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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 3815

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
  • Lienholder: means a person holding a security interest in a vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle. See
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having property in or title to a vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle. See
  • Person: includes any natural person, corporation, association, co-partnership, company, firm, or other aggregation of individuals. See
  • Snowmobile: means a self-propelled vehicle intended for off-road travel primarily on snow, having a curb weight of not more than 453. See
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft capable of being used as a means of transportation on water that is equipped with machinery capable of propelling the watercraft, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion, but shall not include a watercraft that has a valid marine document issued by U. See

§ 3815. Duplicate certificate

(a) If a certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the Commissioner, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Commissioner. It shall be mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.

(b) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a duplicate has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the Commissioner.

(c) When a duplicate certificate of title is issued, the Commissioner shall cause the original certificate of title for that vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle to be revoked. (Added 1987, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2001, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2015, No. 50, § 21.)