28-2055 - Arizona Statutes

28-2055. Certificate of title; content requirements; transfer on death provision; delivery A. The department or an authorized third party shall print the certificate of title, and it shall contain forms for assignment of title or interest and warranty by the owner, with space for notation of liens and encumbrances on the vehicle at the time of transfer. The certificate of title shall also contain the odometer mileage disclosure statement pursuant to section 28-2058. B. At the request of the owner and on payment of a fee prescribed by the department by rule, the certificate of title may contain, by attachment, a transfer on death provision where the owner may designate a beneficiary of the title. The attachment shall include a notice to the owner and any beneficiary that the monetary limitation on the transfer of personal property in a decedent's estate prescribed in section 14-3971 may apply. C. If a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered in any other state or country, the department shall retain in its records the name of the state or country in which the prior registration took place. D. Except as provided in section 28-2064, the department shall deliver or mail the original certificate of title to: 1. The applicant if there are not any liens or encumbrances on the certificate of title. 2. The holder of the lien or encumbrance first in time on the date of the application if there are liens or encumbrances on the certificate of title.