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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="16-205" title_number="16" title_name="Statutory Liens on Personal Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Lien on Aircraft, Boats, Mobile Homes, and Motor Vehicles">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An aircraft lien is subordinate only to the rights of the holder of any of the following instruments relating to the aircraft, executed and recorded with the Federal Aviation Administration before the time the lien becomes effective:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Bill of sale;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Contract of conditional sale;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Conveyance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Mortgage or assignment of mortgage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A motor vehicle lien is subordinate only to a security interest perfected as required by law, except in the case of a motor vehicle sold under § 16-207 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “preferred ship mortgage” means a preferred mortgage as defined in 46 U.S.C. § 31322 on a vessel of the United States that is filed in accordance with 46 U.S.C. §§ 31321 through 31330.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A boat lien is subordinate to a preferred ship mortgage that is filed with the Secretary of Transportation before the boat is sold under § 16-207 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Except in the case of a boat sold under § 16-207 of this subtitle, a boat lien is subordinate to a security interest perfected as required by law.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A mobile home lien is subordinate only to a security interest perfected as required by law, except in the case of a mobile home sold under § 16-207 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
