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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Sections 3-101, 3-111, and 3-111.1 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/3-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-101)
7 Sec. 3-101. Certificate of title required.
8 (a) Except as provided in Section 3-102, every owner of a
9 vehicle which is in this State and for which no Illinois
10 certificate of title has been issued by the Secretary of State
11 shall make application to the Secretary of State for an
12 Illinois a certificate of title of the vehicle. Except as
13 provided in Section 3-102, every owner of a vehicle that is in
14 this State for which no Illinois certificate of title has been
15 issued by the Secretary of State and every owner of a vehicle
16 that is in the State applying for a duplicate certificate of
17 title or a corrected certificate of title, including a dealer
18 lien release certificate of title, must make application to
19 the Secretary of State for an Illinois duplicate certificate
20 of title or corrected certificate of title. Any owner of a
21 vehicle in this State with a certificate of title that was
22 issued by an entity other than the Secretary of State and
23 showing an Illinois address for the owner must be converted to
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1 an Illinois title before the owner can transfer the vehicle.
2 Under no circumstances shall a dealer required to obtain
3 an Illinois certificate of title pursuant to this Code be
4 allowed to obtain an out-of-state certificate of title for
5 purposes of a vehicle held for sale in this State by the
6 dealer. Under no circumstances shall a dealer be allowed to
7 obtain an out-of-state certificate of title in lieu of an
8 Illinois-issued dealer lien release certificate of title when
9 a dealer may have need of such title issuance. Nothing in this
10 Section shall be construed so as to allow a dealer to acquire
11 an out-of-state certificate of title in lieu of acquiring an
12 Illinois certificate of title for purposes of a vehicle held
13 for sale in this State by the dealer.
14 (b) Every owner of a motorcycle or motor driven cycle
15 purchased new on and after January 1, 1980 shall make
16 application to the Secretary of State for a certificate of
17 title. However, if such cycle is not properly manufactured or
18 equipped for general highway use pursuant to the provisions of
19 this Act, it shall not be eligible for license registration,
20 but shall be issued a distinctive certificate of title except
21 as provided in Sections 3-102 and 3-110 of this Act.
22 (c) The Secretary of State shall not register or renew the
23 registration of a vehicle unless a certificate of title has
24 been issued by the Secretary of State to the owner or an
25 application therefor has been delivered by the owner to the
26 Secretary of State.
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1 (d) Every owner of an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway
2 motorcycle purchased on or after January 1, 1998 shall make
3 application to the Secretary of State for a certificate of
4 title.
5 (e) Every owner of a low-speed vehicle manufactured after
6 January 1, 2010 shall make application to the Secretary of
7 State for a certificate of title.
8 (Source: P.A. 96-653, eff. 1-1-10; 97-983, eff. 8-17-12.)
9 (625 ILCS 5/3-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-111)
10 Sec. 3-111. Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates. (a) If
11 a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
12 or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the
13 owner or legal representative of the owner named in the
14 certificate, as shown by the records of the Secretary of
15 State, shall promptly make application to the Secretary of
16 State for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing
17 information satisfactory to the Secretary of State. The
18 duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend "This
19 is a duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of
20 a person under the original certificate." It shall be mailed
21 to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner
22 or the owner's designee. A certificate of title or a duplicate
23 certificate of title issued by another State showing an
24 Illinois address for the owner cannot be used to transfer
25 ownership of a vehicle.
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1 (b) The Secretary of State shall not issue a duplicate
2 certificate of title to any person within 15 days after the
3 issuance of an original certificate of title to such person.
4 (c) A person recovering an original certificate of title
5 for which a duplicate has been issued shall promptly surrender
6 the original certificate to the Secretary of State.
7 (d) An application for a duplicate certificate of title
8 must state the current vehicle odometer reading at the time of
9 application and that the stated odometer reading is one of the
10 following: actual mileage, not the actual mileage or mileage
11 is in excess of its mechanical limits.
12 (e) If a Display certificate of title is lost, stolen,
13 mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or
14 legal representative of the owner named in the original
15 Display certificate of title and in the certificate of title,
16 as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, shall
17 promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon
18 furnishing information satisfactory to the Secretary of State.
19 The duplicate Display certificate of title shall contain the
20 legend "Duplicate Display Certificate of Title." It shall be
21 mailed to the owner or legal representative of the owner named
22 in the original Display certificate of title and in the
23 certificate of title. Such duplicate Display certificate of
24 title shall be attached and displayed in the same manner and in
25 the same place as the original Display certificate of title
26 would have been attached and displayed had it not been lost,
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1 stolen, mutilated or destroyed or had it not become illegible.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-444.)
3 (625 ILCS 5/3-111.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-111.1)
4 Sec. 3-111.1. Corrected certificates. An application for a
5 corrected certificate of title must state the current vehicle
6 odometer reading at the time of application and that the
7 stated odometer reading is one of the following: actual
8 mileage, not the actual mileage or mileage is in excess of its
9 mechanical limits. The corrected certificate issued under this
10 Section shall contain the notation "corrected". A certificate
11 of title or a corrected certificate of title issued by another
12 State showing an Illinois address for the owner cannot be used
13 to transfer ownership of a vehicle. The owner of a vehicle with
14 a certificate of title or duplicate certificate of title
15 issued by another state showing an Illinois address cannot
16 transfer ownership of the vehicle without first converting the
17 certificate of title to an Illinois certificate of title.
18 (Source: P.A. 90-212, eff. 1-1-98.)
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