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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 11.15.14.09" title_num="11" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="14" heading="Vehicles Being Titled Due to a Sheriff's Sale.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant for a title for a vehicle being titled due to a sheriff's sale shall provide the Administration with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A court order or writ directing the sale;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An application for a certificate of title;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A copy of the required newspaper advertisement; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A bill of sale from a sheriff.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Administration shall refuse to issue a certificate of title if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The required documents are not furnished or the information is incomplete;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The application for certificate of title is signed by an individual to whom power of attorney is granted and the writing granting the power of attorney is not furnished;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The applicant is a trust and the trust agreement naming the trust and designating the trustee or trustees is not furnished;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A transaction involves a bankruptcy and a copy of the court appointment for the bankruptcy trustee is not furnished;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A transaction involves a legal dependent and a copy of a court appointment for the legal guardian is not furnished;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The documents furnished contain an error or alteration and letters of explanation or certified statements do not clarify the errors or alterations to the satisfaction of the Administration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The lien holder to be recorded is someone other than a dealer or bona fide lending institution and a lien contract is not furnished;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>The vehicle is an unrecovered stolen vehicle and a letter from the insurance company requesting issuance of a title in order to satisfy the claim is not furnished;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Certain documents are lost or omitted and the applicant fails to furnish:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A letter of indemnification which is subject to the approval of the Administration; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Photocopies of lost documents;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>The owner or purchaser is deceased and the personal representative, legatee, distributee, legal heir, or surviving spouse has not provided as required:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Letters of administration/testamentary;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A legal heir form; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A death certificate;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>For a mobile home, a receipt from the Compliance Division of the Comptroller of the Treasury, which shows that the retail sales tax has been paid on a used mobile home sold before January 1, 1989, is not furnished;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>The applicant has requested a replacement VIN but has not:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Furnished an application for an assigned VIN; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Had a VIN inspection completed by an authorized police officer in this State;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>The previous ownership document was a salvage certificate and the inspection by a police officer in this State who is authorized to inspect salvage vehicles is not furnished; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>A security interest termination statement for liens on the previous Maryland title record is not furnished.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>