An application to add a lien to an existing certificate may be presented to the Director with payment of the necessary fees. The Director shall review the application and, if convinced that the statement as to the lien is full, true, and complete, enter the lien information on the certificate and deliver or mail the certificate to the record holder of the first unsatisfied lien shown on the certificate or his representative.
(July 2, 1940, 54 Stat. 738, ch. 527, § 7; Aug. 5, 1963, 77 Stat. 119, Pub. L. 88-89, § 2; Mar. 14, 2007, D.C. Law 16-279, § 201(d), 54 DCR 903.)
1981 Ed., § 40-1007.
1973 Ed., § 40-707.
D.C. Law 16-279 rewrote this section, which formerly read:
“When it is desired to have a lien entered on a certificate theretofore issued, the instrument and the certificate shall be presented to the Recorder in the office of the Director and upon the payment of the necessary fees to the representative of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia in the office of the Director the Recorder shall accept the instruments for recording and unless he has a card covering said motor vehicle or trailer the Director shall stamp a card in the manner set forth in § 50-1206. The Recorder shall enter the lien information on the certificate in the space hereinbefore mentioned and on said card and shall deliver or mail the certificate to the record holder of the 1st unsatisfied lien shown thereon or his representative.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 50 - Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 12 - Liens on Motor Vehicles or Trailers
§ 50–1202. Lien to appear on certificate of title; effect of other liens
§ 50–1203. Entry of lien — Priority
§ 50–1204. Entry of lien — Form and requirements of instrument creating lien; when lien not entered
§ 50–1205. Liens to be kept by Recorder in Director’s office. [Repealed]
§ 50–1207. Entry of lien on previously issued certificate
§ 50–1210. Satisfaction of liens — Possession of certificate
§ 50–1211. Satisfaction of liens — Duties of Recorder; procedure when certificate lost
§ 50–1213. Fee for releasing liens
§ 50–1214. Place and method of recordation. [Repealed]
§ 50–1215. False statements as to liens; violations of law chapter
§ 50–1218. Electronic creation, recordation, and transfer of liens