2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats
Section 5336 - Responsibility of commission

     § 5336.  Responsibility of commission.
        (a)  Notice to lienholders and other persons.--Upon receipt
     of the notice specified in section 5334 (relating to notice for
     boats and related equipment), the commission shall:
            (1)  If the boat is registered or titled in this
        Commonwealth, notify, if on record with the commission, any
        lienholders and the owner or, if the boat is not titled, the
        last registrant by certified mail, return receipt requested,
        that a marine business intends to acquire all rights, title
        and interest in the boat or any related equipment. The notice
        shall contain the name, address and telephone number of the
        marine business.
            (2)  If the boat has a registration number, temporary
        decal number or other identifying indicia evidencing that the
        boat is registered or titled in another state or is federally
        documented, the commission shall contact the other state or
        the United States Coast Guard and attempt to ascertain the
        name and address of any lienholder and the last registrant or
        owner. The commission shall provide notice to those persons
        by certified mail, return receipt requested, that a marine
        business intends to acquire all rights, title and interest in
        the boat or any related equipment. The notice shall contain
        the name, address and telephone number of the marine
        business.
        (b)  Notice to marine business.--The commission shall notify
     the marine business:
            (1)  that the commission notified any lienholders and the
        owner of the boat or, in the case of an untitled boat, the
        last registrant in accordance with this section; or
            (2)  that the commission was unable to provide notice in
        accordance with this section.

        Cross References.  Section 5336 is referred to in section
     5337 of this title.