Section 45-45-201.11
Transfer of duties - Judge of probate.
Any and all duties now or which may hereafter be required by law of judges of probate with reference to the registration, sale, and distribution of tags for motor vehicles, the issuance of motor vehicle drivers licenses and temporary instruction permits, and the transfer of the ownership of motor vehicles, and the collection and issuance of all other licenses, except marriage licenses, shall be performed by the director of the department, and the director of the department shall be entitled to collect all fees, commissions, charges, penalties, and allowances now or hereafter fixed by law for judges of probate to collect in connection with the performance of those duties, and the judge of probate is relieved from any and all duties, liabilities, and responsibilities in reference thereto. The fees, commissions, charges, penalties, and allowances collected by the director of the department in connection with the performance of the duties hereinabove enumerated shall be distributed as now, or as hereinafter, provided by law, either general or local. All records in the custody of the judge of probate relating to the duties herein imposed on the director of the department, upon September 17, 1971, shall be delivered to the director of the department for the county.
(Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 13.)