West Virginia University College of Law

Participating on Drafting Committee on a Certificate of Title Act for Boats

Professor Vincent Cardi will be working with the Uniform Law Commission in Chicago on October 15 through 18 drafting the Uniform Certificate of Title Act for Vessels as a member of the drafting committee for this emerging act. Professor Cardi is a West Virginia Commissioner on Uniform State Laws and a member of the national Uniform Law Commission.

This committee will draft an act establishing a certificate of title system for boats. Many states do not have certificate of title laws governing watercraft, and those that do have considerable differences in terms. The committee will coordinate its work with the United States Coast Guard and developments concerning the Coast Guard’s vessel identification and documentation systems. The committee will present a draft for initial consideration at the July 2010 Annual Meeting and is expected to present its act for final approval in July 2011.