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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66326</law_id><section_number>29.1-733.29</section_number><catch_line>Savings clause</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>29.1-733.15</reference><reference>29.1-733.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Boating Laws</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Virginia Uniform Certificate of Title for Watercraft Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The rights, duties, and interests flowing from a transaction, <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span>, or <span class="dictionary">record</span> shall remain valid on and after July 1, 2014, if the transaction, <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span>, or <span class="dictionary">record</span>: <a id="paragraph-240817" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Relates to a <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span>; <a id="paragraph-240818" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Was validly entered into or created before July 1, 2014; and <a id="paragraph-240819" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Would be subject to this article if it had been entered into or created on or after July 1, 2014. <a id="paragraph-240820" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> This article does not affect an action or proceeding commenced before July 1, 2014. <a id="paragraph-240821" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection D, a <span class="dictionary">security interest</span> that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2014, and would have priority over the rights of a <span class="dictionary">person</span> that becomes a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> at that time is a perfected <span class="dictionary">security interest</span> under this article. <a id="paragraph-240822" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">security interest</span> perfected immediately before July 1, 2014, remains perfected until the earlier of: <a id="paragraph-240823" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The time perfection would have ceased under the <span class="dictionary">law</span> under which the <span class="dictionary">security interest</span> was perfected; or <a id="paragraph-240824" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Three years after July 1, 2014. <a id="paragraph-240825" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> This article does not affect the priority of a <span class="dictionary">security interest</span> in a <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> if immediately before July 1, 2014, the <span class="dictionary">security interest</span> is enforceable and perfected, and that priority is established. <a id="paragraph-240826" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.29/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 787.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
