North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1480: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a request for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle.
Status: Failed, March 31, 2025
Relating to a request for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle.
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a request for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle.
From the engrossed text, February 18, 2025:
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a request for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 39-05 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Request for certificate of title - Nonlegal owner. 1. If a motor vehicle, which has been issued a certificate of title, has not been registered under chapter 39 - 04 for more than twenty - five years, and an individual, who is not the legal owner, requests a certificate of title, the individual requesting the certificate of title shall: a. Send a certified letter to the last-known address at which the motor vehicle was registered. b. Advertise twice over a thirty - day period a notice of the vehicle title request in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the vehicle was last registered. 2. If the individual requesting the certificate of title does not receive a response within thirty days and provides the department with satisfactory proof of compliance with this section, the department shall issue a certificate of title to the individual under section 39 - 05 - 09 . Page …
Sponsors
- Keith Kempenich (R, 39) · primary sponsor
- Michael Brandenburg (R, 28)
- Ty Dressler (R, 36)
- Greg Kessel (R, 39)
- Dale Patten (R, 26)
- Dan Ruby (R, 38)
- Paul Thomas (R, 6)
- Bill Tveit (R, 33)
- Robin Weisz (R, 14)
Latest actions
- : Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 0 nays 45
- : Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0
- : Committee Hearing 09:30
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
- : Received from House
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0
- : Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- : Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0
- : Committee Hearing 03:30
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (March 31, 2025): 0 yea, 45 nay, failed
- Final Passage (February 18, 2025): 89 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1480?
- HB1480 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a request for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle.
- What does HB1480 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a request for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle.
- What is the status of HB1480?
- Failed as of March 31, 2025. Latest action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 0 nays 45 (March 31, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1480?
- Keith Kempenich (R, 39), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1480?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1480.html
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