2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 88.02.075: Duplicate certificates — Replacement decals — Surrender of original certificate or decal.

(1) If a certificate of ownership, a certificate of registration, or a pair of decals is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first priority secured party or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, shall promptly apply for and may obtain a duplicate certificate or replacement decals upon payment of one dollar and twenty-five cents and furnishing information satisfactory to the department.

     (a) An application for a duplicate certificate of title shall be accompanied by an affidavit of loss or destruction in a form approved by the department and signed by the first secured party or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner.

     (b) An application for a duplicate certificate of registration or replacement decals shall be accompanied by an affidavit of loss or destruction in a form approved by the department and signed by the registered owner or legal representative of the owner.

     (2) The duplicate certificate of ownership or registration shall contain the legend, "duplicate." It shall be mailed to the first priority secured party named in it or, if none, to the owner.

     (3) A person recovering an original certificate of ownership, certificate of registration, or decal for which a duplicate or replacement has been issued shall promptly surrender the original to the department.

[1997 c 241 § 12; 1986 c 71 § 1.]