2005 Idaho Code - 49-401B — APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION -- RECEIPT FOR FEE -- RECORD OF APPLICANTS

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 4
                          MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
    49-401B.  APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION -- RECEIPT FOR FEE -- RECORD OF
APPLICANTS. (1) Application for the registration of a vehicle required to be
registered under the provisions of section 49-401A, Idaho Code, shall be made
to the assessor or the department as specified in that section, by the owner
upon the appropriate form. Every application shall be signed by the owner and
contain his residence address and a brief description of the vehicle to be
registered, including the name of the maker, the type of fuel used, and the
identification number. Upon registration of a new vehicle, the application
shall also show the date of sale by the manufacturer or dealer to the person
first operating such vehicle. The application shall contain any other
information as may be required by the department. The assessor shall issue to
the applicant a receipt for any fee paid.
    (2)  The assessor shall record on a form prescribed and furnished by the
department, the names of all owners of vehicles residing in the county who
make application for registration, together with the amounts of the fees paid
by such owners.
    (3)  When application for registration is made by any motor carrier, the
assessor or the department shall require each such applicant to execute a
certification of safety compliance.
    (4)  Vehicles registered under the proportional registration provisions of
section 49-435, Idaho Code, shall be registered by the department.
    (5)  Every owner of a vehicle registered by a county assessor shall give
his principal residence or domicile address to the assessor so that the proper
county can be entered upon the registration. Failure to do so shall be
unlawful.  The department shall then attribute the registration, and all fees
to be apportioned to the highway distribution account, to the county of
residence regardless of the county in which the registration occurred.  Fees
imposed under the provisions of sections 40-827 and 40-1416, Idaho Code, shall
be separately identified and accounted for, and paid to the highway district
for which collected.  For the purposes of vehicle registration, a person is an
actual and permanent resident of the county in which he has his principal
residence or domicile.  A principal residence or domicile shall not be a
person's workplace, vacation, or part-time residence.
    (6)  A violation of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction.