(625 ILCS 45/3B-2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313B-2)

Sec. 3B-2. Perfection of security interest.

(a) Unless excepted by Section 3B-1, a security interest in a watercraft of a type for which a certificate of title is required is not valid against subsequent transferees or lienholders of the watercraft unless perfected as provided in this Act.

(b) A security interest is perfected by the delivery to the Department of Natural Resources of the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title containing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement and the required fee. It is perfected as of the time of its creation if the delivery is completed within 21 days thereafter, otherwise as of the time of the delivery.

(c) If a watercraft is subject to a security interest when brought into this State, the validity of the security interest is determined by the law of the jurisdiction where the watercraft was when the security interest attached, subject to the following:

1. If the parties understood at the time the security interest attached that the watercraft would be kept in this State and it was brought into this State within 30 days thereafter for purposes other than transportation through this State, the validity of the security interest in this State is determined by the law of this State.

2. If the security interest was perfected under the law of the jurisdiction where the watercraft was when the security interest attached, the following rules apply:

(A) If the name of the lienholder is shown on an existing certificate of title issued by that jurisdiction, his security interest continues perfected in this State.

(B) If the name of the lienholder is not shown on an existing certificate of title issued by that jurisdiction, a security interest may be perfected by the lienholder delivering to the Department of Natural Resources the prescribed notice and by payment of the required fee. Such security interest is perfected as of the time of delivery of the prescribed notice and payment of the required fee.

3. If the security interest was not perfected under the law of the jurisdiction where the watercraft was when the security interest attached, it may be perfected in this State; in that case perfection dates from the time of perfection in this State.

4. A security interest may be perfected under paragraph 3 of this subsection either as provided in subsection (b) or by the lienholder delivering to the Department of Natural Resources a notice of security interest in the form the Department prescribes and the required fee.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)