Pursuant to 20 V.I. Code Ann. § 497(h), every traffic ticket issued for improper parking or parking in a handicap space shall constitute a lien on the title of the motor vehicle upon which said traffic ticket was placed. The lien shall remain in existence until the traffic ticket is either paid or discharged according to law. No motor vehicle shall be registered and licensed, nor shall the Director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles register a change of ownership until all liens created pursuant to 20 V.I. Code Ann. § 497 have been discharged.