Section 39:3-31 - Duplicate, amended documents; issuance, feesa. The chief administrator, upon presentation of a statement duly sworn to, stating that the original registration certificate or original motorized bicycle registration certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, may, if the chief administrator is satisfied that the facts as set forth in the statement are substantially true, issue a duplicate or amended registration certificate or motorized bicycle registration certificate to the original holder thereof, upon the payment to the chief administrator of a fee of $5 for each duplicate or amended registration certificate or motorized bicycle registration certificate so issued. The chief administrator, upon presentation of a statement, duly sworn to, stating that the original driver's license has been destroyed, lost or stolen, or requesting a new color photograph, may, if the chief administrator is satisfied that the facts as set forth in the statement are substantially true, issue a duplicate driver's license to the original holder thereof, upon payment to the chief administrator of a fee of $5 in addition to the digitized photograph fee. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the fee for a duplicate or amended registration certificate for any new passenger automobile required to be registered for a 48-month term or for any new passenger automobile leased for a term of more than 12 months pursuant to R.S. 39:3-4, shall be $11.b. The chief administrator may waive the fee imposed for a duplicate license under subsection a. of this section if the applicant, at the time of application: is applying for a REAL ID license, as that term is defined in R.S. 39:1-1; currently holds a valid license to operate a motor vehicle issued by the commission; and is not eligible to renew the applicant's current license. The chief administrator's authority to waive the duplicate license fee under this subsection shall expire on October 1, 2020. In order to receive a REAL ID license pursuant to this subsection, the applicant shall first surrender to the commission the applicant's current license to operate a motor vehicle.Amended by L. 2019, c. 271, s. 9, eff. 1/1/2021.Amended by L. 2004, c. 64, s. 3, eff. 6/30/2004.Amended 1961, c.77, s.2; 1968, c.130, s.9; 1983, c.105, s.2; 1994, c.60, s.18; 1999 c. 28, s. 10; 2001 c. 391, s. 9, see note for eff. date.See L. 2004, c. 64, s. 6.Section 18 of 2001 c. 391, states, "This act shall take effect immediately, except that sections 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and the required fees for the 48-month license added to R.S. 39:3-10 by section 2 of this act shall remain inoperative until the 60th day after the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation certifies to the Commissioner of Transportation that the division is prepared to issue drivers' licenses with digitized pictures of licensees, but such operative date shall be no later than January 1, 2003."