41-1a-601. Lien validity -- Security interest.
(1) Except as provided under Subsectionor, a lien upon a vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor, except a lien dependent upon possession, is not valid against the creditors of an owner acquiring a lien by levy or attachment, or subsequent purchasers, or encumbrancers without notice until Sectionsthroughhave been complied with. (2) (3) 41-1a-602 41-1a-606
(2) Security interests in inventory consisting in part of vehicles subject to registration under this chapter, that are held for sale by a person in the business of selling goods of that kind, shall be perfected under Section, except that: 70A-9a-310 buyers in the ordinary course of business, as defined in Section, take free of the security interests as provided in Section; and 70A-1a-201 70A-9a-320 security interests of persons extending credit to buyers in the ordinary course of business, as defined in Section, take free of the security interests as provided in Section. 70A-1a-201 70A-9a-320
(3) Security interests in inventory consisting in part of vehicles subject to registration under this chapter, which are held for sale by a person in the business of selling goods of that kind, shall be perfected under Section, except that a lienholder with a security interest noted on the title shall have priority unless the lienholder has been paid in full in accordance with Section. 70A-9a-310 41-3-402