Issuance; application; rules; fees

(1) The Department of Transportation shall provide for the issuance of titles for snowmobiles required to be titled under ORS 821.070. The following provisions relating to titling shall be the same for snowmobiles as for other vehicles: (a) Fee for issuance. (b) Provisions relating to transfer, including security interests and other types of transfer, fees for transfer, time limits for transfer and responsibility for making transfer and submitting documents. (c) Information required to be placed on a title, except where the department determines such information would be inappropriate. (d) Party to whom title is issued upon original issuance or transfer. (e) Validity times and requirements. (f) Provisions contained in ORS 819.010 to 819.040. (g) Any provisions relating to title that are applicable to other vehicles under the vehicle code and that the department determines, by rule, to be necessary to assure that the titling of snowmobiles is administered in the same manner and has the same effect as the titling of other vehicles. (h) Provisions relating to salvage titles. (2) Application for issuance of title for a snowmobile shall be made in the manner and in a form prescribed by the department. The department may require any information in the application the department determines is reasonably necessary to determine ownership or right to title for a snowmobile. The department may provide for application for title separately from or with application for snowmobile registration or in any way the department determines appropriate. (3) Dealers issued certificates under ORS 822.020 who sell snowmobiles shall accept application and fees for title of a snowmobile from each purchaser of a new or used snowmobile in a manner required by the department.