37-1279 Certificate of title; issuance; form; county clerk or designated county official; duties; filing. - Nebraska Statutes

37-1279. Certificate of title; issuance; form;county clerk or designated county official; duties; filing.(1)The county clerk or designated county official shall issue the certificateof title. The county clerk or designated county officialshall sign and affix his or her seal to the original certificate of titleand deliver the certificate to the applicant if there are no liens on themotorboat. If there are oneor more liens on the motorboat, the certificate of title shall be handledas provided in section 37-1282. Thecounty clerk or designated county official shall keep on hand a sufficientsupply of blank forms which shall be furnished and distributed without chargeto manufacturers, dealers, or other persons residing within the county, exceptthat certificates of title shall only be issued by the county clerk, designatedcounty official, or the Department of Motor Vehicles. Eachcounty shall issue and file certificates of title using the vehicle titlingand registration computer system.(2) Each county clerk or designated county official of the various countiesshall provide his or her seal without charge to the applicant on any certificateof title, application for certificate of title, duplicate copy, assignmentor reassignment, power of attorney, statement, or affidavit pertaining tothe issuance of a certificate of title. The department shall prescribe a uniformmethod of numbering certificates of title.(3) The county clerk or designated county official shall (a) file allcertificates of title according to rules and regulations of the department,(b) maintain in the office indices for such certificates of title, (c) beauthorized to destroy all previous records five years after a subsequent transferhas been made on a motorboat, and (d) be authorized to destroy all certificatesof title and all supporting records and documents which have been on filefor a period of five years or more from the date of filing the certificateor a notation of lien, whichever occurs later. SourceLaws 1994, LB 123, § 7; Laws 1996, LB 464, § 16; Laws 2009, LB202, § 4. Cross ReferencesCertificate of title, negligent execution by government employee, see sections 13-910 and 81-8,219.