Alabama § 33-5B-22 - Replacement Certificate of Title.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 33-5B-22 — Replacement Certificate of Title., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-5B-22. Replacement Certificate of Title.
(a) If a written certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise becomes unavailable or illegible, the secured party of record or, if no secured party is indicated in the files of the office, the owner of record, may apply for and, by furnishing information satisfactory to the office, obtain a replacement certificate in the name of the owner of record.
(b) An applicant for a replacement certificate of title must sign the application, and, except as otherwise permitted by the office, the application must comply with Section 33-5B-7. The application must include the existing certificate unless the certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable.
(c) A replacement certificate of title created by the office must comply with Section 33-5B-9 and indicate on the face of the certificate that it is a replacement certificate.
(d) If a person receiving a replacement certificate of title subsequently obtains possession of the original written certificate, the person promptly shall destroy the original certificate of title.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-5B-22 ("Replacement Certificate of Title.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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