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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73968</law_id><section_number>29.1-733.5</section_number><catch_line>Law governing watercraft covered by certificate of title</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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 <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">state</span> or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under whose <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span> a <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> is covered governs all <span class="dictionary">issues</span> relating to the certificate from the time the <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> becomes covered by the certificate until the <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> becomes covered by another certificate or becomes a documented <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span>, even if no other relationship exists between the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> and the <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> or its <span class="dictionary">owner</span>. <a id="paragraph-266038" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> becomes covered by a <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span> when an application for the certificate and the applicable fee are delivered to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in accordance with this article or to the governmental agency that creates a certificate in another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in accordance with the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of that <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-266039" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 787.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
