California Business and Professions Code

§ 9798.1

BPC § 9798.1 Effective Jan 1, 1993Div. 3 · Ch. 19.5

Statute text

(a)Subject to the provisions set forth in this chapter, each repairperson shall have a special lien pursuant to Sections 2872 and 2875 of the Civil Code, upon the civil aircraft, engine, or aircraft appliance upon which the repairperson has bestowed labor or furnished material. The special lien shall be in an amount equal to the agreed upon value of the labor and material furnished, or in the absence of any agreement, for the reasonable value thereof.

(b)The statutory lien created pursuant to subdivision (a) is applicable to any civil aircraft engine, aircraft propeller, or aircraft appliance which is capable of having the ownership, or an interest in the ownership, affected by a conveyance, recorded at the FAA Aircraft Registry.

(c)The statutory lien created pursuant to subdivision (a) is not dependent upon possession by the repairperson of the property which is subject to the lien.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1001, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.