{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-3-331","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-3-331","heading":"Assignment of license plates.","body":"The county treasurer or an authorized agent shall, at the time of issuing a registration receipt under 61-3-322, assign the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer a distinctive license plate number and, unless the license plates must be specially ordered from the department, deliver to the applicant, depending on the type of motor vehicle that was registered, a set of two license plates or one license plate, each of which must bear the assigned distinctive number.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 3. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES","Part 3. Registration"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0030/part_0030/section_0310/0610-0030-0030-0310.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:43Z","sha256":"2c77319b76dcbd79a1d2b1dade1c86de176bd6c90431cb458ac1ea0a872a238c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-3-326","next":"us-mt/61-3-332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}