Pennsylvania Act 1990-1 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                    Act of Feb. 2, 1990, P.L. 1, No. 1                Cl. 75
                             Session of 1990
                                No. 1990-1

     HB 421

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, further providing for application for certificate
        of title affecting out-of-State vehicles; and providing a
        penalty.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 1103(e) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
     adding a subsection to read:
     § 1103.  Application for certificate of title.
        * * *
        (e)  Out-of-state vehicles.--If the application refers to a
     vehicle last previously titled or registered in another state or
     country, the following information shall be contained in or
     accompany the application or be forwarded in support of the
     application as required by the department:
            (1)  Any certificate of title issued by the other state
        or country.
            (2)  A tracing of the vehicle identification number taken
        from the official number plate or, where it is impossible to
        secure a legible tracing, [the] verification [of a person
        authorized by the department] that the vehicle identification
        number of the vehicle has been inspected and found to conform
        to the description given in the application. The department
        shall provide by regulation the persons who are authorized to
        verify vehicle identification numbers under this paragraph.
            (3)  Any other information and documents the department
        reasonably requires to establish the ownership of the vehicle
        and the existence or nonexistence of security interests in
        the vehicle.
        * * *
        (h)  Penalties.--Any person who falsely verifies a vehicle
     identification number under subsection (e)(2) or who verifies a
     vehicle identification number without being authorized as
     provided in subsection (e)(2) commits a summary offense
     punishable by a fine of $300.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 2nd day of February, A. D. 1990.

     ROBERT P. CASEY