Section 13-503.1 - Transfers between spouses. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-503.1. Transfers between spouses.
 

(a)  Use of same registration plates.- If, whether by act of the parties or by operation of law, the title or interest of an owner in a vehicle is transferred in a manner specified in subsection (b) of this section, the transferee may continue to use the same registration plates on the vehicle after the transfer. 

(b)  Scope of section.- This section applies to the transfer of the title or interest of an owner in a vehicle if the vehicle is registered in the: 

(1) Joint names of a husband and wife and is transferred to the individual name of either spouse; 

(2) Individual name of either spouse and is transferred to their joint names or to the individual name of the other spouse; 

(3) Joint names of a parent and child and is transferred to the individual name of either party; 

(4) Name of an individual and is transferred to the joint names of that individual and the individual's parent or child; or 

(5) Name of an individual and is transferred to the name of a child or parent of that individual. 

(c)  Similar transfers.- In all other respects the transfer shall be treated the same way as any other transfer by a private owner of a registered vehicle. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 3-503.1; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 2000, ch. 21; 2001, ch. 120.]