1013 OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATES OF TITLE: LIENS

1013.1 During the time a certificate of title is outstanding for any vessel, no lien against the vessel or any equipment or accessories affixed or sold to be affixed to the vessel shall be valid except as between the parties and as to other persons having actual notice, unless the lien is entered on the certificate of title.

1013.2 Subsection 1013.1 shall not apply under the following conditions:

1. (a) To liens in existence on the date of enactment of the Act;
2. (b) To a vessel for which a certificate of title is outstanding at the effective date of the Act; or
3. (c) To any equipment or accessories affixed to the vessel.

1013.3 The filing provisions of D.C. Code §§ 28:9-101 to 9:507 (1996 Repl. & 1999 Supp.) do not apply to liens recorded pursuant to this article, and a lien accrues no greater validity from the fact that the lien has been filed in accordance with D.C. Code §§ 28:9-101 to 9:507 (1996 Repl and 1999 Supp.).

AUTHORITY: The Authority for this section is D.C. Law 5-58, the “District of Columbia Boat Titling Act of 1983”.

SOURCE: Section 2(c) of D.C. Law 5-58, the “District of Columbia Boat Titling Act of 1983”, 31 DCR 1459 (March 30, 1984) incorporating by reference the text of D.C. Act 5-86, 30 DCR 6293, 6306 (December 9, 1983).