                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTENT OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (§ 29.1-733.9)

A. A certificate of title shall contain:

   1. The date the certificate was created;

   2. The name of the owner of record and, if not all owners are listed, an
   indication that there are additional owners indicated in the files of the
   Department;

   3. The mailing address of the owner of record;

   4. The hull identification number;

   5. The information listed in subdivision B 6 of &#xA7; 29.1-733.7;

   6. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of &#xA7; 29.1-733.15, the
   name and mailing address of the secured party of record, if any, and if not
   all secured parties are listed, an indication that there are other security
   interests indicated in the files of the Department; and

   7. All title brands indicated in the files of the Department covering the
   watercraft, including brands indicated on a certificate created by a
   governmental agency of another jurisdiction and delivered to the Department.

B. The Department may note on a certificate of title the name and mailing
address of a secured party that is not a secured party of record.

C. For each title brand indicated on a certificate of title, the certificate
shall identify the jurisdiction under whose law the title brand was created or
the jurisdiction that created the certificate on which the title brand was
indicated. If the meaning of a title brand is not easily ascertainable or cannot
be accommodated on the certificate, the certificate may state: &#8220;Previously
branded in (insert the jurisdiction under whose law the title brand was created
or whose certificate of title previously indicated the title brand).&#8221;

D. If the files of the Department indicate that a watercraft previously was
registered or titled in a foreign country, the Department shall indicate on the
certificate of title that the watercraft was registered or titled in that
country.

E. A written certificate of title shall contain a form that all owners indicated
on the certificate may sign to evidence consent to a transfer of an ownership
interest to another person. The form shall include a certification, signed under
penalty of perjury, that the statements made are true and correct to the best of
each owner&#8217;s knowledge, information, and belief.

F. A written certificate of title shall contain a form for the owner of record
to indicate, in connection with a transfer of an ownership interest, that the
watercraft is hull damaged.

HISTORY: 2013, c. 787.