66-19-201 - Possessory lien on boats. - Tennessee Statutes

66-19-201. Possessory lien on boats.

Any debt contracted by the master, owner, agent, or consignee of any boat within this state on account of any work done, or materials or articles furnished for the building, repairing, fitting, furnishing, or equipping of such boat, or for wages due to the employees of such debtor, or for lease rent for dockage or storage, shall be a possessory lien upon such boat, its tackle, and furniture. It is the legislative intent that the holder of a material and furnishings lien shall not be able to charge additional dockage and storage during that period when the holder is exercising this lien.

[Code 1858, § 1991 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 35, § 1); Shan., § 3547; mod. Code 1932, § 7962; Acts 1981, ch. 482, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1904.]