California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 504

HNC § 504 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)For vessels with a value determined to be one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or less, the department shall promptly furnish the lienholder with the names and addresses of the registered and legal owners of record.

(b)The lienholder shall, immediately upon receipt of the names and addresses, send by mail, with return receipt requested, a completed notice of pending lien sale form, a blank declaration of opposition form, and a return envelope preaddressed to the department, to the registered owner and legal owner at their addresses of record with the department, to any other person known to have a proprietary interest in the vessel, and to the department.

(c)Upon receipt of the notice, the department shall mark its records and thereafter notify any person having a proprietary interest in the vessel that there is a pending lien sale and that title will not be transferred until the lien is satisfied or released.

…

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 344. Effective January 1, 2007.