75 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 11 - Certificate Of Title And Security Interests
Subchapter A. Certificate of Title
- Section 1101 - Certificate Of Title Required
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in section 1102 (relating to vehicles not requiring certificate of title), every owner of a vehicle which is in...
- Section 1102 - Vehicles Not Requiring Certificate Of Title
No certificate of title is required for: (1) A vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in this Commonwealth. (2) A...
- Section 1103 - Application For Certificate Of Title (Repealed)
§ 1103. Application for certificate of title (Repealed). 1990 Repeal. Section 1103 was repealed June 30, 1990, P.L.266, No.63, effective immediately, and July 10,...
- Section 1103.1 - Application For Certificate Of Title
(a) Contents of application.--Application for a certificate of title shall be made upon a form prescribed and furnished by the department and shall contain...
- Section 1104 - Examination Of Records Upon Receipt Of Application
The department, upon receiving an application for a certificate of title, shall check the vehicle identification number shown in the application against the records...
- Section 1105 - Issuance Of Certificate Of Title
(a) General rule.--The department shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity of the application and that the...
- Section 1106 - Content And Effect Of Certificate Of Title
(a) Vehicle identification and encumbrances.--A certificate of title shall contain such description and other evidence of identification of the vehicle for which it is...
- Section 1107 - Delivery Of Certificate Of Title
The certificate of title shall be mailed to the first lienholder or encumbrancer named in the certificate or, if there is no lienholder or...
- Section 1108 - Registration Without Certificate Of Title
If the department is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in the vehicle,...
- Section 1109 - Refusing Issuance Of Certificate
The department may refuse issuance of a certificate of title or certificate of salvage when it has reasonable grounds to believe: (1) That any...
- Section 1110 - Duplicate Certificate Of Title To Replace Original
(a) Application for duplicate.--In the event of a lost, destroyed, defaced, stolen or illegible certificate of title, application for a duplicate may be made...
- Section 1111 - Transfer Of Ownership Of Vehicle
(a) Duty of transferor.--In the event of the sale or transfer of the ownership of a vehicle within this Commonwealth, the owner shall execute...
- Section 1111.1 - Transfer Of Ownership Of Vehicles Used For Human Habitation
(a) Tax status certification.--If a mobile home or manufactured home that has been anchored to the ground to facilitate connections with electricity, water and...
- Section 1112 - Disclosure Of Odometer Reading And Tampering With Odometer (Repealed)
§ 1112. Disclosure of odometer reading and tampering with odometer (Repealed). 1983 Repeal. Section 1112 was repealed June 14, 1983, P.L.16, No.8, effective in...
- Section 1113 - Transfer To Or From Manufacturer Or Dealer
(a) Transfer to manufacturer or dealer.--When the purchaser or transferee of a vehicle is a manufacturer or registered dealer who holds the vehicle for...
- Section 1114 - Transfer Of Vehicle By Operation Of Law
(a) General rule.--If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as...
- Section 1115 - Correction Of Certificate Of Title
(a) General rule.--When any certificate of title has been issued in error to a person not entitled to the certificate or contains incorrect information...
- Section 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...
- Section 1117 - Vehicle Destroyed, Dismantled, Salvaged Or Recycled (Repealed)
§ 1117. Vehicle destroyed, dismantled, salvaged or recycled (Repealed). 2002 Repeal. Section 1117 was repealed December 9, 2002, P.L.1278, No.152, effective in 60 days.
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
Subchapter B. Security Interests
- Section 1131 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter does not apply to or affect: (1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or...
- Section 1132 - Perfection Of Security Interest (Deleted By Amendment)
§ 1132. Perfection of security interest (Deleted by amendment). 2001 Amendment. Section 1132 was deleted by amendment June 8, 2001, P.L.123, No.18, effective July...
- Section 1132.1 - Perfection Of A Security Interest In A Vehicle
(a) Perfection.--A security interest in a vehicle titled in this Commonwealth is perfected at the time the department receives all of the following: (1)...
- Section 1133 - Creation Of Security Interest For Titled Vehicle (Deleted By Amendment)
§ 1133. Creation of security interest for titled vehicle (Deleted by amendment). 2001 Amendment. Section 1133 was deleted by amendment June 8, 2001, P.L.123,...
- Section 1134 - Assignment By Lienholder Of Security Interest
(a) General rule.--A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting...
- Section 1135 - Satisfaction Of Security Interest
(a) Absence of subsequent liens.--Where there are no subsequent liens upon a vehicle, the following rules apply upon the satisfaction of a security interest...
- Section 1136 - Duty Of Lienholder To Disclose Pertinent Information
A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose...
- Section 1137 - Subchapter Exclusive For Perfecting Security Interest
The method provided in this subchapter for perfecting and giving notice of security interests is exclusive, except as otherwise provided in 13 Pa.C.S. §§...
- Section 1138 - Duration Of Perfection
(a) General rule.--Perfection of a security interest is effective for a period of 30 years in the case of a mobile home or emergency...
- Section 1139 - Terminal Rental Adjustment Clauses
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lease agreement which pertains to the commercial use of a motor vehicle or trailer and which includes...
- Section 1140 - Cancellation Of Certificate Of Title Or Ownership For Mobile Home
(a) General rule.--The department may cancel a certificate of title for a mobile home affixed to real property. The person requesting the cancellation shall...
Subchapter C. Electronic Titling Program
Subchapter D. Salvage Vehicles, Theft Vehicles, Reconstructed Vehicles and Flood Vehicles
- Section 1161 - Certificate Of Salvage Required
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in sections 1162 (relating to transfer to vehicle salvage dealer) and 1163 (relating to transfer to scrap metal processor),...
- Section 1162 - Transfer To Vehicle Salvage Dealer
(a) General rule.--Any owner who transfers a vehicle or a salvage vehicle to a vehicle salvage dealer, as defined in section 1337(c)(2) (relating to...
- Section 1163 - Transfer To Scrap Metal Processor
(a) Flattened vehicles.--When a vehicle has been flattened, crushed or processed to the extent that it is no longer identifiable as a vehicle, its...
- Section 1164 - Theft Vehicles
(a) General rule.--Upon payment to the insured of the replacement value for a theft vehicle, the owner or insurer shall apply for a certificate...
- Section 1165 - Reconstructed Vehicles
(a) General rule.--If a vehicle, other than an antique or classic vehicle, for which a certificate of salvage has been issued is thereafter restored...
- Section 1165.1 - Inspection Of Reconstructed, Modified And Specially Constructed Vehicles
(a) Findings of fact.--The General Assembly finds that a key element for successfully converting a stolen vehicle into a marketable item is obtaining a...
- Section 1165.2 - Specialized Vehicle Compliance Inspection Advisory Panel (Expired)
§ 1165.2. Specialized Vehicle Compliance Inspection Advisory Panel (Expired). 2007 Expiration. Section 1165.2 expired January 1, 2007. See Act 228 of 2004.
- Section 1166 - Flood Vehicles
(a) General rule.--Upon payment to the insured of the replacement value for a flood vehicle, the owner or insurer shall apply for a certificate...
- Section 1167 - Penalty
A person who violates the provisions of this subchapter commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of...
Last modified: October 8, 2016