306.435.  Repossessed vessels, motorboats and outboard motors, certificate of title — application, procedure, fee, form of — notice — issued, when — director of revenue, duties, rulemaking authority. — 1.  When the holder of any indebtedness secured by a security agreement or other contract for security covering an outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft who has a notice of lien on file with the director of revenue repossesses the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft either by legal process or in accordance with the terms of a contract authorizing the repossession of the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft without legal process, the holder may obtain a certificate of ownership from the director of revenue upon presentation of:

  (1)  An application form furnished by the director of revenue which shall contain a full description of the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft and the manufacturer's or other identifying number;

  (2)  A notice of lien receipt or the original certificate of ownership reflecting the holder's lien; and

  (3)  An affidavit of the holder, certified under penalties of perjury for making a false statement to a public official, that the debtor defaulted in payment of the debt, and that the holder repossessed the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft either by legal process or in accordance with the terms of the contract, and the specific address where the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft is held.  Such affidavit shall also state that the lienholder has the written consent from all owners or lienholders of record to repossess the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft or has provided all the owners or lienholders with written notice of the repossession.

  2.  On an outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft, the lienholder shall first give:

  (1)  Ten days' written notice by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to each of the owners and other lienholders, if any, of the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft at each of their last mailing addresses as shown by the last prior certificate of ownership, if any issued, or the most recent address on the lienholder's records, that an application for a repossessed title will be made; or

  (2)  The lienholder may, ten days prior to applying for a repossession title, include the information in the above notice in the appropriate uniform commercial code notice under sections 400.9-613 or 400.9-614.  Such alternative notice to all owners and lienholders shall be valid and enforceable under both the uniform commercial code and this section, provided it otherwise complies with the provisions of the uniform commercial code.

  3.  Upon the holder's presentation of the papers required by subsection 1 of this section and the payment of a fee of ten dollars, the director of revenue, if he is satisfied with the genuineness of the papers, shall issue and deliver to the holder a certificate of title which shall be in its usual form except it shall be clearly captioned "Repossessed Title".  Each repossessed title so issued shall, for all purposes, be treated as an original certificate of ownership and shall supersede the outstanding certificate of ownership, if any, and duplicates thereof, if any, on the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft, all of which shall become null and void.

  4.  In any case where there is no certificate of ownership, or duplicate thereof, outstanding in the name of the debtor on the repossessed outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft, the director of revenue shall issue a repossessed title to the holder and shall proceed to collect all unpaid fees, taxes, charges and penalties from the debtor as provided in sections 306.015, 306.030, 306.530 and 306.535, in addition to the fee specified in subsection 3 of this section.

  5.  The director of revenue may prescribe rules and regulations for the effective administration of this section.  Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2006, shall be invalid and void.