§ 27-14-308 - Authority to suspend or revoke registration or certificate of title, etc.

27-14-308. Authority to suspend or revoke registration or certificate of title, etc.

The Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized to suspend or revoke the registration of a vehicle, a certificate of title, registration certificate, registration plate, or any nonresident or other permit in any of the following events:

(1) When the office is satisfied that the registration or that the certificate, plate, or permit was fraudulently or erroneously issued;

(2) When the office determines that a registered vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated or moved upon the highways;

(3) When a registered vehicle has been dismantled or wrecked;

(4) When the office determines that the required fee has not been paid and it is not paid upon reasonable notice and demand;

(5) When a registration certificate, registration plate, or permit is knowingly displayed upon a vehicle other than the one for which issued;

(6) When the office determines that the owner has committed any offense under this chapter involving the registration or the certificate, plate, or permit to be suspended or revoked;

(7) When the office is so authorized under any other provision of law; or

(8) When the owner of a commercial truck is not authorized to operate by the United States Department of Transportation due to safety-related violations.