Connecticut § 14-178 - Replacement certificate of title.
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§ 14-178. Replacement certificate of title.
Sec. 14-178. Replacement certificate of title. (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or 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 commissioner, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a replacement upon furnishing information, including personal identification acceptable and satisfactory to the commissioner. The replacement certificate of title shall contain the legend “This is a replacement title and may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate.” Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-175, the commissioner shall present or mail the replacement certificate to the first lienholder named in the replacement certificate or, if none, to the owner.
(b) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a replacement has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the commissioner.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 14; P.A. 94-189, S. 29, 34; P.A. 02-70, S. 8; P.A. 12-81, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 216.)
History: P.A. 94-189 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that the duplicate certificate, in addition to being mailed, could be “presented” to the first lienholder or owner, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that information shall include personal identification acceptable to the commissioner, to add “Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-175, the commissioner” and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 12-81 substituted “replacement” for “duplicate”, effective January 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “replacement certificate” with “replacement title”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re waiting period prior to issuance of certificate of title to transferee and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), effective June 30, 2015.
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