§ 75A-39. Duplicate certificate of title.
§ 75A‑39. Duplicatecertificate of title.
The Commission may issue aduplicate certificate of title plainly marked "duplicate" across itsface upon application by the person entitled to hold the certificate if theCommission is satisfied that the original certificate has been lost, stolen,mutilated, destroyed, or has become illegible. Mutilated or illegiblecertificates shall be returned to the Commission with the application for aduplicate. If a duplicate certificate of title has been issued and the lost orstolen original is recovered, the original shall be promptly surrendered to theCommission. A duplicate certificate of title, not bearing the word"duplicate" across its face, shall be issued for anyone having anaddress change or name change so long as the original title is surrendered andthe appropriate fees paid as provided in G.S. 75A‑38(b). If the originalcertificate of title is not surrendered to the Commission, the duplicatecertificate of title shall be plainly marked "duplicate" across its face.(1989, c. 739,s. 1; 2006‑185, s. 2.)