§ 46-22.1-4. Fees - Duplicates. (a) The department shall charge a twenty-five ($25.00) fee to issue a certificate of title, and a five dollar ($5.00) fee to transfer a title, or issue a corrected and duplicate certificate of title. A fifteen dollar ($15.00) late fee shall be charged to any owner not timely filing an application for a title certificate under § 46-22.1-3.
(b) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or becomes illegible, the first lien holder or, if there is none, the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the departments' records shall, within thirty (30) days, obtain a duplicate by applying to the department. The applicant shall furnish information concerning the original certificate and the circumstances of its loss, disappearance, mutilation, or destruction as the department may require. Mutilated or illegible certificates shall be returned to the department with the application for a duplicate and required fee.
(c) The duplicate certificate of title shall be marked plainly "duplicate" across the face, and may be mailed or delivered to the applicant.
(d) If a lost or stolen original certificate of title for which a duplicate has been issued is recovered, the original shall be surrendered promptly to the department for cancellation.
History of Section. (P.L. 1988, ch. 555, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 33, § 9.)
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