District of Columbia · D.C. Code — Title 50, Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic
D.C. Code Title 50 § 50-1541.23: Rights of secured party
What this law says, in plain English
A secured party's rights in a vessel are governed by state lien law. If a certificate of title omits the security interest, a good-faith buyer without knowledge may take the vessel free of that interest, and later-perfected competing interests may take priority.
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