§32-20-33. Issuance of new certificate upon assignment.

(a) The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate title, the required fee, and any other documents required by the department, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.

(b) The department, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntarily transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee, and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to the department, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.

(c) The department shall file every surrendered certificate of title, or an electronically reproduced copy of every such certificate, for a period of time deemed necessary by it in order to permit the tracing of title of the manufactured home designated therein.

(Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §4.)