Duplicate, substitute or a new registration
37In the event any registration certificate or registration plate is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible the owner or legal representative or successor in interest of the owner of the vehicle for which the same was issued as shown by the records of the Registrar shall immediately make application for and may obtain a duplicate or substitute or a new registration under a new registration number, as determined to be most advisable by the Registrar, upon the applicant furnishing information satisfactory to him.