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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83895</law_id><section_number>29.1-733.9</section_number><catch_line>Content of certificate of title</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>29.1-733.11</reference><reference>29.1-733.22</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> A <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span> shall contain: <a id="paragraph-300668" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The date the certificate was created; <a id="paragraph-300669" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">owner of record</span> and, if not all <span class="dictionary">owners</span> are listed, an indication that there are additional <span class="dictionary">owners</span> indicated in the files of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>; <a id="paragraph-300670" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The mailing address of the <span class="dictionary">owner of record</span>; <a id="paragraph-300671" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">hull identification number</span>; <a id="paragraph-300672" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The information listed in subdivision B 6 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application for certificate of title" href="/29.1-733.7/">29.1-733.7</a>; <a id="paragraph-300673" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Perfection of security interest" href="/29.1-733.15/">29.1-733.15</a>, the name and mailing address of the <span class="dictionary">secured party of record</span>, if any, and if not all secured parties are listed, an indication that there are other <span class="dictionary">security interests</span> indicated in the files of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>; and <a id="paragraph-300674" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> All <span class="dictionary">title brands</span> indicated in the files of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> covering the <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span>, including brands indicated on a certificate created by a governmental agency of another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> and delivered to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-300675" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may note on a <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span> the name and mailing address of a secured party that is not a <span class="dictionary">secured party of record</span>. <a id="paragraph-300676" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For each <span class="dictionary">title brand</span> indicated on a <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span>, the certificate shall identify the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under whose <span class="dictionary">law</span> the <span class="dictionary">title brand</span> was created or the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> that created the certificate on which the <span class="dictionary">title brand</span> was indicated. If the meaning of a <span class="dictionary">title brand</span> is not easily ascertainable or cannot be accommodated on the certificate, the certificate may <span class="dictionary">state</span>: &#x201C;Previously branded in (insert the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under whose <span class="dictionary">law</span> the <span class="dictionary">title brand</span> was created or whose <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span> previously indicated the <span class="dictionary">title brand</span>).&#x201D; <a id="paragraph-300677" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If the files of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> indicate that a <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> previously was registered or titled in a foreign country, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall indicate on the <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span> that the <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> was registered or titled in that country. <a id="paragraph-300678" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> A <span class="dictionary">written <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span></span> shall contain a form that all <span class="dictionary">owners</span> indicated on the certificate may sign to <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> consent to a transfer of an ownership interest to another <span class="dictionary">person</span>. The form shall include a certification, signed under <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of <span class="dictionary">perjury</span>, that the statements made are true and correct to the best of each owner&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">knowledge</span>, information, and belief. <a id="paragraph-300679" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> A <span class="dictionary">written <span class="dictionary">certificate of title</span></span> shall contain a form for the <span class="dictionary">owner of record</span> to indicate, in connection with a transfer of an ownership interest, that the <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> is <span class="dictionary">hull damaged</span>. <a id="paragraph-300680" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-733.9/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 787.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
