§ 31-3.1-16. Issuance of new certificate.
(a) The division of motor vehicles, 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 and articles 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.
(b) The division of motor vehicles 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 and articles 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 it, the division of motor vehicles shall make demand for the certificate from its holder.
(c) The division of motor vehicles shall file and retain for five (5) years every surrendered certificate of title, the file to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle designated in it.
History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 100, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-3.1 - Certificates of Title and Security Interests
Section 31-3.1-1. - Certificate of title required.
Section 31-3.1-2. - Exclusions.
Section 31-3.1-3. - Optional certificate of title.
Section 31-3.1-4. - Application for first certificate of title.
Section 31-3.1-5. - Examination of records.
Section 31-3.1-6. - Issuance and records.
Section 31-3.1-7. - Contents and effect of certificate.
Section 31-3.1-9. - Registration without certificate of title — Bond.
Section 31-3.1-10. - Refusing certificate of title.
Section 31-3.1-11. - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
Section 31-3.1-12. - Transfer.
Section 31-3.1-13. - Transfer to or from dealer — Records.
Section 31-3.1-14. - Transfer by operation of law.
Section 31-3.1-15. - Fees — Registration cards.
Section 31-3.1-16. - Issuance of new certificate.
Section 31-3.1-16.1. - Electronic recording of security interests.
Section 31-3.1-17. - Scrapping, dismantling or destroying vehicle.
Section 31-3.1-18. - Excepted liens and security interests.
Section 31-3.1-19. - Perfection of security interests.
Section 31-3.1-20. - Security interest — Change of certificate.
Section 31-3.1-21. - Assignment by lienholder.
Section 31-3.1-22. - Release of security interest.
Section 31-3.1-23. - Duty of lienholder.
Section 31-3.1-24. - Exclusiveness of procedure.
Section 31-3.1-25. - Suspension or revocation of certificates.
Section 31-3.1-26. - Powers of division of motor vehicles.
Section 31-3.1-27. - Vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests.
Section 31-3.1-28 - — 31-3.1-35. [Obsolete.]
Section 31-3.1-36. - Court review.