Section 2.92.030. Title and registration: ownership and transfer.

	(a)  The department will issue title and registration in the full legal names of all owners of a vehicle upon the application and signature of one or more of the multiple owners.  
	(b)  An applicant for title to or registration of a vehicle must provide an Alaska driver license number, date of birth, or social security number for each owner. An applicant applying on behalf of a business must provide the taxpayer identification number (TIN) for that business.  
	(c)  Title to and registration of a vehicle recorded in the names of more than one owner in the conjunctive will not be transferred or encumbered without the signature on the title of all owners or their legally recognized representative. Title and registration in the conjunctive are signified by use of the word "and" between names of the owners listed on the certificates of title and registration.  
	(d)  Title to and registration of a vehicle recorded in the names of more than one owner in the disjunctive will be transferred or encumbered on the signature of one or more of the multiple owners, a trustee, or a legally recognized representative. Title and registration in the disjunctive are signified by use of the word "or" between the names of the owners listed on the certificates of title and registration.  
	(e)  In this section,  
		(1) "legally recognized representative" means a person who is the heir, beneficiary, assignee, or devisee of an owner or who holds a power of attorney signed by an owner, authorizing the holder to transfer, assign or encumber title to the vehicle;  
		(2) "trustee" has the meaning given in AS 13.06.050.  

Authorities

28.05.011;28.05.041;28.10.211

Notes

Authority

AS 28.05.011 AS 28.05.041 AS 28.10.211

History

Eff. 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 1/1/2011, Register 196