When the Department receives an application for a certificate of title to a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer showing security interests on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, the certificate of title issued by the Department to the owner of the vehicle shall show all security interests disclosed by the application. All security interests shown on the certificate of title shall be shown in the order of their priority according to the information contained in the application.
Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-636
Certificate to show security interests
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Bank of New York v. Leake (In Re Wuerzberger) (2002)
Most recently applied in Wells Fargo Equipment Finance v. Rodriguez (April 2010)
Code 1950, § 46-69; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-69; 1966, c. 558; 1989, c. 727.
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