

     § 1118.  Suspension and cancellation of certificate of title.
        (a)  Return of new vehicle.--The department may cancel the
     certificate of title issued for a new vehicle when it is shown
     by satisfactory evidence that the vehicle has been returned
     within the time specified in the department regulations to the
     manufacturer or dealer from whom obtained.
        (b)  Vehicles sold to nonresidents or abandoned,
     nonrepairable or salvage.--The department may cancel
     certificates of title for vehicles sold to residents of other
     states or foreign countries when the vehicle is to be registered
     in the other jurisdiction or for an abandoned vehicle processed
     under this title or a nonrepairable or salvage vehicle.
        (c)  Surrender of Pennsylvania certificate in other
     jurisdiction.--The department, upon receipt of notification from
     another state or foreign country that a certificate of title
     issued by the department has been surrendered by the owner in
     conformity with the laws of the other state or foreign country,
     may cancel the certificate of title.
        (d)  Surrender of foreign certificate to department.--When an
     owner surrenders a certificate of title from another state or
     foreign country to the department, the department may notify the
     state or foreign country in order that the certificate of title
     may be cancelled or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the
     law of the other jurisdiction.
        (e)  Conviction for misstatement of facts.--The department,
     upon receipt of certification from the clerk of any court
     showing conviction for a misstatement of facts on any
     application for an original or duplicate certificate of title or
     any transfer of a certificate of title, shall suspend the
     certificate of title and require that the certificate be
     returned immediately to the department, whereupon the department
     may cancel the certificate.
        (f)  Nonpayment of fee.--The department may suspend a
     certificate of title when a check received in payment of the fee
     is not paid on demand or when the fee for the certificate is
     unpaid and owing.
        (g)  Security interest unaffected by suspension or cancel-
     lation.--Suspension or cancellation of a certificate of title
     does not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest
     noted on the certificate.
        (h)  Surrender of certificate.--The department may request
     the return of certificates of title which have been suspended or
     cancelled. The owner or person in possession of the
     certification of title shall immediately mail or deliver the
     certificate to the department.
     (Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1278, No.152, eff. 60 days)

        2002 Amendment.  Act 152 amended subsec. (b).

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