Missouri Laws 306.415 – Assignment of lien or encumbrance by lienholder, rights and obligations — ..
1. A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his or her lien or encumbrance on the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity or effect of the lien or encumbrance, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the lien or encumbrance and the lienholder shall remain liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate of title.
2. An assignee pursuant to subsection 1 of this section may, but need not to perfect the assignment, have the certificate of title issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the director of revenue the certificate of title, an assignment by the lienholder named in the certificate of title, and the required fee in the form the director of revenue prescribes.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 306.415
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Motorboat: any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is a principal source of propulsion. See Missouri Laws 306.010
- Owner: a person other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. See Missouri Laws 306.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Vessel: every motorboat and every description of motorized watercraft, and any watercraft more than twelve feet in length which is powered by sail alone or by a combination of sail and machinery, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but not any watercraft having as the only means of propulsion a paddle or oars. See Missouri Laws 306.010
- Watercraft: any boat or craft, including a vessel, used or capable of being used as a means of transport on waters. See Missouri Laws 306.010
3. If the certificate of title is being electronically retained by the director of revenue, the original lienholder may mail or deliver a notice of assignment of lien to the director in a form prescribed by the director. Upon receipt of notice of assignment, the director shall update the electronic certificate of title to reflect the assignment of lien and lienholder.