63-21-7 - Administration. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 63-21-7. Administration.
 

(1)  The State Tax Commission shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. 

(2)  The State Tax Commission may: 

(a) Promulgate such rules and regulations deemed by it to be appropriate to implement the provisions of the chapter. 

(b) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of this chapter. 

(c) Assign a new vehicle identification number to a vehicle if it has none, or if its vehicle identification number is destroyed or obliterated, and then shall issue a new certificate of title showing the new identifying number or make an appropriate endorsement on the original certificate. 

(3)  The State Tax Commission shall make available information concerning the status of a title on any vehicle as reflected by the records in a manner as prescribed by the State Tax Commission. Such information supplied by the State Tax Commission shall be considered official only if in writing. The State Tax Commission shall charge the fees as set forth in Section 63-21-63. However, no fee shall be charged Mississippi law enforcement agencies or law enforcement agencies of any other state when such state furnishes like or similar information without charge to the State Tax Commission or other Mississippi law enforcement agencies. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8125-48; Laws,  1968, ch. 531, § 28; Laws, 2001, ch. 596, § 65, eff from and after July 1, 2001.