96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2320


 
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Rich Brauer
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













625 ILCS 5/3-113
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-113








    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that if all spaces provided for execution of an assignment on a certificate of title of a motor vehicle are filled, a dealer may execute an assignment and warranty of title  to a buyer by attaching an affidavit, which must be sworn to by the dealer and contain all necessary information to complete the assignment, to the filled title and mailing the documents to the Secretary of State with the transferee's application for a new certificate. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 3-113 as follows:
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/3-113)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-113)
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    Sec. 3-113. Transfer to or from dealer; records.

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    (a) After a dealer buys a vehicle and holds it for resale, 
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the
dealer must procure the
certificate of title from the owner 
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or the lienholder.  The dealer may hold
the certificate until he 
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or she transfers the vehicle to another person.

Upon 
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transferring the vehicle to another person,
the dealer shall 
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promptly and within 20
days
execute the assignment and warranty 
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of title by a dealer, showing the names and
addresses of the 
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transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest

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created or reserved at the time of the resale, in the spaces 
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provided therefor
on the certificate or as the Secretary of 
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State prescribes, and mail or deliver
the certificate to the 
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Secretary of State with the transferee's application for
a new 
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certificate, except as provided in Section 3-117.2.
If all 
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spaces provided for execution of an assignment on the 
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certificate of title are filled, then the dealer may execute to 
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the transferee an assignment and warranty of title by attaching 
 


 






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an affidavit, which must be sworn to by the dealer and contain 
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all necessary information to complete the assignment, to the 
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filled title and mailing the documents to the Secretary of 
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State with the transferee's application for a new certificate. 
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A dealer has complied with this Section if the date of the 
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mailing of the certificate, as indicated by the postmark, is 
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within 20 days of the date on which the vehicle was transferred 
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to another person.


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    (b) The Secretary of State may decline to process any 
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application for a
transfer of an interest in a vehicle if any 
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fees or taxes due under this
Code from the transferor or the 
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transferee have not been paid upon
reasonable notice and 
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demand.


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    (c) Any person who violates this Section shall be guilty of 
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a petty offense.


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(Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 95-284, eff. 1-1-08.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.