Application for certificate of title by agent - 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1119

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     § 1119.  Application for certificate of title by agent.
        (a)  Authorization to make application.--
            (1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall
        make application for a certificate of title when acting for
        another person unless authorization to make the application
        is in effect and is verified by oath or affirmation of the
        other person, made not more than 90 days before the
        application is received by the department.
            (2)  The 90-day provision contained in paragraph (1)
        shall not apply to:
                (i)  Fleet owners who are lessees of vehicles.
                (ii)  A wholesale vehicle auction licensed pursuant
            to the act of December 22, 1983 (P.L.306, No.84), known
            as the Board of Vehicles Act.
                (iii)  Blanket powers of attorney issued for general
            purposes not limited to the sale, purchase or transfer of
            vehicles.
        (b)  Certificate not to be assigned in blank.--No person
     shall make application for, or assign or physically possess, a
     certificate of title, or direct or allow another person in his
     employ or control to make application for, or assign or
     physically possess, a certificate of title, unless the name of
     the transferee is placed on the assignment of certificate of
     title simultaneously with the name of the transferor and duly
     notarized. Wholesale vehicle auctions and vehicle dealers
     licensed pursuant to the Board of Vehicles Act are exempt from
     the limitations of this subsection with respect to certificates
     of title for vehicles that are entrusted to the licensed
     wholesale vehicle auction for sale or transfer.
        (c)  Persons authorized to hold certificate.--
            (1)  No person shall receive, obtain or hold a
        certificate of title recorded in the name of another person
        for the other person who is not in the regular employ of, or
        not a member of the family of, the other person.
            (2)  The following persons are exempt from the
        limitations of paragraph (1):
                (i)  A lienholder who has a valid undischarged lien
            recorded in the department against the vehicle
            represented by the certificate of title.
                (ii)  A vehicle auction, licensed pursuant to the act
            of December 22, 1983 (P.L.306, No.84), known as the Board
            of Vehicles Act, when offering vehicles for sale.
                (iii)  A vehicle dealer, licensed pursuant to the
            Board of Vehicles Act, offering a vehicle for sale
            pursuant to a written consignment agreement with the
            transferor.
        (d)  Penalty.--Any person violating any of the provisions of
     this section is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon
     conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100.
     (May 21, 1992, P.L.244, No.37, eff. 60 days; July 11, 1996,
     P.L.660, No.115, eff. 60 days; Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1126, No.151,
     eff. imd.; Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1278, No.152, eff. 60 days; July
     14, 2005, P.L.285, No.50, eff. 60 days)

        2005 Amendment.  Act 50 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).
        1998 Amendment.  Act 151 amended subsec. (c)(2)(ii) and
     (iii).
        1996 Amendment.  Act 115 amended subsec. (c).
        Cross References.  Section 1119 is referred to in section
     5601 of Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries).

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