Section 2022 - Duplicate certificate(a) If a certificate 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 Commissioner, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Commissioner. It shall be mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.(c) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a duplicate has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the Commissioner.(d) When a duplicate certificate of title is issued, the Commissioner shall cause the original certificate of title for that vehicle to be revoked.Added 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. 9/1/1971; amended 1983, No. 60, § 9; 1985, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.); 2015 , No. 50, § 18.