Article V - Transfer of Registration
(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 3 Art. V heading) ARTICLE V. TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION
(625 ILCS 5/3‑501) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3‑501)
Sec. 3‑501. Registration expires on transfer by owner. Whenever the owner of a registered vehicle transfers or assigns his title, or interest thereto, the registration of such vehicle shall expire and the owner shall not be entitled to any refund of the registration fee. The owner shall remove the registration plates and registration stickers, if any, therefrom and forward the same to the Secretary of State or may have such plates and registration stickers, if any, and the registration number thereon assigned to another vehicle upon payment of the fees required by law and subject to the rules and regulations of the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 80‑230; 80‑1185.) |
(625 ILCS 5/3‑501.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3‑501.1)
Sec. 3‑501.1. Transfer or return of vanity or personalized license plates. When any person who has been issued vanity or personalized license plates sells, trades or otherwise releases the ownership of the vehicle upon which the vanity or personalized license plates have been displayed, he shall immediately report the transfer of such plates to an acquired motor vehicle pursuant to Section 3‑501 and pay the transfer fee or shall, upon the request of the Secretary, immediately return such plates to the Secretary of State. The right to reassignment of the registration plate number shall apply as provided in Section 3‑421 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 88‑78.) |
(625 ILCS 5/3‑502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3‑502)
Sec. 3‑502. New owner must secure new registration.
The transferee before operating or permitting the operation of such vehicle upon a highway shall apply for and obtain the registration thereof, as upon an original registration, except as otherwise permitted in Sections 3‑401, 3‑503 and 3‑504.
(Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/3‑503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3‑503)
Sec. 3‑503. Transfers to dealers.
When the transferee of a vehicle is a dealer who holds the same for resale and lawfully operates the same under dealers' number plates or when the transferee does not drive such vehicle or permit it to be driven upon the highways, such transferee shall not be required to obtain a new registration of said vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/3‑504) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3‑504)
Sec. 3‑504. Transfer by operation of law.
Except in case of joint tenancy with the right of survivorship or surviving spouse or transfer pursuant to an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission or Interstate Commerce Commission, whenever the title or interest of an owner in or to a registered vehicle shall pass to another otherwise than by voluntary transfer, except a transfer pursuant to an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission or Interstate Commerce Commission, the registration thereof shall expire and the vehicle shall not be operated upon the highways unless and until the person entitled to possession of such vehicle shall apply for and obtain the registration thereof.
(Source: P.A. 76‑1586.) |
(625 ILCS 5/3‑505) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3‑505)
Sec. 3‑505. Transfer of Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decals.
Whenever the owner of a vehicle properly registered in another State transfers his interest thereto, Illinois evidence of proper registration in such other State, that is an Illinois Reciprocity Permit or a Prorate Decal, shall expire and the owner shall remove the same from such vehicle and forward the same to the Secretary of State.
The owner may, however, instead have such Illinois evidence of proper registration in another State assigned to another vehicle also properly registered in another State, upon payment of the fees required by law and subject to the rules and regulations of the Secretary.
(Source: P.A. 81‑886.) |