{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-3-479","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-3-479","heading":"Issuance of generic specialty license plates -- qualifications.","body":"(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), the department shall issue:\n(i) a set of generic specialty license plates to a person who applies for a particular style of generic specialty license plates and pays the donation fee established by the plate sponsor and the administrative fee required in 61-3-480; or\n(ii) a set of USS Montana specialty license plates to a person serving or retired from serving aboard the USS Montana who applies and pays the donation fee established by the plate sponsor and the administrative fee required in 61-3-480.\n(b) If the sponsor of a generic specialty license plate is not listed on the county collection report published by the state and required under 15-1-504 as of the initial distribution date for the sale of the sponsor's plates, the department shall require the sponsor to collect the initial donation fee from, and issue a special certificate of registration to, a person who is eligible to receive the sponsor's generic specialty license plates. The person shall present the special certificate of registration upon application for the generic specialty license plates.\n(2) A set of generic specialty license plates may be issued for any motor vehicle except a motorcycle or a quadricycle.\n(3) (a) Except as provided in 61-3-472 through 61-3-481 and 61-3-562, a person who receives generic specialty license plates is subject to the same rules and laws as those that govern standard license plates.\n(b) Except as provided in 61-3-472 through 61-3-481 and 61-3-562, the department is subject to the same rules and laws that govern the issuance of standard license plates.\n(c) Generic specialty license plates issued under 61-3-472 through 61-3-481 are not subject to any maximum issuance or use limitation that may be imposed on standard license plates.\n(4) A person may combine an application for a generic specialty license plate with an application for a license plate with a design bearing a representation of a wheelchair as the symbol of a person with a disability as provided in 61-3-332(9).","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 3. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES","Part 4. Special Registration"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0030/part_0040/section_0790/0610-0030-0040-0790.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:45Z","sha256":"e430446c651c679c7390ca95c81b0e634172eb166b9af3d0cd84ef75c8c6c504","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-3-478","next":"us-mt/61-3-480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}