If any certificate of ownership is stolen, lost, mutilated or illegible, the legal owner or, if none, the owner of the vehicle for which the same was issued as shown by the records of the department shall immediately make application for and may, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the department, obtain a duplicate.
Cal. Veh. Code § 38095
Evidences of Identification
Known as the Chappie-Z'berg Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law
The act spans §§ 38000–38604 (127 sections).
Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1816.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.