§ 2027. Issuance of new certificate
(a) The Commissioner, 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 law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.
(b) The Commissioner, 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 him or her, the Commissioner shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.
(c) The Commissioner shall file and retain for five years every surrendered certificate of title so as to permit the tracing of title of the corresponding vehicles. (Added 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; amended 1979, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2011, No. 46, § 20; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 215.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 21 - Title to Motor Vehicles
§ 2003. Power and duties of Commissioner
§ 2013. When certificate required; issuance of exempt vehicle title upon request
§ 2015. Application for certificate
§ 2016. Commissioner to check identification number
§ 2017. Issuance of certificate; records
§ 2018. Information on certificate
§ 2019. Mailing or delivering certificate
§ 2020. Withholding of certificate; bond required
§ 2021. Refusal of certificate
§ 2023. Transfer of interest in vehicle
§ 2026. Fee to accompany applications
§ 2027. Issuance of new certificate
§ 2029. Suspension or revocation of certificate
§ 2041. Certain liens and security interests not affected
§ 2042. Perfecting security interest
§ 2043. Duties on creation of security interest
§ 2044. Assignment of security interest
§ 2045. Release of security interest
§ 2046. Lienholder to furnish information
§ 2047. Method of perfecting security interest exclusive
§ 2048. Terminal rental adjustment clauses; vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests
§ 2081. Application of subchapter
§ 2082. Altering, forging, or counterfeiting certificates; penalty
§ 2084. Report of theft, recovery of unclaimed vehicle
§ 2086. Impeachment of defendant
§ 2087. Construction with other laws
§ 2091. Salvage certificates of title; forwarding of plates and titles of crushed vehicles
§ 2092. Issuance of salvage title
§ 2093. Salvaged, totaled, and rebuilt vehicles
§ 2152. Authorized removal of abandoned motor vehicles
§ 2153. Abandoned motor vehicle certification
§ 2154. Identification and reclamation of abandoned motor vehicles