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2018 Georgia Code 44-14-409 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 44-14-409 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 44-14-409

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 14. Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens, 44-14-1 through 44-14-613.

ARTICLE 8 LIENS

44-14-409. Special lien of bailee for hire of labor and service; effect of delivery of a part.

The bailee for hire of labor and service shall have a special lien for his labor and services upon the thing bailed until he parts with possession; and, if he delivers up a part of the thing bailed, the lien shall attach to the remainder in his possession for the entire claim under the same contract.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2079; Code 1868, § 2074; Code 1873, § 2100; Code 1882, § 2100; Civil Code 1895, § 2918; Civil Code 1910, § 3491; Code 1933, § 12-710.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Mechanic who fixes car has exclusive lien against owner.

- Where bailor delivers a car to bailee for repairs, when the mechanic begins the repairs and bestows labor thereon, the bailee has a lien on the car such that its possession of is exclusive even against the owner. Tyner & Blackmon v. Fryer Truck & Tractor Co., 83 Ga. App. 393, 63 S.E.2d 695 (1951).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Bailments, §§ 175, 189, 190 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 8 C.J.S., Bailments, § 80 et seq.

ALR.

- Necessity of notice to consignor to render him liable for demurrage, 32 A.L.R. 642.

Bailee's lien for work on goods as extending to other goods of the bailor in his possession, 25 A.L.R.2d 1037.

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