# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 13. Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles

### Subtitle 5. Transfer of Registration

#### Section 13-502

(a) Except as otherwise permitted in this subtitle, before the transferee of a registered vehicle may drive a vehicle on a highway, the transferee shall apply for and obtain a new registration of the vehicle, as on an original registration.

(b) Except as otherwise permitted in this subtitle, before the transferee of a registered vehicle may permit the vehicle to be driven on a highway, the transferee shall apply for and obtain a new registration of the vehicle, as on an original registration.

(c) If the vehicle is not driven on a highway, however, the vehicle need not be registered.

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Md. Code Ann., Transp. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)