(a) This section applies to goods covered by a certificate of title, even if there is no other relationship between the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title law the goods are covered and the goods or the lessee or lessor.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 42a-2A-105

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(b) Goods become covered by a certificate of title when a valid application for the certificate of title and the application fee are delivered to the appropriate authority. Goods cease to be covered by a certificate of title at the earlier of the time the certificate of title ceases to be effective under the law of the issuing jurisdiction or the time the goods become covered subsequently by a certificate of title issued by another jurisdiction.

(c) Subject to subsection (d) of § 42a-2A-404 and subsection (d) of § 42a-2A-405, with respect to goods covered by a certificate of title under a statute of this state or of another jurisdiction, compliance and the effect of compliance or noncompliance with the certificate of title statute are governed by the local law of the jurisdiction whose certificate covers the goods from the time the goods become covered by the certificate until the goods cease to be covered by the certificate.