The filing of any lien or encumbrance and its recordation upon the face of a certificate of title to any vehicle as provided in this article is valid for fifteen years only from the date of filing, unless the lienholder refiles the lien or encumbrance in the manner provided in this article for filing and recordation in the first instance, in which event the lien or encumbrance is valid for successive additional periods of five years from the date of each refiling: Provided, That this article does not require the lienholder to obtain the consent of the owner to refile the lien or encumbrance: Provided, however, That in the case of a mobile home or manufactured home, the filing of any lien or encumbrance and its recordation upon the face of a certificate of title to the mobile home or manufactured home is valid for a period of thirty-three years from the date of filing.
When the last lien or encumbrance shown on a certificate of title becomes invalid by the passage of time as provided in this section, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is not required to maintain a lien index as to the certificate of title.
Structure West Virginia Code
§17A-4A-1. Certificate to Show Liens or Encumbrances
§17A-4A-2. Liens and Encumbrances Subsequently Created
§17A-4A-2a. Electronic Transfer of Liens
§17A-4A-4. Purchase Money Lien or Encumbrance; Effective Date of Lien; Dealer to Record Lien; Fees
§17A-4A-5. Priority of Liens Shown on Certificate
§17A-4A-7. Release of Lien or Encumbrance Shown on Certificate of Title
§17A-4A-8. Failure to Execute Release or to Surrender Certificate When Lien Paid
§17A-4A-9. Levy of Execution, etc.
§17A-4A-10. Fee for Recording and Release of Lien
§17A-4A-12. Article Not to Apply to Certain Common-Law and Statutory Liens
§17A-4A-13. Article Not to Apply to Vehicle Accessories
§17A-4A-15. Expiration of Lien or Encumbrance; Refiling
§17A-4A-16. Vehicle Leases Which Are Not Sales or Security Interests