O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-14-430 (2019)

Lien for repairs; sale after one year

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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In order to enforce his lien for materials furnished and work done, any jeweler or any other person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of repairing watches, clocks, jewelry, and other articles of similar character may sell those articles upon which charges for repairs, including work done and materials furnished, have not been paid and which have remained in the possession of the jeweler, person, firm, or corporation for a period of one year following the completion of the repairs.

History

Ga. L. 1927, p. 218, § 1; Code 1933, § 67-2101.

Annotations

Cross references. Regulation of dealers in used watches, Ch. 49, T. 43.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Bailments, §§ 190 et seq., 199. C.J.S. 8 C.J.S., Bailments, § 80 et seq. ALR. Character of service contemplated by

statutes giving a lien or preference, in event of insolvency, to servants, employees, laborers, etc., 111 A.L.R. 1453; 142 A.L.R. 362.