{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-4450","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 4450","heading":"","body":"(a) The department upon registering a vehicle shall issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner and a registration card to the owner, or both to the owner if there is no legal owner of the vehicle.\n(b) The department may adopt regulations for the issuance and acceptance of a “certificate of title” or “certificate of ownership” in an electronic form.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 3. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE [4000. - 9808.]","CHAPTER 1. Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title [4000. - 5506.]","ARTICLE 4. Evidences of Registration [4450. - 4467.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"2397e1a5a2913e91101c700ceb74b9684bb214920e92913ba564f9c7c6ec0ab7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-4309","next":"us-ca/veh-4450.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}