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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 12, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION

    Chapter 7a:

      Section: 12:7a-13: Duplicate certificate

           a. If a certificate of ownership or title papers are lost, the director may, upon proof by certification or otherwise in the manner required by him and if satisfied with the application, prepare a certificate of ownership, certify it and authorize its use in place of the original, with the same effect as the original. The director shall collect a fee for this duplicate certificate.

b. A person who falsely states, in an application to the director for a duplicate certificate of ownership, that a certificate of ownership or title papers are lost, shall be subject to the penalties of section 25 of this act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a prosecution may be commenced at any time up to three years after the issuance of the duplicate certificate.

L. 1984, c. 152, s. 13, eff. June 15, 1987.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2013-06-10 16:36:30.






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