Certificate of ownership for motor vehicles or trailers in names of two or more persons, presumptions
When a car or trailer is registered under two or more people's names, the law assumes they own it together in a special way — if one owner dies, the other(s) automatically get full ownership. If the two owners are married, the same rule applies. The only exception is if the owners told the state at the start that they wanted a different kind of shared ownership called 'tenants in common.'
301.675. for motor vehicles or trailers in names of two or more persons, presumptions — . — When the issues a certificate of ownership for a motor vehicle or trailer in the names of two or more persons, it shall be that ownership of the motor vehicle or trailer is held by the persons shown on the as or as if the owners are husband and wife, unless at the time the for a certificate of ownership is filed with the director of revenue, the application states that ownership of the motor vehicle or trailer is held as .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1987 H.B. 605 § 1)
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