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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="13-205" title_number="13" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Security Interests">
  <level label="a">
    <text>When a security interest in a vehicle is satisfied, the secured party shall execute a release of the security interest on the form that the Administration requires.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When a security interest in a vehicle is satisfied, the secured party shall immediately deliver copies of the release to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A dealer licensed under Title 15, Subtitle 3 of this article who, on behalf of the owner, pays off the security interest if the owner authorizes the secured party in writing to deliver a copy of the release to the dealer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>After it receives a release and the certificate of title, the Administration shall release the secured party’s right on the certificate of title or issue a new certificate of title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If, after notice to all interested parties and a hearing, the Administration determines that an indebtedness does not constitute a security interest, it shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Release the indebtedness on the certificate of title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Issue a new certificate of title and deliver the certificate to the owner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Administration may appeal in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
