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27-14-713. Issuance of registration certificates and certificates of title.
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27-14-713. Issuance of registration certificates and certificates of title.
(a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue a registration certificate and a certificate of title. The registration certificate and the certificate of title shall be of a type which, as nearly as possible, prevents the document from being altered, counterfeited, duplicated, or simulated without ready detection.
(b)(1) The registration certificate shall be delivered to the owner and shall display the date issued, the name and address of the owner, the registration number assigned to the vehicle, and the description of the vehicle as determined by the Office of Motor Vehicle.
(2) Upon the reverse side it shall contain a form for endorsement of notice to the office upon transfer of the vehicle.
(c)(1)(A) The certificate of title shall contain upon its face the identical information required upon the face of the registration certificate.
(B) In addition, it shall contain:
(i) A statement of the owner's title;
(ii) A statement of all liens and encumbrances on the vehicle therein described;
(iii) A statement as to whether possession is held by the owner under a lease, contract of conditional sale, or other like agreement; and
(iv) If a certificate of title is issued as a certificate of title with beneficiary, the information required under § 27-14-727.
(2) The certificate shall bear the seal of the office.
(d)(1) The certificate of title shall contain upon the front side a space for the signature of the owner, and the owner shall write his or her name with pen and ink in the space upon receipt of the certificate, except when a surviving owner or a beneficiary applies for a new title under § 27-14-727.
(2) The certificate shall also contain upon the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-14-713
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27-14-713. Issuance of registration certificates and certificates of title.
(a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue a registration certificate and a certificate of title. The registration certificate and the certificate of title shall be of a type which, as nearly as possible, prevents the document from being altered, counterfeited, duplicated, or simulated without ready detection.
(b)(1) The registration certificate shall be delivered to the owner and shall display the date issued, the name and address of the owner, the registration number assigned to the vehicle, and the description of the vehicle as determined by the Office of Motor Vehicle.
(2) Upon the reverse side it shall contain a form for endorsement of notice to the office upon transfer of the vehicle.
(c)(1)(A) The certificate of title shall contain upon its face the identical information required upon the face of the registration certificate.
(B) In addition, it shall contain:
(i) A statement of the owner's title;
(ii) A statement of all liens and encumbrances on the vehicle therein described;
(iii) A statement as to whether possession is held by the owner under a lease, contract of conditional sale, or other like agreement; and
(iv) If a certificate of title is issued as a certificate of title with beneficiary, the information required under § 27-14-727.
(2) The certificate shall bear the seal of the office.
(d)(1) The certificate of title shall contain upon the front side a space for the signature of the owner, and the owner shall write his or her name with pen and ink in the space upon receipt of the certificate, except when a surviving owner or a beneficiary applies for a new title under § 27-14-727.
(2) The certificate shall also contain upon the reverse side forms for assignment of title or interest and warranty thereof by the owner, with space for notation of liens and encumbrances upon the vehicle at the time of a transfer.
(e)(1) The certificate of title shall be delivered to the owner in the event no lien or encumbrance appears thereon.
(2) Otherwise, the certificate of title shall be delivered either to the person holding the first lien or encumbrance upon the vehicle as shown in the certificate or to the person named to receive it in the application for the certificate.
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27-14-727. Certificate of title with beneficiary — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(1)(A) “Beneficiary” means one (1) individual who is designated to become the owner of a vehicle upon the death of the current owner as indicated on the certificate of title issued under this chapter.
(B) “Beneficiary” does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity;
(2) “Certificate of title with beneficiary” means a certificate of title for a vehicle issued under this chapter that indicates the present owner of the vehicle and designates a beneficiary as provided under this section;
(3)(A) “Owner” means an individual who holds legal title of a vehicle and can include more than one (1) person but not more than three (3) persons.
(B) “Owner” does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity; and
(4) “Vehicle” means a motorized or nonmotorized piece of equipment with wheels that is:
(A) Primarily used to transport persons or property on the streets, roads, or highways; and
(B) Required to be registered, licensed, and titled by the Office of Motor Vehicle under this chapter.
(b) If the owner or joint owners want to transfer a vehicle upon death by operation of law, the owner or joint owners may request that the Office of Motor Vehicle issue a certificate of title with beneficiary that includes a directive to the office to transfer the certificate of title upon the death of the owner or upon the death of all joint owners to the beneficiary named on the face of the certificate of title with beneficiary.
(c)(1) The owner of a vehicle may submit a transfer on death application to the office to request the issuance of a certificate of title wi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-14-727
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 27-14-727. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.