Michigan Laws 259.205a – Garage keeper lien; priority
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(1) If the vehicle subject to a lien under section 1 is an aircraft, the garage keeper‘s lien shall take priority over any prior lien unless the prior lienholder pays to the garage keeper the amount of the lien attributable to labor and materials, or the following applicable amount, whichever is less:
(a) $5,000.00 in the case of an aircraft that has a single engine of less than 150 horsepower.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 259.205a
- Aircraft: means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Michigan Laws 259.2
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Garage keeper: means any person who, for hire or reward, publicly offers to store, maintain, keep, or repair aircraft or any accessory used in the operation of aircraft and to furnish accessories and supplies for aircraft or any accessory used in the operation of aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.4
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Vehicle: means any device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported, except an aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.9
(b) $10,000.00 in the case of an aircraft that has a single engine of 150 or more horsepower.
(c) $20,000.00 in the case of a multiengine, nonturbocharged aircraft, or an aircraft that is rated at less than 6,000 pounds maximum certificated gross takeoff weight.
(d) $40,000.00 in the case of a multiengine turbocharged aircraft, or an aircraft that is rated at 6,000 pounds or more maximum certificated gross takeoff weight.
(e) $100,000.00 in the case of a turboprop or turbojet aircraft.
(2) A payment made to a garage keeper under subsection (1) shall be added to the amount of the lien of the prior lienholder who made the payment, and shall be subtracted from the amount of the garage keeper’s lien.
(3) The garage keeper’s lien established in this act is the sole lien available to a garage keeper as to an aircraft, and the common law garage keeper’s lien as to an aircraft is abolished.