46 C.F.R. § 67.255 Restrictions on filing and recording.
Title 46 - Shipping
A notice of claim of lien is not entitled to filing and recording unless the vessel against which the lien is claimed is covered by a preferred mortgage filed or recorded in accordance with subpart Q of this part or predecessor regulations thereto and which is outstanding at the time the lien is filed and recorded.
Title 46: Shipping
PART 67—DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS
Subpart R—Filing and Recording of Instruments—Notices of Claim of Lien and Supplemental Instruments
§ 67.255 Restrictions on filing and recording.