6186095 Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Expedited title and registration service
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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 1825 and 1826 of the Department of Motor Vehicles Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-175; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-904 and 50-905 (2014 Repl.)); Section 6 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925, effective March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code § 50-2201.03 (2014 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 2016-077, dated May 2, 2016, hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt the following rulemaking that will amend Chapter 4 (Motor Vehicle Title and Registration) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
The proposed rules allow for the creation of an expedited titling and registration service for a fee for motor vehicle dealers and third-party agents of motor vehicle dealers.
The Director also gives notice of intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these rules in not less than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Title 18 DCMR, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, is amended as follows:
Chapter 4, MOTOR VEHICLE TITLE AND REGISTRATION, is amended as follows:
A new Section 438, EXPEDITED TITLE AND REGISTRATION SERVICE, is added to read as follows:
438 EXPEDITED TITLE AND REGISTRATION SERVICE
438.1 The Department of Motor Vehicles (“Department”) may create a program for the expedited titling and registration of motor vehicles by motor vehicle dealers and third party agents of motor vehicle dealers (“dealers”).
438.2 A dealer may submit up to ten (10) applications per day under the program.
438.3 The Department will process each application within two (2) business days.
438.4 The Department may charge a processing fee of twenty dollars ($20) for each application. The processing fee shall be in addition to such other fees as may apply to the titling and registration of the vehicle. Payment of the processing fee shall be made by credit card.
438.4 If an application is not timely processed by the Department, the Department will provide to the dealer a refund in the amount of the processing fee paid by the dealer for the application.
438.5 If there is a chargeback of a processing fee, the Department shall refuse future access to the program to the dealer whose processing fee was charged back, unless the dealer demonstrates good cause for the chargeback.
438.6 The Department may supplement the regulations set forth in this section with written policies.
All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should file comments, in writing, to David Glasser, General Counsel, D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles, 95 M Street, S.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20024, via email at dmvpubliccomments@dc.gov, or online at www.dcregs.dc.gov. Comments must be received not later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
