61-3-524. Tax-paid decal required on camper -- application for decal -- application fee -- issuance -- disposition of fee. (1) A camper, subject to taxation in Montana, may not be operated by a person on the public highways or streets in this state unless there is displayed in a conspicuous place on the camper a decal as visual proof that the tax has been paid on the camper for the current year.
     (2) Application for the issuance of the decal must be made to the county treasurer in the county of the owner's residence, accompanied by an application fee of $1, upon a form to be furnished by the department of revenue for this purpose, which may be obtained at the county treasurer's office and which must provide for substantially the following information:
     (a) name of owner;
     (b) address;
     (c) name of manufacturer;
     (d) model number;
     (e) make;
     (f) year of manufacture;
     (g) statement evidencing payment of the property tax; and
     (h) such other information as the department may require.
     (3) (a) The county treasurer shall sign the application and transmit the application to the department of justice.
     (b) Upon receipt of the application in approved form, the county treasurer shall issue to the applicant a numbered decal in the style and design prescribed by the department of revenue and of a different color than the preceding year.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 414, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 53-645; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 712, L. 1979; Sec. 61-3-441, MCA 1979; redes. 61-3-524 by Code Commissioner, 1979; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 611, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 715, L. 1991.