The Department shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity thereof and that the applicant is entitled thereto, shall register the vehicle therein described and the owner thereof in suitable books or in data processing computers under:

(1) A distinctive registration number assigned to the vehicle hereinafter referred to as the registration number, which may consist of a numerical figure or figures or of a letter or letters with a numerical figure or figures;

(2) The name of the owner;

(3) The vehicle identification number and, in the discretion of the Division, in any other method it determines.

36 Del. Laws, c. 10, § ?9; Code 1935, § ?5547; 43 Del. Laws, c. 244, § ?4; 21 Del. C. 1953, § ?2106; 58 Del. Laws, c. 59.;