(A) General. With the issuance of a vehicle license, the City Clerk shall deliver to the licensee and appropriate insignia bearing a number, the class of the vehicle, and the year for which the license is issued. It shall be the duty of the licensee to promptly and properly affix such insignia on the vehicle licensed at the lower right-hand corner of the windshield as viewed from inside the vehicle. Failure to so affix insignia shall be deemed a violation hereof.
(B) Return of faulty insignia. When, after issuance of license and insignia as aforesaid, an insignia or suitable portion thereof is returned with claim of fault, the City Clerk will issue replacement insignia with corresponding license without charge to claimant.
(C) Loss of insignia. If a claim of loss of insignia is made, a replacement insignia with corresponding license for the same vehicle only, shall be issued with presentation of a receipt at full price. A refund will be issued if the lost sticker is subsequently found and presented to the City Clerk’s office.
(D) Disposition of vehicle. When a vehicle licensed in the current license year is disposed of in any manner, the license insignia shall be removed therefrom by the licensee and such removed insignia or a suitable portion thereof along with a receipt for the current year be presented to the City Clerk at the time of applying for a license for a succeeding vehicle in the same license year. Full credit therefor shall be applied toward the licensing of the succeeding vehicle for the unexpired portion of that license year. In that case, a transfer charge shall be paid by the licensee to the City Clerk, in addition to difference in fee, if any, due to the difference in class, if any, of the disposed of vehicle and the succeeding vehicle being licensed.
(E) Damaged or defaced insignia. In the event an insignia becomes defaced or damaged rendering it illegible, the Clerk shall upon payment of a replacement fee by applicant issue another insignia to be affixed to the motor vehicle originally licensed.
(Prior Code, § 73.07) (Ord. 99-252, passed 4-27-1999; Ord. 2016-001, passed 1-12-2016) Penalty, see § 73.99