The Department shall retain and appropriately file every surrendered certificate of title or copy thereof. The file is to be so maintained as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicles designated therein. Certificate of title issued by other jurisdictions may be returned to those jurisdictions at the discretion of the Director of Motor Vehicles.

36 Del. Laws, c. 10, § ?38; Code 1935, § ?5576; 21 Del. C. 1953, § ?2308; 62 Del. Laws, c. 190, § ?11; 65 Del. Laws, c. 352, § ?1;