Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title XIV — PUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS · Chapter 90D

Section 9: Issuance and record of certificates of title

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Section 9.

(a)The registrar shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle.

(b)The registrar shall maintain a record of all certificates of title issued by him:

(1)Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle;

(2)Under the identifying number of the vehicle;

(3)Alphabetically, under the name of the applicant owner; and, in the discretion of the registrar, in any other method he determines.