MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Sanford
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-17-74, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR PERSONS SELLING ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE OR SCRAP DISMANTLED MOTOR VEHICLES TO THE PROVISION THAT MAKES IT UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO SELL A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT IS NOT TITLED AND REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THAT PERSON; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-17-74, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-17-74. (1) It is unlawful for a person to sell a motor vehicle that is not titled and registered in the name of that person unless the person is:
(a) An heir, successor or assignee of the owner of the motor vehicle;
(b) A motor vehicle dealer licensed or permitted in the State of Mississippi to sell motor vehicles;
(c) A person selling a motor vehicle to a licensed used motor vehicle parts dealer or scrap metal processor in compliance with Section 63-21-39;
(d) A person selling a motor vehicle under the Mississippi Title Pledge Act;
(e) An insurance
company or its authorized agent selling a motor vehicle that is the subject of
an insurance claim; * * *
(f) A finance company
or bank selling a motor vehicle * * *; or
(g) A person selling an abandoned motor vehicle under Section 63-23-1 et seq., or selling a scrap dismantled motor vehicle.
All local and state law enforcement agencies have jurisdiction to enforce this section.
(2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.