Sec. 14-173. Issuance of certificate. Records.
Sec. 14-173. Issuance of certificate. Records. (a) The commissioner shall file
each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and
that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate
of title of the vehicle. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the commissioner may accept, in lieu of an outstanding certificate of title, evidence of vehicle
ownership acceptable to him. The certificate of title issued may contain the legend "This
vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien."
(b) The commissioner shall maintain at his central office a record of all certificates
of title issued by him: (1) Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle; (2)
under the identification number of the vehicle; (3) alphabetically, under the name of the
owner; and, in the discretion of the commissioner, by any other method he determines.
(c) Records pertaining to certificates of title over four years old may be destroyed
in the discretion of the commissioner.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 261.)
History: 1969 act allowed evidence of ownership other than title and stated that title may contain legend re undisclosed
lien in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c) re destruction of records.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 496.