Vermont § 2015 - Application for certificate

§ 2015. Application for certificate

• (a) The application for the first certificate of title of a vehicle in this State shall
  be made by the owner to the Commissioner on the form he or she prescribes and shall
  contain: (1) the name, residence, and mail address of the owner; (2) a description of the vehicle, including, so far as the following data exist, its make,
  model, identification number, odometer reading, or hubometer reading or clock meter
  reading on all vehicles, type of body, the number of cylinders, and whether new or
  used; (3) the date of purchase by the applicant, the name and address of the person from whom
  the vehicle was acquired, and the names and addresses of any lienholders in the order
  of their priority and the dates of their security agreements, and, if a new vehicle,
  the application shall be accompanied by a manufacturer’s or importer’s certificate
  of origin; and (4) any further information the Commissioner reasonably requires to identify the vehicle
  and to enable him or her to determine whether the owner is entitled to a certificate
  of title and the existence or nonexistence of security interests in the vehicle. (5) [Repealed.] (b) If the application refers to a vehicle purchased from a dealer, it shall contain the
  name and address of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved
  at the time of the sale and the date of his or her security agreement and be signed
  by the dealer as well as the owner, and the dealer shall promptly mail or deliver
  the application to the Commissioner unless title is in the possession of a lienholder
  at the time of sale, in which case the dealer shall have until 30 calendar days after
  the date the dealer acquired the vehicle to mail or deliver the application to the
  Commissioner. The dealer shall not be entitled to the extension if the lien on the
  vehicle was granted by the dealer to finance vehicle inventory acquisition. (c) If the application refers to a vehicle last previously registered in another state
  or country, the application shall contain or be accompanied by: (1) any certificate of title issued by the other state or country; (2) any other information and documents the Commissioner reasonably requires to establish
  the ownership of the vehicle and the existence or nonexistence of security interests
  in it; and (3) any other proof of the identity of the vehicle the Commissioner reasonably requires. (Added 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; amended 1983, No. 60, § 8; 1983, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; 1995, No. 19, § 12, eff. April 17, 1995; 2019, No. 60, § 19; 2021, No. 76, § 5, eff. April 1, 2020; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 420, eff. July 1, 2022.)