§ 3B-3 — Security interest

If an owner creates a security interest in a watercraft: (a) The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on a separate form the Department of Natural Resources prescribes, to name the lienholder on the certificate, showing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement, and cause the certificate, application and the required fee to be delivered to the lienholder. (b) The lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, application and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the Department of Natural Resources. (c) Upon request of the owner or subordinate lienholder, a lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate lienholder for delivery to the Department of Natural Resources or, upon receipt from the subordinate lienholder of the owner's application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the Department of Natural Resources with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first lienholder under his security agreement. (d) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, application and the required fee, the Department of Natural Resources shall either endorse on the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new lienholder, and mail the certificate to the first lienholder named in it.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)