Section 2124. Suspension or revocation of certificates  


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  • (a)  (1)  The
      commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice
      and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance  with  section  two
      thousand   one  hundred  twenty-seven,  when  authorized  by  any  other
      provision of law, including  but  not  limited  to  subdivision  (e)  of
      section  two  thousand  one  hundred  eighteen of this article, or if he
      finds:
        (i) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or  erroneously
      issued, or
        (ii) The vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed.
        (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall
      not  suspend  or  revoke  a certificate of title to a vehicle which is a
      mobile home or manufactured home by reason of  the  fact  that,  at  any
      time, in any manner, it shall have become attached to realty.
        (b)  Suspension  or  revocation of a certificate of title does not, in
      itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.
        (c) When the commissioner suspends or revokes a certificate of  title,
      the  owner  or  person  in  possession  of  it  shall,  immediately upon
      receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail  or  deliver  the
      certificate to the commissioner.
        (d)  The  commissioner  may seize and impound any certificate of title
      which has been suspended or revoked.
        (e) A certificate of title may  be  temporarily  suspended  pending  a
      hearing.