HALL, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from the grant of a summary judgment for the plaintiff in a suit to foreclose a security agreement on a 1962 automobile in the possession of the appellant. The stipulated facts show that the former owner gave a bill of sale to secure debt to plaintiff dated July 30, 1967; that he later sold the automobile to appellant for value; that appellant applied to register the vehicle and was issued a license tag receipt on March 24, 1970; and that plaintiff recorded its claim of lien or security interest on July 9, 1970.
The sole question is priority of claims. A title certificate is not required for a pre-1963 automobile; however, the only way to perfect a security interest in any automobile since the enactment of the Uniform Commercial Code is by filing under the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act. Code Ann § 68-406 (a); Staley v. Phelan Finance Corp., 116 Ga. App. 1 ( 156 S.E.2d 201). This court has held that a late-perfected security interest is not retroactively valid against an innocent third party who acquired the automobile for value. First Nat. Bank c. Co. v. Smithloff, 119 Ga. App. 284 ( 167 S.E.2d 190).
The trial court erred in granting a summary judgment for the plaintiff.
Judgment reversed. Eberhardt and Whitman, JJ., concur.
SUBMITTED MARCH 8, 1971 — DECIDED JUNE 4, 1971.