Whenever application is made to the Department of Revenue and Taxation for a transfer or registration of a vehicle to a new owner or legal owner and the applicant is unable to present the certificate of ownership or registration card issued for such a vehicle by reason of the same being lost or otherwise not available, the Department may receive such application and examine into the circumstances of the case and may require the filing of affidavits or other information, and when the Department is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to a transfer of registration, the Department may transfer the registration of such vehicle, or re-register such vehicle under a new registration number, and issue a new certificate of ownership and registration card to the person or persons found to be entitled thereto.

SOURCE: § 23341 GC, enacted by P.L. 1-088 (Nov. 29, 1952).