§ 27-14-713 - Issuance of registration certificates and certificates of title.
27-14-713. Issuance of registration certificates and certificates of title.
(a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue a registration certificate and a certificate of title. The registration certificate and the certificate of title shall be of a type which, as nearly as possible, prevents the document from being altered, counterfeited, duplicated, or simulated without ready detection.
(b) (1) The registration certificate shall be delivered to the owner and shall contain, upon the face thereof, the date issued, the name and address of the owner, the registration number assigned to the vehicle, and such description of the vehicle as determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
(2) Upon the reverse side it shall contain a form for endorsement of notice to the office upon transfer of the vehicle.
(c) (1) (A) The certificate of title shall contain, upon the face thereof, the identical information required upon the face of the registration certificate.
(B) In addition, it shall contain a statement of the owner's title and of all liens and encumbrances upon the vehicle therein described and whether possession is held by the owner under a lease, contract of conditional sale, or other like agreement.
(2) The certificate shall bear the seal of the office.
(d) (1) The certificate of title shall contain upon the front side a space for the signature of the owner, and the owner shall write his or her name with pen and ink in such space upon receipt of the certificate.
(2) The certificate shall also contain upon the reverse side forms for assignment of title or interest and warranty thereof by the owner, with space for notation of liens and encumbrances upon the vehicle at the time of a transfer.
(e) (1) The certificate of title shall be delivered to the owner in the event no lien or encumbrance appears thereon.
(2) Otherwise, the certificate of title shall be delivered either to the person holding the first lien or encumbrance upon the vehicle as shown in the certificate or to the person named to receive it in the application for such certificate.