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile, it shall deliver to the transferee at the time of transfer a certificate of title signed and acknowledged by the registered owner or owners before the county treasurer, a deputy county treasurer, or a notary public.

     (2)(b)  If the certificate of title names one or more holders of a perfected security interest in the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile, the insurance company or its adjuster shall also secure and deliver to the transferee a release from the secured party of the security interest.

     (2) (a) The registered owner or owners may use an electronic signature pursuant to Title 30, chapter 18, part 1, on the certificate of title or on a limited power of attorney to assign ownership of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile. The department may prescribe the form of the limited power of attorney to be used for this purpose. A certificate of title transferred with an electronic signature does not require acknowledgment by the county treasurer, a deputy county treasurer, or a notary public. A power of attorney executed under authority of this subsection (2)(a) does not require notarization.

     (b) A secured party may release a perfected security interest in a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile under this section by electronic signature pursuant to Title 30, chapter 18, part 1."

 

     Section 2.  Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.

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