Connecticut § 14-167 - Certain liens and security interests not affected.
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§ 14-167. Certain liens and security interests not affected.
Sec. 14-167. Certain liens and security interests not affected. This chapter does not apply to or affect: (1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicle; (2) a lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state; (3) a security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or dealer who holds the vehicle for sale, but a buyer in ordinary course of business, as defined in subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of section 42a-1-201, takes free of the security interest, as stated in section 42a-9-320; or (4) a security interest in a vehicle that is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling vehicles, as provided in subsection (d) of section 42a-9-311.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 573, S. 2; P.A. 01-132, S. 164; P.A. 03-62, S. 18; P.A. 05-109, S. 48.)
History: 1961 act defined buyer in the ordinary course of business and security interest in conformity with Uniform Commercial Code; P.A. 01-132 made a technical change in a statutory reference and replaced reference to Sec. 42a-9-307(1) with Sec. 42a-9-320; P.A. 03-62 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric Subdiv. indicators and added Subdiv. (4) re a security interest in a vehicle that is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling vehicles as provided in Sec. 42a-9-311(d); P.A. 05-109 amended Subdiv. (3) by making a technical change and adding reference to “subsection (b)” of Sec. 42a-1-201.
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