WEST virginia legislature

2022 regular session

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 4345

By Delegates Linville, Young and Hamrick
(By Request of the Division of Motor Vehicles)

[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization on February 17, 2022]

A BILL to amend and reenact §17A-3-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to motor vehicle registration cards by establishing electronic or mobile registration cards; removing the requirement that physical registration cards be signed.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.

§17A-3-13. Registration card to be signed, carried and exhibited on demand.

Every owner upon receipt of a registration card shall write his signature thereon with pen and ink in the space provided Every such registration card shall at all times be carried in the vehicle to which it refers or shall be carried by the person driving or in control of such vehicle who shall display the same upon demand of a police officer or any officer or employee of the department division. Carrying and displaying an electronic or mobile registration card issued by the division satisfies the provisions of this section.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the vehicle owner to carry and display an electronic registration card issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.