Section 9-333 - Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-333. Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.
 

(a)  In this section, "possessory lien" means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien: 

(1) Which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course of the person's business; 

(2) Which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person; and 

(3) Whose effectiveness depends on the person's possession of the goods. 

(b)  A possessory lien on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a statute that expressly provides otherwise. 
 

[1999, ch. 282, § 2.]