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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, excluding 
14vehicles acquired by insurance companies through a settlement 
15of an insurance claim or by lienholders taking title through 
16repossession, that is in this State for which no Illinois 
17certificate of title has been issued by the Secretary of State 
18and every owner of a vehicle that is in the State applying for 
19a duplicate certificate of title or a corrected certificate of 
20title, including a dealer lien release certificate of title, 
21must make application to the Secretary of State for an 
22Illinois duplicate certificate of title or corrected 
23certificate of title. A certificate of title issued to any 
 
 
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1owner of a vehicle, excluding vehicles acquired by insurance 
2companies through a settlement of an insurance claim or by 
3lienholders taking title through repossession, in this State 
4showing an Illinois address for the owner that has been issued 
5by an entity other than the Secretary of State must be 
6converted to an Illinois title before the owner can transfer 
7ownership of the vehicle.
8    Under no circumstances shall a dealer required to obtain 
9an Illinois certificate of title pursuant to this Code be 
10allowed to obtain an out-of-state certificate of title for 
11purposes of a vehicle held for sale in this State by the 
12dealer. Under no circumstances shall a dealer be allowed to 
13obtain an out-of-state certificate of title in lieu of an 
14Illinois-issued dealer lien release certificate of title when 
15a dealer may have need of such title issuance. Nothing in this 
16Section shall be construed so as to allow a dealer to acquire 
17an out-of-state certificate of title in lieu of acquiring an 
18Illinois certificate of title for purposes of a vehicle held 
19for sale in this State by the dealer. 
20    (b) Every owner of a motorcycle or motor driven cycle 
21purchased new on and after January 1, 1980 shall make 
22application to the Secretary of State for a certificate of 
23title. However, if such cycle is not properly manufactured or 
24equipped for general highway use pursuant to the provisions of 
25this Act, it shall not be eligible for license registration, 
26but shall be issued a distinctive certificate of title except 
 
 
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1as provided in Sections 3-102 and 3-110 of this Act.
2    (c) The Secretary of State shall not register or renew the 
3registration of a vehicle unless a certificate of title has 
4been issued by the Secretary of State to the owner or an 
5application therefor has been delivered by the owner to the 
6Secretary of State.
7    (d) Every owner of an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway 
8motorcycle purchased on or after January 1, 1998 shall make 
9application to the Secretary of State for a certificate of 
10title.
11    (e) Every owner of a low-speed vehicle manufactured after 
12January 1, 2010 shall make application to the Secretary of 
13State for a certificate of title. 
14(Source: P.A. 96-653, eff. 1-1-10; 97-983, eff. 8-17-12.)
 
15    (625 ILCS 5/3-111)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-111)
16    Sec. 3-111. Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates. (a) If 
17a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed 
18or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the 
19owner or legal representative of the owner named in the 
20certificate, as shown by the records of the Secretary of 
21State, shall promptly make application to the Secretary of 
22State for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing 
23information satisfactory to the Secretary of State. The 
24duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend "This 
25is a duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of 
 
 
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1a person under the original certificate." It shall be mailed 
2to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner 
3or the owner's designee. A certificate of title or a duplicate 
4certificate of title issued by another State showing an 
5Illinois address for the owner cannot be used to transfer 
6ownership of a vehicle, except if the transfer is to or from an 
7insurance company or a lienholder of the vehicle through 
8repossession. 
9    (b) The Secretary of State shall not issue a duplicate 
10certificate of title to any person within 15 days after the 
11issuance of an original certificate of title to such person.
12    (c) A person recovering an original certificate of title 
13for which a duplicate has been issued shall promptly surrender 
14the original certificate to the Secretary of State.
15    (d) An application for a duplicate certificate of title 
16must state the current vehicle odometer reading at the time of 
17application and that the stated odometer reading is one of the 
18following: actual mileage, not the actual mileage or mileage 
19is in excess of its mechanical limits.
20    (e) If a Display certificate of title is lost, stolen, 
21mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or 
22legal representative of the owner named in the original 
23Display certificate of title and in the certificate of title, 
24as shown by the records of the Secretary of State, shall 
25promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon 
26furnishing information satisfactory to the Secretary of State. 
 
 
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1The duplicate Display certificate of title shall contain the 
2legend "Duplicate Display Certificate of Title." It shall be 
3mailed to the owner or legal representative of the owner named 
4in the original Display certificate of title and in the 
5certificate of title. Such duplicate Display certificate of 
6title shall be attached and displayed in the same manner and in 
7the same place as the original Display certificate of title 
8would have been attached and displayed had it not been lost, 
9stolen, mutilated or destroyed or had it not become illegible.
10(Source: P.A. 86-444.)
 
11    (625 ILCS 5/3-111.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-111.1)
12    Sec. 3-111.1. Corrected certificates. An application for a 
13corrected certificate of title must state the current vehicle 
14odometer reading at the time of application and that the 
15stated odometer reading is one of the following: actual 
16mileage, not the actual mileage or mileage is in excess of its 
17mechanical limits. The corrected certificate issued under this 
18Section shall contain the notation "corrected". A certificate 
19of title or a corrected certificate of title issued by another 
20State showing an Illinois address for the owner cannot be used 
21to transfer ownership of a vehicle, except if the transfer is 
22to or from an insurance company or a lienholder of the vehicle 
23through repossession. The owner of a vehicle with a 
24certificate of title or duplicate certificate of title issued 
25by another state showing an Illinois address cannot transfer 
 
 
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1ownership of the vehicle without first converting the 
2certificate of title to an Illinois certificate of title, 
3except if the transfer is to or from an insurance company or a 
4lienholder of the vehicle through repossession. 
5(Source: P.A. 90-212, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.