Georgia Code
Article 2 - Certificates of Title
§ 40-3-31. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Certificates

If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or the legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the commissioner or the commissioner’s duly authorized county tag agent, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a replacement, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the commissioner or authorized county tag agent. The replacement shall be issued on the following terms and conditions:
“This is a replacement certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate.”;
“This is a replacement certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate.”
After a replacement certificate has been issued and the records of the commissioner or authorized county tag agent show that the owner has held record title continuously for a period of not less than six calendar months and the record title of the owner has not been challenged, the commissioner or authorized county tag agent may, upon proper application, issue a replacement title, which shall simply contain the legend “Replacement Title”;
History. Ga. L. 1961, p. 68, § 14; Ga. L. 1965, p. 304, § 3; Ga. L. 1974, p. 593, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 252, §§ 1, 2; Code 1981, § 40-3-30 ; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 40; Ga. L. 1986, p. 438, § 3; Code 1981, § 40-3-31 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40; Ga. L. 1997, p. 739, § 14; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1179, § 34.

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