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Bill would create process for issuing titles to vehicles with no known owner; DOT says Senate bill likely covers it
Summary
Representative Keith Kepnick presented House Bill 1480 to establish a prescriptive process — modeled on abandoned minerals statutes — for obtaining a certificate of title when an owner cannot be located; the Department of Transportation told the committee a separate Senate bill (2247) likely already covers these issues.
Representative Keith Kepnick told the Senate Transportation Committee that House Bill 1480 offers a pathway to obtain a certificate of title when a vehicle’s last known owner cannot be found or is deceased. The sponsor said he patterned the bill on North Dakota’s abandoned minerals rules: notice by registered letter to the last recorded address, publication in the county newspaper for a 30‑day…
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