{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-227","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-227","heading":"Savings clause.","body":"(a) The rights, duties and interests flowing from a transaction, certificate of title or record relating to a vessel that was validly entered into or created before January 1, 2016, and would be subject to sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, if it had been entered into or created on or after January 1, 2016, remain valid on and after January 1, 2016.\n(b) Sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, do not affect an action or proceeding commenced before January 1, 2016.\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a security interest that is enforceable immediately before January 1, 2016, and would have priority over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time is a perfected security interest under sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive.\n(d) A security interest in a vessel for which a certificate of title is required under sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, that is perfected immediately before January 1, 2016, remains perfected until the earlier of:\n(1) The time perfection would have ceased under the law under which the security interest was perfected; or\n(2) January 1, 2019.\n(e) Sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, shall not affect the priority of a security interest in a vessel if immediately before January 1, 2016, the security interest is enforceable and perfected, and that priority is established.","path":["TITLE 15. NAVIGATION AND AERONAUTICS","CHAPTER 269. UNIFORM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR VESSELS ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_269.htm#sec_15-227","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:01Z","sha256":"9e6aa0f8beaffedd398e4a4e76c7fb88b362f508b9e5a9b88426f26bc3d60bd1","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-226","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-228"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}