Section 257.227 - Application for renewal of vehicle registration; fee; presentation of certificate of title; waiver; proof of vehicle insurance; transmission of vehicle identification number as proof
MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 300 of 1949
257.227 Application for renewal of vehicle registration; fee; presentation of certificate of title; waiver; proof of vehicle insurance; transmission of vehicle identification number as proof of insurance.
Sec. 227.
(1) Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by the owner upon proper application and by payment of the registration fee for the vehicle, as provided by law.
(2) Every such application shall be accompanied by the certificate of title pertaining to the vehicle, showing ownership in the person applying for registration at the time of the application. However, the secretary of state may waive the presentation of the certificate of title.
(3) Beginning January 1, 1983, every application for renewal of a motor vehicle registration made by mail, shall be accompanied by proof of vehicle insurance in a form determined by the secretary of state.
(4) Beginning January 1, 1981, every application for renewal of a motor vehicle registration made in person at a secretary of state field office shall be accompanied by proof of vehicle insurance in a form determined by the secretary of state.
(5) Notwithstanding subsections (3) and (4), the secretary of state shall accept as proof of vehicle insurance a transmission of the applicant's vehicle identification number only for an insured vehicle for which vehicle registration is sought. The secretary of state may determine in what format the secretary of state will receive vehicle identification number information. The transmission to the secretary of state of a vehicle identification number is proof of insurance to the secretary of state for motor vehicle registration purposes only and is not evidence that a policy of insurance actually exists between an insurer and an individual. Vehicle identification numbers received by the secretary of state under this subsection are confidential, are not subject to the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and shall not be disclosed to any person except pursuant to an order by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with a claim or fraud investigation or prosecution.
History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 248, Eff. Jan. 1, 1965 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 459, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1981 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1982 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 287, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1996