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DIVISION 3. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE 4000-9808›CHAPTER 1. Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title 4000-5506›ARTICLE 4. Evidences of Registration 4450-4467

§ 4459

California Vehicle Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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