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The application shall include the existing certificate unless the certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable.C\n\nA replacement certificate of title created by the Department shall comply with &#xA7; 29.1-733.9 and indicate on the face of the certificate that it is a replacement certificate.D\n\nIf a person receiving a replacement certificate of title subsequently obtains possession of the original written certificate, the person promptly shall destroy the original certificate of title.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":216445,"text":"If a written certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise becomes unavailable or illegible, the secured party of record or, if no secured party is indicated in the files of the Department, the owner of record may apply for and, by furnishing information satisfactory to the Department, obtain a replacement certificate in the name of the owner of record.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":216446,"text":"An applicant for a replacement certificate of title shall sign the application and, except as otherwise permitted by the Department, the application shall comply with &#xA7; 29.1-733.7. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0787\">787<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68953,"section_number":"29.1-733.7","catch_line":"Application for certificate of title","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-733.7\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":68953,"section_number":"29.1-733.7","catch_line":"Application for certificate of title","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-733.7\/"},{"id":83895,"section_number":"29.1-733.9","catch_line":"Content of certificate of title","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-733.9\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193581,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59034,"identifier":"29.1-733.22","token":"29.1\/7\/2.1\/29.1-733.22","url":"\/29.1-733.22\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-733.22\/","token":"29.1\/7\/2.1\/29.1-733.22","dublin_core":{"Title":"Replacement certificate of title","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-733.22","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">written <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of title<\/span><\/span> is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise becomes unavailable or illegible, the <span class=\"dictionary\">secured party of record<\/span> or, if no secured party is indicated in the files of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner of record<\/span> may apply for and, by furnishing information satisfactory to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, obtain a replacement certificate in the name of the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner of record<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-216445\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-733.22\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> An applicant for a replacement <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of title<\/span> shall sign the application and, except as otherwise permitted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, the application shall comply with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Application for certificate of title\" href=\"\/29.1-733.7\/\">29.1-733.7<\/a>. The application shall include the existing certificate unless the certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable. <a id=\"paragraph-216446\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-733.22\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A replacement <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of title<\/span> created by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall comply with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Content of certificate of title\" href=\"\/29.1-733.9\/\">29.1-733.9<\/a> and indicate on the face of the certificate that it is a replacement certificate. <a id=\"paragraph-216447\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-733.22\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> receiving a replacement <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of title<\/span> subsequently obtains <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of the original written certificate, the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> promptly shall destroy the original <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of title<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-216448\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-733.22\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (\u00a7 29.1-733.22)\n\nA. If a written certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or\notherwise becomes unavailable or illegible, the secured party of record or, if\nno secured party is indicated in the files of the Department, the owner of\nrecord may apply for and, by furnishing information satisfactory to the\nDepartment, obtain a replacement certificate in the name of the owner of record.\n\nB. An applicant for a replacement certificate of title shall sign the\napplication and, except as otherwise permitted by the Department, the\napplication shall comply with &#xA7; 29.1-733.7. The application shall include\nthe existing certificate unless the certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated,\ndestroyed, or otherwise unavailable.\n\nC. A replacement certificate of title created by the Department shall comply\nwith &#xA7; 29.1-733.9 and indicate on the face of the certificate that it is a\nreplacement certificate.\n\nD. If a person receiving a replacement certificate of title subsequently obtains\npossession of the original written certificate, the person promptly shall\ndestroy the original certificate of title.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 787.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}