(625 ILCS 5/3-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-111)
Sec. 3-111.
Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
(a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or
becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal
representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the
records of the Secretary of State, shall promptly make application for and
may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing information satisfactory to the
Secretary of State. The duplicate certificate of title shall contain the
legend "This is a duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of
a person under the original certificate." It shall be mailed to the first
lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner or the owner's designee.
(b) The Secretary of State shall not issue a duplicate certificate of
title to any person within 15 days after the issuance of an original
certificate of title to such person.
(c) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a
duplicate has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate
to the Secretary of State.
(d) An application for a duplicate certificate of title must state the
current vehicle odometer reading at the time of application and that the
stated odometer reading is one of the following: actual mileage, not
the actual mileage or mileage is in excess of its mechanical limits.
(e) If a Display certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative of the
owner named in the original Display certificate of title and in the
certificate of title, as shown by the records of the Secretary of State,
shall promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon
furnishing information satisfactory to the Secretary of State. The
duplicate Display certificate of title shall contain the legend "Duplicate
Display Certificate of Title." It shall be mailed to the owner or legal
representative of the owner named in the original Display certificate of
title and in the certificate of title. Such duplicate Display certificate
of title shall be attached and displayed in the same manner and in the same
place as the original Display certificate of title would have been attached
and displayed had it not been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or had
it not become illegible.
(Source: P.A. 86-444.)
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