ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 223
(By Senator Ross)
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[Passed March 9, 1999; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section eighteen, article three,
chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to amend
and reenact section thirteen, article two, chapter
seventeen-b of said code, all relating to change of address;
requiring notice of change of address if assigned new
address by the postal service; and eliminating certain
criminal penalties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eighteen, article three, chapter seventeen-a of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that section thirteen,
article two, chapter seventeen-b of said code be amended and
reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 17A. MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION,
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND ANTITHEFT PROVISIONS.
ARTICLE 3. ORIGINAL AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
§17A-3-18. Notice of change of address or name.
(a) Whenever any person after making application for or
obtaining the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title
shall move from the address named in the application or shown
upon a registration card or certificate of title
such the person shall
within ten days thereafter notify the
department division in writing of
his the
old and new addresses.
(b) Whenever any person, after making application for or
obtaining the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of
title, is assigned a new address by the United States postal
service or other legally constituted authority, the person shall
notify the division in writing of the old and new address and of
the registration or title number of the vehicle held by the
person. The notification of change of address shall be made at
least ten days prior to the last date on which mail with the old
address is deliverable by the United States postal service.
(c) Whenever the name of any person who has made application
for or obtained the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of
title is thereafter changed by marriage or otherwise
such the person
shall within ten days notify the
department division of
such the former
name and
new name upon a form prescribed by the commissioner.
such The
notification
to shall be accompanied by application for retitle
under
such the new name.
(d) The provisions of section one, article eleven of this
chapter relating to imprisonment do not apply to persons who
violate the provisions of this section.
CHAPTER 17B. MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
ARTICLE 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
§17B-2-13. Notice of change of address or name.
(a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a
driver's license moves from the address named in
such the application
or in the license issued to
such the person, or when the name of a
licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise,
such the person shall
within twenty days thereafter notify the division in writing of
the old and new addresses or of
such the former and new names and of
the number of any license then held by
such the person on the forms
prescribed by the division.
(b) Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a
driver's license, is assigned a new address by the United States
postal service or other legally constituted authority, the person
shall notify the division in writing of the old and new address
and of the number of any license held by the person. The
notification of change of address shall be made at least 20 days
prior to the final date on which mail with the old address is
deliverable by the United States postal service.
(c) The provisions of section one, article five of this
chapter relating to imprisonment do not apply to persons who
violate the provisions of this section.
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