Section 19. (a) The registrar, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, except as provided for in subsection (e) of section 20, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner. If under subsection (e) of section 20, the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to him, the registrar shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.
(b) The registrar upon receipt of any application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to him, the registrar shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.
(c) The registrar shall file and retain every surrendered certificate of title in accordance with section 30 of chapter 90.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title
Section 2 - Exemptions; Application of Sections
Section 3 - Application of Chapter
Section 4 - Registration Under Chapter 90; Application for Certificate of Title Required
Section 5 - Owner of Implement of Husbandry, etc.; Application of Chapter, Exception
Section 6 - Certificate of Origin
Section 7 - Application for First Certificate of Title; Contents
Section 8 - Check of Application Against Records
Section 9 - Issuance and Record of Certificates of Title
Section 10 - Contents of Certificate; Distinctive Certificates; Forms; Evidence; Nature
Section 11 - Mailing of Certificate
Section 11a - Electronic Recording of Security Interests
Section 12 - Withholding of Certificate; Bond
Section 13 - Refusal of Issuance; Grounds
Section 14 - Duplicate Certificate of Title
Section 16 - Dealers; Assignment and Warranty of Title; Record of Transactions
Section 17 - Involuntary Transfers of Interests
Section 19 - Issuance to Transferee; Surrendered Certificates
Section 20 - Total Loss Salvage Motor Vehicles; Surrender of Certificate of Title; Salvage Title
Section 20a - Application for Salvage Title; Procedure
Section 20b - Exceptions to Salvage Title Requirement
Section 20c - Transfer of Interest in Vehicle With Issued Salvage Title
Section 20d - Reconstruction or Restoration of Total Loss Salvage Motor Vehicle
Section 20e - Cancellation of Certificate Upon Junking or Scrapping of Vehicle
Section 21 - Perfecting of Security Interest in Vehicle
Section 21a - Motor Vehicles or Trailers; Limitation on Creation of Sale or Security Interest
Section 24 - Satisfaction of Security Interest in Vehicle
Section 25 - Disclosure of Information by Lienholder
Section 26 - Exclusiveness of Method of Perfecting Security Interests
Section 27 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Title
Section 30 - Review of Ruling or Decision of Registrar
Section 31 - Liability of Registrar or Commonwealth
Section 34 - Previously Registered Vehicle, Defined
Section 35 - Application of Chapter to Previously Registered Vehicle
Section 36 - Previously Registered Vehicle; Undisclosed Security Interest; Distinctive Certificate
Section 38 - Validity of Certificate Issued Prior to Certain Dates