§ 11-143. Owner  


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  •    "Owner", as used in reference to a vehicle:

       (1) Means a person who has the property in or title to the vehicle;

       (2) Includes a person who, subject to a security interest in another person, is entitled to the use and possession of the vehicle;

       (3) Does not include a lessee under a lease not intended as security; and

       (4) Includes a lessee under a lease intended as a security.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66 1/2, § 1-157; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1987, ch. 577; 1996, ch. 673.