(a)(1) In the event the vehicle to be registered is a specially constructed vehicle, reconstructed vehicle, or foreign vehicle, that fact shall be stated in the application.(2) With reference to every foreign vehicle which has been registered previously outside of this state, the owner shall surrender to the Office of Motor Vehicle all registration plates, registration cards, and certificates of title, or other evidence of foreign registration as may be in his or her possession or under his or her control, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.(b) Where in the course of interstate operation of a vehicle registered in another state it is desirable to retain registration of the vehicle in the other states, the applicant need not surrender, but shall submit for inspection, evidence of foreign registration, and the Office of Motor Vehicle, upon a proper showing, shall register the vehicle in this state but shall not issue a certificate of title for the vehicle.Acts 1949, No. 142, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-134.