Bill Text: MS HB1507 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Certificate of title; if the original is mailed to a lienholder, a duplicate shall be mailed to owner only upon his request.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB1507 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-HB1507-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Ways and Means

By: Representative Watson

House Bill 1507

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-21-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN CASES WHERE THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE OR A MOBILE HOME IS DELIVERED TO A LIENHOLDER, A DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE MAILED TO THE OWNER UPON THE REQUEST OF THE OWNER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 63-21-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     63-21-21.  The certificate of title shall be mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.  If the original certificate of title is delivered to a lienholder, the department shall, upon the request of the owner, mail a nontransferable duplicate certificate of title * * * to the owner * * *.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.

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