Possessory Liens

Mechanic's Lien

A contractor, subcontractor, laborer, materialman, landscape gardener, nurseryman or person or corporation selling fruit or ornamental trees, roses, shrubbery, vines and small fruits, who performs labor or furnishes materials for the improvement of real property with the consent or at the request of the owner shall have a lien for the principal and interest, of the value, or the agreed price, of such labor, including benefits and wage supplements due or payable for the benefit of any laborer, or materials upon the real property. NY Lien §3

Artisan Lien

A person who makes, alters, repairs or performs work or services of any nature and description upon, or in any way enhances the value of an article of personal property, at the request or with the consent of the owner, has a lien on such article, while in possession, for his reasonable charges and may retain possession until paid. NY Lien §180

Bailee Lien

A person keeping a place for the storage, maintenance, keeping or repair of motor vehicles or of motor boats or of aircraft and tows, stores, maintains, keeps or repairs any motor vehicle, motor boat, or aircraft or furnishes gasoline or other supplies at the request or consent of the owner or tows and stores any motor vehicle at the request of a law enforcement officer has a lien upon the vehicle when it is in his possession until such sum is paid.

A lien becomes void against all security interests when the lienor, after thirty days from the accrual of the lien, allows the vehicle out of his actual possession.

If the bailee furnished a written estimate, any lien sought may not be more than the written estimate. NY Lien §184

Warehouse Lien

A warehouse has a lien against the bailor on the goods covered by a warehouse receipt or storage agreement or on their proceeds in its possession for charges for storage or transportation or other charges, present or future, in relation to the goods. The warehouse receipt or storage agreement may also state that a lien is claimed for charges and expenses in relation to other goods, whether or not the other goods have been delivered by the warehouse. A warehouse's lien is limited to charges specified in the warehouse receipt or, if no charges are so specified, to a reasonable charge for storage of the specific goods covered by the receipt. The lien or security interest is not effective against specified individuals. NY Uniform Commercial Code §7-209"