                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIEN OF KEEPER OF LIVERY STABLE, MARINA, ETC (§ 43-32)

A. Every keeper of a livery stable, hangar, tie-down, or marina, and every
person pasturing or keeping any horses or other animals, boats, aircraft, or
harness, shall have a lien upon such horses and other animals, boats, aircraft,
and harness, for the amount that may be due him for the towing, storage,
recovery, keeping, supporting, and care thereof, until such amount is paid.

B. In the case of any boat or aircraft subject to a chattel mortgage, security
agreement, deed of trust, or other instrument securing money, the keeper of the
marina, hangar, or tie-down shall have a lien thereon for his reasonable charges
for storage under this section not to exceed $500 and for alteration and repair
under &#xA7; 43-33 not to exceed $1,000. However, in the case of a storage lien,
to obtain the priority for an amount in excess of $300, the person asserting the
lien shall make a reasonable attempt to notify any secured party of record at
the Department of Wildlife Resources by telephonic means and shall give written
notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to any secured party of
record at the Department of Wildlife Resources within seven business days of
taking possession of the boat or aircraft. If the secured party does not, within
seven business days of receipt of the notice, take or refuse redelivery to it or
its designee, the lienor shall be entitled to priority for the full amount of
storage charges, not to exceed $500. Notwithstanding a redelivery, the
watercraft shall be subject to subsection D.

C. In addition, any person furnishing services involving the towing and recovery
of a boat or aircraft shall have a lien for all normal costs incident thereto,
if the person asserting the lien gives written notice within seven days of
receipt of the boat or aircraft by certified mail, return receipt requested, to
all secured parties of record at the Department of Wildlife Resources.

D. In addition, any keeper shall be entitled to a lien against any proceeds
remaining after the satisfaction of all prior security interests or liens and
may retain possession of such property until such charges are paid.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 6445; 1968, c. 320; 1970, c. 56; 1976, c. 77; 1977, c.
382; 1981, c. 453; 1984, c. 396; 1988, c. 120; 1990, c. 665; 1992, c. 403; 1999,
c. 533; 2004, c. 215; 2005, c. 98; 2006, cc. 874, 891; 2009, c. 664; 2016, c.
397; 2020, c. 958.