Vermont § 2025 - Involuntary transfers

§ 2025. Involuntary transfers

• (a) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary
  transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
  promptly mail or deliver to the Commissioner the last certificate of title, if available,
  proof of the transfer, and his or her application for a new certificate in the form
  the Commissioner prescribes. (b) If the interest of the owner is terminated or the vehicle is sold under a security
  agreement by a lienholder named in the certificate of title, the transferee shall
  promptly mail or deliver to the Commissioner the last certificate of title, his or
  her application for a new certificate in the form the Commissioner prescribes, and
  an affidavit made by or on behalf of the lienholder that the vehicle was repossessed
  and that the interest of the owner was lawfully terminated or sold pursuant to the
  terms of the security agreement. If the lienholder succeeds to the interest of the
  owner and holds the vehicle for resale, he or she need not secure a new certificate
  of title but, upon transfer to another person, shall promptly mail or deliver to the
  transferee or to the Commissioner the certificate, affidavit, and other documents
  required to be sent to the Commissioner by the transferee. (c) A person holding a certificate of title whose interest in the vehicle has been extinguished
  or transferred other than by voluntary transfer shall mail or deliver the certificate
  to the Commissioner upon request of the Commissioner. The delivery of the certificate
  pursuant to the request of the Commissioner does not affect the rights of the person
  surrendering the certificate, and the action of the Commissioner in issuing a new
  certificate of title is not conclusive upon the rights of an owner or lienholder named
  in the old certificate. (Added 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 214.)