Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:852.7 – Certificate of title; form and content
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:852.7
- Department: means the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and its duly authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:852.2
- Lienholder: means a person holding a security interest. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:852.2
- Manufacturer: means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or importing new vessels or outboard motors for the purpose of sale or trade. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:852.2
- Outboard motor: means a mechanical combustion engine manufactured to produce a twenty-five or more horsepower engine and designed to attach outboard of the transom of a vessel. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:852.2
- Owner: means a person, other than a secured party, having property rights in, or title to, a vessel or outboard motor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:852.2
- Vessel: means every description of watercraft and air boats, including homemade boats, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, valued in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars, to be principally operated on the waters of this state, required to be numbered, not held as inventory for sale or lease, and transferred for the first time on or after July 1, 2008. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:852.2
A. Each certificate of title shall contain:
(1) The name of the current owner.
(2) The address of the principal place of residence of an individual owner, and the address, including zip code, of the principal place of business of an owner that is not an individual.
(3) The date of title issuance.
(4) A description of the vessel or outboard motor, including the name of manufacturer or model, the model year or year built or manufactured. In the case of a vessel, the description shall also include the vessel identification number as required by 33 C.F.R. § 187.5, vessel length, vessel type, principal material of hull construction, and propulsion type. In the case of an outboard motor, the application shall also include the serial number.
(5) The name and address of each lienholder.
(6) The recording or perfection date of new security interests and original recording date of any security interests outstanding.
(7) Other items as required by the department.
B. Space must be provided on the certificate for assignment of interest in the vessel or outboard motor, with a certification that statements provided on the title assignment are true and correct to the best of the owner’s knowledge, information, and belief, under penalty of perjury.
Acts 2007, No. 319, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; H.C.R. No. 25, 2008 R.S., eff. May 28, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 508, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.