AI-assisted research summary: An application must include specified applicant, owner, vehicle, and trailer information, and the applicant must pay the registration fee and state whether the vehicle uses alternative fuel.
(1) Each application shall contain, in addition to other information as may be required by the department: (a) The name and residential and mailing address of the applicant; (b)(i) The full legal name as defined in section 60-468.01 of each owner; or (ii) The name of each owner as such name appears on the owner's motor vehicle operator's license or state identification card; (c)(i) The motor vehicle operator's license number or state identification card number of each owner, if applicable, and one or more of the identification elements as listed in section 60-484 of each owner, if applicable; and (ii) If any owner is a business entity, a nonprofit organization, an estate, a trust, or a church-controlled organization, its tax identification number; (d) A description of the motor vehicle or trailer, including the color, the manufacturer, the identification number, the United States Department of Transportation number if required by 49 C.F.R. 390.5 through 390.21, as such regulations existed on the date specified in section 60-201, and the weight of the motor vehicle or trailer required by the Motor Vehicle Registration Act; and (e) For trailers that are not required to have a certificate of title under section 60-137, one of the following documents: (i) If a properly assigned certificate of title indicating a transfer of ownership exists for such trailer, such certificate of title; (ii) If subdivision (1)(e)(i) of this section does not apply to such trailer and such trailer was purchased by the applicant within the thirty-day period that precedes the date of the application, the most recently issued certificate of registration and bill of sale for such trailer. A copy of the most recently issued certificate of registration may be accepted in lieu of the original certificate of registration. If the most recently issued certificate of registration is not available, a county treasurer's office may verify via the Vehicle Title and Registration System that the seller of the trailer that was specified on such bill of sale was the last owner of record; (iii) If subdivisions (1)(e)(i) and (ii) of this section do not apply to such trailer and such trailer was not previously registered under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act, the bill of sale for such trailer; or (iv) If subdivisions (1)(e)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section do not apply to such trailer: (A) A manufacturer's statement of origin that includes a description of such trailer and all required ownership details that are adopted and promulgated in rules and regulations by the department. Such manufacturer's statement of origin may be issued directly to the applicant; (B) A valid military registration document for such trailer that was issued by the United States Government; (C) An SF 97-1 Form, Certificate to Obtain Title, for such trailer that was issued by the United States Government; or (D) A completed and notarized untitled trailer affidavit that affirms ownership. (2) For trailers that are not required to have a certificate of title under section 60-137 and that have no identification number, the assignment of an identification number shall be required and the identification number shall be issued by the county treasurer or department. (3) With the application the applicant shall: (a) Pay the proper registration fee; and (b) State whether the motor vehicle is propelled by alternative fuel and, if alternative fuel, the type of fuel. (4) The application shall also contain a notification that bulk fuel purchasers may be subject to federal excise tax liability. The department shall include such notification in the notices required by section 60-3,186. History: Laws 2005, LB 274, § 86; Laws 2011, LB289, § 17; Laws 2012, LB801, § 58; Laws 2013, LB207, § 1; Laws 2015, LB642, § 4; Laws 2016, LB929, § 3; Laws 2017, LB263, § 31; Laws 2018, LB909, § 55; Laws 2019, LB79, § 6; Laws 2019, LB270, § 14; Laws 2020, LB944, § 14; Laws 2021, LB149, § 5; Laws 2022, LB750, § 14; Laws 2023, LB138, § 12; Laws 2024, LB1200, § 16; Laws 2025, LB398, § 15; Laws 2026, LB972, § 43.