Except as provided in subsection (c) of Section 63-21-25, the Department of Revenue, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by the Department of Revenue, 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.
Except as provided in subsection (c) of Section 63-21-25, the Department of Revenue, upon receipt of an 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 the Department of Revenue, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.
The Department of Revenue shall file every surrendered certificate of title, every manufacturer's certificate of origin, or a microfilm of every such certificate, for a period of time deemed necessary by it in order to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle, manufactured home or mobile home designated therein. Such filing requirement shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the recordkeeping requirements set forth in Section 63-21-17, which recordkeeping requirements are not limited to any period of time.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 63 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations
Chapter 21 - Motor Vehicle Titles
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 63-21-15. Application for certificate of title; expedited title processing
§ 63-21-18. Automated statewide motor vehicle title registration system
§ 63-21-21. Delivery of certificate of title
§ 63-21-25. Refusal to issue certificate of title
§ 63-21-29. Issuance of distinctive certificate of title
§ 63-21-35. Procedure upon transfer of interest of owner by operation of law
§ 63-21-37. Issuance of new certificate of title; disposition of surrendered certificates
§ 63-21-41. Applicability of chapter to particular liens and security interests
§ 63-21-47. Assignment of security interest by lienholder
§ 63-21-53. Perfection of unsatisfied security interest in previously registered vehicle
§ 63-21-59. Suspension or revocation of certificate of title
§ 63-21-64. Fees paid to Department of Revenue for issuing and processing necessary documents
§ 63-21-65. Disposition of fees
§ 63-21-71. Penalties for violations of chapter generally
§ 63-21-73. Penalty for felonies