West Virginia Code § 46-9-303

Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods
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covered by a certificate of title.
(a) Applicability of section. This section applies to goods covered by a certificate of title,
even if there is no other relationship between the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title
the goods are covered and the goods or the debtor.
(b) When goods covered by certificate of title. Goods become covered by a certificate of title
when a valid application for the certificate of title and the applicable fee are delivered to the
appropriate authority. Goods cease to be covered by a certificate of title at the earlier of the
time the certificate of title ceases to be effective under the law ouf the issuing jurisdiction or
the time the goods become covered subsequently by a certificate of title issued by another
jurisdiction. t
(c) Applicable law. The local law of the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods
are covered governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of
a security interest in goods covered by a certificatel of title from the time the goods become
covered by the certificate of title until the goosds cease to be covered by the certificate of
title.

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