If any certificate of ownership is stolen, lost, mutilated or illegible, the legal owner or, if none, then 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 the applicant furnishing information satisfactory to the department, obtain a duplicate.
Cal. Veh. Code § 4459
Evidences of Registration
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 856 F. Supp. 1416 - United States v. Hubbard (1994)
Most recently applied in 856 F. Supp. 1416 - United States v. Hubbard (June 1994)
Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
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