LD 1773
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LD 1773 Title Page An Act To Improve the Process for Issuing Duplicate Motor Vehicle Certificates ... LD 1773 Title Page
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LR 2598
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §661, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A,
§2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

 
1. Application. If a certificate of title or certificate of
salvage is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes
illegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner named
in the certificate, as shown by the records of the Secretary of
State, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a
duplicate upon furnishing information satisfactory to the
Secretary of State. A duplicate certificate of title or
certificate of salvage must contain the legend, "This is a
duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of a
person under the original certificate." It must be mailed to the
owner named on the certificate unless that owner gives written
authorization to mail the certificate to another person. If a
certificate of lien has been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
or becomes illegible, the first lienholder shown on the
certificate may apply for and obtain a duplicate upon furnishing
information satisfactory to the Secretary of State.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill eliminates the requirement that a duplicate
certificate of title or certificate of salvage contain language
indicating that the certificate is a duplicate.


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