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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66722</law_id><section_number>46.2-640</section_number><catch_line>Priority of security interests shown on certificates of title</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1606</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Titling and Registration of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Titling Vehicles</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The security interests, except security interests in <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span>, <span class="dictionary">trailers</span> and <span class="dictionary">semitrailers</span> which are inventory held for sale and are perfected under &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Alienability of debtor's rights" href="/8.9A-401/">8.9A-401</a> through <a class="law" title="Duty to report" href="/8.9A-527/">8.9A-527</a>, shown upon such certificates of title issued by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> pursuant to applications for same shall have priority over any other <span class="dictionary">liens</span> or security interests against such <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, <span class="dictionary">trailer</span>, or <span class="dictionary">semitrailer</span>, however created and recorded. The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to <span class="dictionary">liens</span> for taxes as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Security interests no bar to distress" href="/58.1-3942/">58.1-3942</a>, <span class="dictionary">liens</span> of keepers of garages to the extent given by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Lien of keeper of vehicles" href="/46.2-644.01/">46.2-644.01</a> and <span class="dictionary">liens</span> of mechanics for repairs to the extent given by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Lien of mechanic for repairs" href="/46.2-644.02/">46.2-644.02</a> if the requirements therefor exist, provided the garage keeper or mechanic furnishes the holder of any recorded <span class="dictionary">lien</span> who may request it with an itemized sworn statement of the storage charges, work done, and <span class="dictionary">materials</span> supplied for which the <span class="dictionary">lien</span> is claimed.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-73; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-73; 1966, c. 558; 1977, c. 382; 1983, c. 397; 1984, c. 396; 1989, c. 727; 1999, c. 299; 2009, c. 664.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
