Cite as: 47 CNCA § 1111.23

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 there is no secured party indicated in the files of the CNTC, the owner of record may make application for and obtain a replacement certificate of title in the name of the owner of record by furnishing information satisfactory to the CNTC in accordance with this section.

B. An application for a replacement certificate of title must be submitted in a record signed by the applicant and, except as otherwise permitted by the CNTC, must comply with 47 CNCA § 1111.8.

C. The existing certificate of title must be submitted to the CNTC with the application for a replacement certificate of title, unless it has been lost, stolen, destroyed, or is otherwise unavailable.

D. A replacement certificate of title created by the CNTC must comply with 47 CNCA § 1111.10 and conspicuously state that it is a replacement certificate of title.

E. If a person receiving a replacement certificate of title subsequently obtains possession of the original certificate, the person shall promptly destroy the original certificate.

Historical Data

LA 43–04, eff. December 15, 2004.