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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing 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
9vehicle which is in this State and for which no Illinois
10certificate of title has been issued by the Secretary of State
11shall make application to the Secretary of State for an
12Illinois a certificate of title of the vehicle. Except as
13provided in Section 3-102, every owner of a vehicle that is in
14this State for which no Illinois certificate of title has been
15issued by the Secretary of State and every owner of a vehicle
16that is in the State applying for a duplicate certificate of
17title or a corrected certificate of title, including a dealer
18lien release certificate of title, must make application to
19the Secretary of State for an Illinois duplicate certificate
20of title or corrected certificate of title. Any owner of a
21vehicle in this State with a certificate of title that was
22issued by an entity other than the Secretary of State and
23showing an Illinois address for the owner must be converted to

 

 

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1an Illinois title before the owner can transfer the vehicle.
2    Under no circumstances shall a dealer required to obtain
3an Illinois certificate of title pursuant to this Code be
4allowed to obtain an out-of-state certificate of title for
5purposes of a vehicle held for sale in this State by the
6dealer. Under no circumstances shall a dealer be allowed to
7obtain an out-of-state certificate of title in lieu of an
8Illinois-issued dealer lien release certificate of title when
9a dealer may have need of such title issuance. Nothing in this
10Section shall be construed so as to allow a dealer to acquire
11an out-of-state certificate of title in lieu of acquiring an
12Illinois certificate of title for purposes of a vehicle held
13for sale in this State by the dealer.
14    (b) Every owner of a motorcycle or motor driven cycle
15purchased new on and after January 1, 1980 shall make
16application to the Secretary of State for a certificate of
17title. However, if such cycle is not properly manufactured or
18equipped for general highway use pursuant to the provisions of
19this Act, it shall not be eligible for license registration,
20but shall be issued a distinctive certificate of title except
21as provided in Sections 3-102 and 3-110 of this Act.
22    (c) The Secretary of State shall not register or renew the
23registration of a vehicle unless a certificate of title has
24been issued by the Secretary of State to the owner or an
25application therefor has been delivered by the owner to the
26Secretary of State.

 

 

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1    (d) Every owner of an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway
2motorcycle purchased on or after January 1, 1998 shall make
3application to the Secretary of State for a certificate of
4title.
5    (e) Every owner of a low-speed vehicle manufactured after
6January 1, 2010 shall make application to the Secretary of
7State 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
11a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
12or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the
13owner or legal representative of the owner named in the
14certificate, as shown by the records of the Secretary of
15State, shall promptly make application to the Secretary of
16State for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing
17information satisfactory to the Secretary of State. The
18duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend "This
19is a duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of
20a person under the original certificate." It shall be mailed
21to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner
22or the owner's designee. A certificate of title or a duplicate
23certificate of title issued by another State showing an
24Illinois address for the owner cannot be used to transfer
25ownership of a vehicle.

 

 

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1    (b) The Secretary of State shall not issue a duplicate
2certificate of title to any person within 15 days after the
3issuance of an original certificate of title to such person.
4    (c) A person recovering an original certificate of title
5for which a duplicate has been issued shall promptly surrender
6the original certificate to the Secretary of State.
7    (d) An application for a duplicate certificate of title
8must state the current vehicle odometer reading at the time of
9application and that the stated odometer reading is one of the
10following: actual mileage, not the actual mileage or mileage
11is in excess of its mechanical limits.
12    (e) If a Display certificate of title is lost, stolen,
13mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or
14legal representative of the owner named in the original
15Display certificate of title and in the certificate of title,
16as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, shall
17promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon
18furnishing information satisfactory to the Secretary of State.
19The duplicate Display certificate of title shall contain the
20legend "Duplicate Display Certificate of Title." It shall be
21mailed to the owner or legal representative of the owner named
22in the original Display certificate of title and in the
23certificate of title. Such duplicate Display certificate of
24title shall be attached and displayed in the same manner and in
25the same place as the original Display certificate of title
26would have been attached and displayed had it not been lost,

 

 

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1stolen, 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
5corrected certificate of title must state the current vehicle
6odometer reading at the time of application and that the
7stated odometer reading is one of the following: actual
8mileage, not the actual mileage or mileage is in excess of its
9mechanical limits. The corrected certificate issued under this
10Section shall contain the notation "corrected". A certificate
11of title or a corrected certificate of title issued by another
12State showing an Illinois address for the owner cannot be used
13to transfer ownership of a vehicle. The owner of a vehicle with
14a certificate of title or duplicate certificate of title
15issued by another state showing an Illinois address cannot
16transfer ownership of the vehicle without first converting the
17certificate of title to an Illinois certificate of title.
18(Source: P.A. 90-212, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.