342.13 Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
(1) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, or becomes illegible, the owner or person in possession of the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a replacement upon furnishing information satisfactory to the department. The replacement certificate of title shall contain a notation, in a form determined by the department, identifying the certificate as a replacement certificate that may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate.
(3) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a replacement has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the department.
History: 1975 c. 297; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1991 a. 239; 1993 a. 475; 2003 a. 184; 2009 a. 100; 2011 a. 32.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 342 - Vehicle title and anti-theft law.
342.01 - Words and phrases defined.
342.02 - Excepted liens and security interests.
342.03 - Motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer leases.
342.05 - When certificate of title required.
342.06 - Application for certificate of title.
342.065 - Title for salvage vehicle.
342.07 - Title for repaired salvage vehicle.
342.08 - Department to examine records.
342.09 - When department to issue certificate and to whom; maintenance of records.
342.10 - Contents of certificate of title.
342.11 - Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.
342.12 - Withholding certificate of title; bond.
342.13 - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
342.15 - Transfer of interest in a vehicle.
342.155 - Mileage disclosure requirements of transferors and transferees.
342.156 - Transfers of leased motor vehicles.
342.157 - Motor vehicle salvage pools and auction companies to maintain records.
342.16 - Transfer to or from dealer.
342.17 - Involuntary transfers.
342.18 - When department to issue a new certificate.
342.19 - Perfection of security interests.
342.195 - Notification of person who has perfected security interest.
342.20 - Duties on creation of security interest.
342.21 - Assignment of security interest.
342.22 - Release of security interest.
342.23 - Secured party's and owner's duties.
342.24 - Method of perfecting exclusive.
342.245 - Electronic processing of certain applications.
342.25 - Suspension or revocation of certificate.
342.255 - Cancellation of title or registration.
342.30 - Identification numbers.
342.31 - Report of stolen or abandoned motor vehicles.
342.32 - Counterfeiting and unlawful possession of certificate of title.
342.33 - Sale of vehicle used as taxicab.
342.34 - Department to be notified of destruction or junking of vehicle.