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Committee reviews DMV title fixes, abandoned‑vehicle exemptions and towing reimbursements
Summary
Staff explained technical edits to allow DMVs to hand out duplicate titles at service locations, clarified appeals venue, listed exemptions from certificate‑of‑title requirements for some vehicles, and proposed towing reimbursement rules allowing agencies to recover up to $250 for tows from public property. Committee members sought clarifications on policy and administrative tracking costs.
A staff member told the committee Sections 10–12 would allow a DMV office to hand a duplicate motor‑vehicle or vessel title to a person on the spot if the office can produce the title, removing a requirement that titles be mailed even when available in‑office.
Staff said Section 13 is a technical amendment specifying that appeals under the title chapter are to be filed in the civil division of the Washington County superior court; the change is framed as clarifying venue, not changing the underlying appeal…
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