Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 35-11-60 (2026)

Lien Declared.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026

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A lien is hereby declared on any ship, steamboat, or other watercraft, whether registered, enrolled, or licensed or not, that may be built, repaired, fitted, furnished, supplied, or victualed within this state, for work done, or material supplied by any person within this state, in or about the building, repairing, fitting, furnishing, supplying, or victualing such ship, steamboat, or other watercraft, and for the wages of the masters, laborers, stevedores, and shipkeepers of such ship, steamboat, or other watercraft, in preference to other liens thereon for debts contracted by, or owing from, the owners thereof; and for wharfage and dockage; and such lien may be asserted in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(Code 1876, §3465; Code 1886, §3054; Code 1896, §2758; Code 1907, §4790; Code 1923, §8870; Code 1940, T. 33, §12.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1985–2015 · leading case: John W. Stone Oil Distrib., Inc. v. the M/V Miss Bern, 663 F. Supp. 773 (S.D. Ala. 1987).

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John W. Stone Oil Distrib., Inc. v. the M/V Miss Bern, 663 F. Supp. 773 (S.D. Ala. 1987). · cites it 2× “The State of Alabama also has a similar statute, Code of Alabama 1975, § 35-11-60, and under it the action to enforce the lien also must be brought within six months.”

First Maryland Leasecorp. v. M/V Golden Egret, 764 F.2d 749 (11th Cir. 1985). · cites it 3× “Ala.Code § 35-11-60 (1975) (emphasis added).”

Beech v. FV Wishbone, 113 F. Supp. 3d 1203 (S.D. Ala. 2015). · cites it 3× “The relevant Alabama statute providing for a lien on watercraft "for work done, or material supplied by any person within this state” is found at Alabama Code § 35-11-60. An action to enforce a lien -under § 35-11-60 "must be commenced within six months after the demand -becomes…”

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