61-3-219. Refusal to issue certificate of title. The department may refuse to issue a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that:
     (1) the applicant is not the owner of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile;
     (2) the application contains a false or fraudulent statement;
     (3) the applicant failed to furnish any information or document required by the department; or
     (4) based on the check performed under 61-3-217(2), the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile has been reported as stolen.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 477, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 59, Ch. 542, L. 2005.