39-04-17. Certificate of notary showing compliance with registration is prima facie evidence - Penalty

39-04-17. Certificate of notary showing compliance with registration is prima facie evidence - Penalty. The possession of a certificate made out by a notary public or an authorized agent of a licensed vehicle dealer who took the acknowledgment of the application when the vehicle was first registered or required to be registered under the laws of this state, if such certificate shows the date of application, the make, registered weight, and year model of the motor vehicle, the manufacturer's number of the motor vehicle which such application describes, and further shows that such notary public, or authorized agent of a vehicle dealer, personally mailed the application with the remittance fee, is prima facie evidence of compliance with motor vehicle law with reference to the vehicle therein described, for a period of seventy-five days from the date of such application. Any violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars.