Issuance of new certificate following transfer - 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1116

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     § 1116.  Issuance of new certificate following transfer.
        (a)  Voluntary transfer.--The department, upon receipt of a
     properly assigned certificate of title with an application for a
     new certificate of title, the required fee and any other
     required documents and articles, shall issue a new certificate
     of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it to
     the first lienholder named in the certificate or, if none, to
     the owner.
        (b)  Involuntary transfer.--The department, upon receipt of
     an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee
     other than by voluntary transfer, on a form prescribed and
     furnished by the department together with proper proof
     satisfactory to the department of the transfer, the required fee
     and any other required documents and articles, shall issue a new
     certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner.
        (c)  Filing and retention of surrendered certificate.--The
     department shall file and retain for five years every
     surrendered certificate of title, or a copy, in such a manner as
     to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle.

        Saved from Suspension.  Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure
     for District Justices No. 482(10), as amended April 25, 1979,
     provided that section 1116(b) shall not be deemed suspended or
     affected. Rules 401 through 482 relate to execution of judgments
     for the payment of money rendered by district justices.
        Cross References.  Section 1116 is referred to in sections
     1957, 8580, 8965 of Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated
     Associations).

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