Vehicle Code section 38095

If any certificate of ownership is stolen, lost, mutilated or illegible, the legal owner or, if none, the owner of the vehicle for which the same was issued as shown by the records of the department shall immediately make application for and may, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the department, obtain a duplicate.

Source: Section 38095, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=38095. (updated Jan. 1, 1971; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_38095

Original Source: Section 38095, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=38095. (last accessed May 12, 2025).