§ 31-3.1-25 - Suspension or revocation of certificates.
SECTION 31-3.1-25
§ 31-3.1-25 Suspension or revocation ofcertificates. – (a) The division of motor vehicles shall suspend or revoke a certificate oftitle, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with§ 31-3.1-36, when authorized by any other provision of law or if it finds:
(1) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured orerroneously issued;
(2) The vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed; or
(3) Upon request of the tax administrator after notice andreasonable opportunity to be heard by the tax administrator, that the taxesspecified in § 31-3.1-10(4) have not been paid.
(b) Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title doesnot, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.
(c) When the division of motor vehicles suspends or revokes acertificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall,immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail ordeliver the certificate to the division of motor vehicles.
(d) The division of motor vehicles may seize and impound anycertificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.