1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; authorizing deputy registrars to issue duplicate 
1.3 	certificates of title for motor vehicles;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.4 	168A.09, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Application, issuance, form, bond, and notice. In the event a certificate 
1.8 	of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, or becomes illegible, the owner or legal 
1.9 	representative of the owner named in the certificate may make submit an application to the 
1.10 	department or a deputy registrar for a duplicate in a format prescribed by the department. 
1.11 	The department shall or deputy registrar must issue a duplicate certificate of title if satisfied 
1.12 	that the applicant is entitled thereto to the duplicate certificate of title. The duplicate certificate 
1.13 	of title shall must be plainly marked as a duplicate and mailed or delivered to the owner. 
1.14 	The department shall or deputy registrar must indicate in its the driver and vehicle information 
1.15 	system records that a duplicate certificate of title has been issued. As a condition to issuing 
1.16 	a duplicate certificate of title, the department may require a bond from the applicant in the 
1.17 	manner and format prescribed in section 168A.07, subdivision 1, clause (2). The duplicate 
1.18 	certificate of title shall contain the legend: "This duplicate certificate of title may be subject 
1.19 	to the rights of a person under the original certificate."