13 AAC 70.030. Title and registration: ownership and transfer

(a) The department will issue title and registration in the names of all owners of a vehicle upon the application and signature of one or more of the multiple owners.

(b) Title to and registration of a vehicle recorded in the names of more than one owner in the conjunctive will not be transferred or encumbered without the signature on the title of every owner or his legally recognized representative. Title and registration in the conjunctive are signified by use of the word "and" between names of the owners listed on the certificates of title and registration.

(c) Title to and registration of a vehicle recorded in the names of more than one owner in the disjunctive will be transferred or encumbered on the signature of one or more of the multiple owners or his legally recognized representative. Title and registration in the disjunctive are signified by use of the word "or" between the names of the owners listed on the certificates of title and registration.

(d) In this section, "legally recognized representative" means any person who is the heir, beneficiary, assignee, or devisee of an owner or who holds a power of attorney signed by an owner, authorizing the holder to transfer, assign or encumber title to the vehicle.

History: Eff. 3/29/78, Register 65

Authority: AS 28.05.011

AS 28.05.041

AS 28.10.211

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