Chapter
412
2005 -- H 6167
Enacted 07/19/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR AND
OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND
SECURITY INTERESTS
Introduced By: Representatives Kilmartin, Long, Moura, Amaral, and Loughlin
Date Introduced: March 08,
2005
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 31-3.1-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3.1 entitled
"Certificates
of Title and Security Interests" is hereby amended to read as follows:
31-3.1-11.
Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates. -- (a) If a certificate of
title is lost,
stolen,
mutilated, destroyed, or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none,
the owner or
legal representative
of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the division
of motor
vehicles, shall promptly apply for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing
information
satisfactory to the division of motor vehicles and pay a twenty-five dollar
($25.00)
fee. The
duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend "this is a
duplicate certificate and
may be
subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate." It
shall be mailed to the
first
lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.
(b) The division of motor vehicles shall not issue a certificate of title to a
transferee upon
application
made on a duplicate until fifteen (15) days after receipt of the application.
(c) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a duplicate
has been
issued
shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the division of motor
vehicles.
(d)
A person applying for a duplicate title may designate an automobile dealer as
the
designated
recipient of the duplicate title provided, that there is no current lien holder
and the
applicant/owner
signs an affidavit stating that the vehicle has been sold or traded to the
dealer in
such
form as designated by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles.
SECTION 2. This act shall
take effect upon passage.
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