Illinois § 3A-14

Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 3A-14, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 3A-14.

(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313A-14) Sec. 3A-14. Transfer to or from dealer - Records. (a) If a dealer buys a watercraft and holds it for resale and procures the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder within 10 days after delivery to him of the watercraft he need not send the certificate to the Department of Natural Resources but, upon transferring the watercraft to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, shall promptly and within 15 days execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of his security agreement, in the spaces provided therefor on the certificate or as the Department of Natural Resources prescribes, and mail or deliver the certificate to the Department with the transferee's application for a new certificate. (b) Every dealer shall maintain for 3 years a record in the form the Department of Natural Resources prescribes of every watercraft bought, sold or exchanged by him, or received by him for sale or exchange, which shall be open to inspection by a representative of the Department of Natural Resources or peace officer during reasonable business hours. (c) The Department of Natural Resources may decline to process any application for a transfer of an interest in a watercraft if any fees or taxes due under this Act from the transferor or the transferee have not been paid upon reasonable notice and demand. (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

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