HRS §200A-24
Rights of a secured party
This section says that, in general, the rules about security interests and who gets paid first come from another law (chapter 490). But if the state issues a title that doesn't show a security interest, a good-faith buyer who doesn't know about it can take the vessel free of that interest, and another secured party who perfects later may get priority.
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The statute, as written — Rights of secured party
(a) Subject to subsection (b), the effect of perfection and nonperfection of a security interest and the priority of a perfected or unperfected security interest with respect to the rights of a purchaser or creditor, including a lien creditor, shall be governed by chapter 490. (b) If, while a security interest in a vessel is perfected by any method under this chapter, the department creates a certificate of title that does not indicate that the vessel is subject to the security interest or contain a statement that it may be subject to security interests not indicated on the certificate: (1) A buyer of the vessel, other than a person in the business of selling or leasing vessels of that kind, takes free of the security interest if the buyer, acting in good faith and without knowledge of the security interest, gives value and receives possession of the vessel; and (2) The security interest is subordinate to a conflicting security interest in the vessel that is perfected under section 200A-15 after creation of the certificate and without the conflicting secured party's knowledge of the security interest.
Sections this one refers to
§200A-15 Perfection of a security interest in a vessel
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