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Subchapter
002
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CERTIFICATES OF TITLE
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 2011)
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§ 2011. Certificate of origin
When a new vehicle is delivered in this State by the manufacturer to his or her agent
or his or her franchised dealer, the manufacturer shall execute and deliver to his
or her agent or his or her franchised dealer a certificate of origin in the form prescribed
by the Commissioner, and no person shall bring into this State any new vehicle unless
he or she has in his or her possession the certificate of origin as prescribed by
the Commissioner. The certificate of origin shall contain the manufacturer’s vehicle
identification number of the motor vehicle, the name of the manufacturer, the make
of the vehicle, the model year, number of cylinders, a general description of the
body, if any, and the type of model. When a new vehicle is sold in this State, the
manufacturer, his or her agent, or his or her franchised dealer shall execute and
deliver to the purchaser, in case of an absolute sale, assignment of the certificate
of origin or if other than absolute sale, assignment of the certificate of origin
subject to contract, signed or executed by the manufacturer, his or her agent, or
his or her dealer, with the genuine names and business or residence addresses of both
stated thereon, and certified to have been executed with full knowledge of the contents
and with the consent of both purchaser and seller. For good cause shown, the Commissioner
may accept any other satisfactory evidence of the information required under this
section. (Added 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; amended 1983, No. 60, § 3; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 212.)