Sec. 14-183. Issuance of new certificate.
Sec. 14-183. Issuance of new certificate. (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of
a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title,
the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate
of title in the name of the transferee as owner and, except as provided in subsection (b)
of section 14-175, present or mail the new certificate of title to the first lienholder named
in the new certificate of title or, if none, to the owner.
(b) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title
by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required
fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the
name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered
to him, the commissioner shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.
(c) The commissioner shall file and retain for five years every surrendered certificate of title, the file to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle
designated therein.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 19; P.A. 94-189, S. 30, 34; P.A. 02-70, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 94-189 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that in addition to being mailed, the certificate could be presented
to the first lienholder or owner, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (a) to require commissioner to present
or mail new certificate of title, except as provided in Sec. 14-175(b), and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2002.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 38 CS 712.