§ 20-68. Replacement of lost or damaged certificates, cards and plates. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 20‑68.  Replacement oflost or damaged certificates, cards and plates.

(a)        In the event anyregistration card or registration plate is lost, mutilated, or becomesillegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner of the vehicle forwhich the same was issued, as shown by the records of the Division, shallimmediately make application for and may obtain a duplicate or a substitute ora new registration under a new registration number, as determined to be mostadvisable by the Division, upon the applicant's furnishing under  oathinformation satisfactory to the Division and payment of required fee.

(b)        If a certificate oftitle is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or becomes illegible, the firstlienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named inthe certificate, as shown by the records of the Division, shall promptly makeapplication for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing informationsatisfactory to the Division. It shall be mailed to the first lienholder namedin it or, if none, to the owner. The Division shall not issue a new certificateof title upon application made on a duplicate until 15 days after receipt ofthe application. A person recovering an original certificate of title for whicha duplicate has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificateto the Division. (1937, c. 407, s. 32; 1961, c. 360, s. 7; c. 835, s.7; 1975, c. 716, s. 5.)