37-31-322. Renewal -- late renewal fee. (1) Licenses and certificates of registration may not be issued for longer than 1 year unless otherwise provided by department rule. Licenses and certificates of registration expire on the date set by department rule and may be renewed. Licenses and certificates of registration may be renewed by application made on or before the renewal date and by the payment of a required renewal fee. Expired licenses and certificates of registration may be renewed under rules made by the board, but the right to renew an expired license or certificate terminates after 10 years of nonpayment. The renewal fee may not exceed twice the fee for a 2-year renewal or three times the fee for a 3-year renewal and must be as set by the board.
     (2) A late renewal fee prescribed by the board must be charged, in addition to other fees fixed by law, for renewal applications of licenses and certificates of registration made after the renewal date.
     (3) This section may not be interpreted to conflict with 37-1-138.

     History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 104, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3228.16, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 75, Ch. 350, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 305, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 66-816; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 22, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 57, Ch. 345, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 260, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 94, Ch. 429, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 243, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 271, L. 2003.