Sec.42-160-5. Filing of notice of intent to transfer with the commissioner

(a) After sixty (60) days from the date of default by the occupant, the owner shall file with the department on a form approved by the commissioner a notice of intent to transfer title for each motor vehicle upon which the owner claims a lien under chapter 743 of the Connecticut General Statutes and for which the owner has sent the notice required in section 42-160-4 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The notice of intent to transfer shall contain the following: (1) the make, model and VIN of such motor vehicle; (2) the date such motor vehicle was left with the owner of such storage facility; (3) the date of default by the occupant; (4) the amount for which a lien is claimed; (5) the registration thereof if any number plates are on or in the motor vehicle; and (6) the name of the motor vehicle owner and the name of the occupant who defaulted. Each notice of intent to transfer shall be accompanied by the defaulting occupant's signed rental agreement and such other documents as the commissioner may require as evidence of the owner's lien, including the notice or notices to the occupant, motor vehicle owner if not the occupant and lienholder or lienholders sent in accordance with section 42-160-4 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. A fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be payable to the department for each notice of intent to transfer that the owner files.

(b) Each motor vehicle for which the department receives a notice of intent to transfer title under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to such checks of its VIN as the commissioner may require. If any check of the VIN reveals that a motor vehicle that is subject to transfer has been reported as stolen, the commissioner shall immediately notify the owner, and the owner shall not dispose of the motor vehicle under the procedures specified in chapter 743 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(c) The commissioner shall notify the owner whether the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section have been met for each motor vehicle that the owner intends to transfer. Notice from the department that the owner has not met the requirements in such subsections for any motor vehicle shall result in the department's refusal to issue title in the event of a transfer of such motor vehicle.

(Adopted effective November 30, 2010)