§ 15-148 — Duplicate certificate.

If a valid certificate of number or registration is lost, mutilated or destroyed, the owner shall notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in writing within fifteen days. The owner may obtain a duplicate certificate upon application to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and upon payment of a fee of twenty dollars.

Legislative History

(1961, P.A. 506, S. 15; P.A. 73-257, S. 15, 27; P.A. 81-423, S. 9, 25; P.A. 07-167, S. 14.) History: P.A. 73-257 required notification of lost, mutilated or destroyed certificate within 15 days and replaced town clerk with commissioner of motor vehicles and made provisions applicable to valid certificates only; P.A. 81-423 inserted reference to registration; P.A. 07-167 increased fee from $1.00 to $20.