{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-3-219","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-3-219","heading":"Refusal to issue certificate of title.","body":"The department may refuse to issue a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that:\n(1) the applicant is not the owner of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile;\n(2) the application contains a false or fraudulent statement;\n(3) the applicant failed to furnish any information or document required by the department; or\n(4) based on the check performed under 61-3-217(2), the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile has been reported as stolen.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 3. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES","Part 2. Certificates of Title"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0030/part_0020/section_0190/0610-0030-0020-0190.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:42Z","sha256":"b127db776801d163ccfe9d3ca53b2cfc99961d836987aa6276c1a6bd50d8f390","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-3-218","next":"us-mt/61-3-220"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}