(a) If a certificate of title is lost, the owner or the legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the Administration, promptly shall apply for and, after furnishing information satisfactory to the Administration and payment of the required fee, obtain a duplicate certificate of title.
(b) If a certificate of title is stolen, the owner or the legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the Administration, promptly shall apply for and, after furnishing information satisfactory to the Administration and payment of the required fee, obtain a duplicate certificate of title.
(c) If a certificate of title is damaged to the extent that the certificate of title is illegible, the owner or the legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the Administration, promptly shall apply for, and after furnishing information satisfactory to the Administration and payment of the required fee, obtain a duplicate certificate of title.
(d) The duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend “This is a duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate.”
(e) If a person recovers an original certificate of title for which a duplicate has been issued, the person promptly shall surrender the original certificate to the Administration.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 13 - Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles
Subtitle 1 - Certificates of Title
Section 13-101 - "Certificate of Origin" Defined
Section 13-101.1 - Certificate of Title Required
Section 13-103 - Farm and Special Mobile Equipment
Section 13-104 - Application for Certificate of Title -- in General
Section 13-104.1 - Application for Certificate of Title -- New Vehicles
Section 13-105 - Examination of Records
Section 13-106 - Issuance of Certificate; Records to Be Kept by Administration
Section 13-106.1 - Assignment of Distinguishing Number
Section 13-107 - Contents, Form, and Effect of Certificate
Section 13-108 - Delivery of Certificate
Section 13-108.1 - Electronic Issuance of Certificate of Title
Section 13-109 - Registration Without Certificate of Title; Bond
Section 13-110 - Grounds for Refusing Certificate of Title
Section 13-111 - Lost, Stolen, or Damaged Certificates
Section 13-112 - Transfer of Vehicles Generally
Section 13-113 - Transfers to or From Dealers or Dismantlers or Recyclers Generally
Section 13-113.1 - Transfers of New Vehicles to and From Dealers -- in General
Section 13-113.2 - Transfers of New Vehicles to and From Dealers -- Two-Stage Vehicles
Section 13-114 - Transfers Other Than Voluntary
Section 13-115 - Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary Designation
Section 13-116 - When Administration to Issue New Certificate
Section 13-117 - Change in Type of Body of Vehicle
Section 13-118 - Change of Name of Owner; Fee
Section 13-119 - Form for Exclusion or Modification of Implied Warranties