PRINTER'S NO. 855
No. 727 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RAYMOND, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE,
COX, CREIGHTON, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
KENNEY, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, MANN, MARSICO, McGEEHAN,
MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, O'NEILL, PETRONE, RAPP, RUBLEY,
SABATINA, SOLOBAY, YOUNGBLOOD AND SIPTROTH, MARCH 19, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 19, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for duplicate vehicle keys; and
3 prescribing a penalty.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7125. Duplicate vehicle keys.
9 (a) General rule.--No dealer, manufacturer or person shall
10 duplicate a motor vehicle key without verifying proof of
11 ownership of the vehicle for which a duplicate key has been
12 requested.
13 (b) Proof of ownership.--For purposes of this section, proof
14 of ownership shall include one form of State-issued photo
15 identification and a copy of the following:
16 (1) certificate of title;
17 (2) department registration; or
1 (3) sales or lease agreement.
2 (c) Department confirmation.--Absent proof of ownership
3 sufficient to satisfy subsection (b), a duplicate key may be
4 issued by a dealer, manufacturer or person upon submission of an
5 application for verification of vehicle information to the
6 department on a form provided by the department, together with
7 the required fee.
8 (d) Penalty.--A dealer, manufacturer or person who uses a
9 false or fictitious name, address or photo identification, makes
10 a material false statement or fails to disclose any other
11 material fact in an application for verification of vehicle
12 information or duplicates or conspires to duplicate a motor
13 vehicle key without verifying ownership of the vehicle with the
14 department in accordance with this section commits a felony of
15 the third degree.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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