In the event any registration card or registration plate is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible the owner or legal representative or successor in interest of the owner of the vehicle for which the same was issued as shown by the records of the department shall immediately make application for and may obtain a duplicate or a substitute or a new registration under a new registration number, as determined to be most advisable by the department, upon the applicant furnishing information satisfactory to the department.
In the event any certificate of title is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative or successor in interest of the owner of the vehicle for which the same was issued, as shown by the records of the department, shall immediately make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon the applicant furnishing information satisfactory to the department. Upon issuance of any duplicate certificate of title the previous certificate last issued shall be void.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 3. Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title
§17A-3-1. Misdemeanor to Violate Provisions of Article; Penalty
§17A-3-1a. Registration of Vehicles of New Residents
§17A-3-3b. Motor Vehicles Believed Illegally Unregistered; Assessor to Make Verification
§17A-3-6. Temporary Permit Pending Registration and Certification
§17A-3-7. Grounds for Refusing Registration or Certificate of Title
§17A-3-8. Examination of Registration Records and Index of Stolen and Recovered Vehicles
§17A-3-9. Act of Registration and Record Thereof; Registration Indexes
§17A-3-10. Division to Issue Registration Card; Duplicate to County Assessor
§17A-3-11. Registration of Vehicles According to Permissible Gross Weight
§17A-3-12a. Disclosure of Odometer Information; Exceptions; Penalties
§17A-3-13. Registration Card to Be Carried and Exhibited on Demand
§17A-3-15. Display of Registration Plates
§17A-3-16. Expiration of Registration and Certificates of Title
§17A-3-18. Notice of Change of Address or Name
§17A-3-19. Lost or Damaged Certificates, Cards and Plates
§17A-3-20. Department May Assign New Identifying Numbers
§17A-3-21. Regulations Governing Change of Motors
§17A-3-22. Issuance and Distribution of Registration Bulletins