HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               983

In this subtitle, "artisan" includes any laborer,
mechanic, repairman, [and] tradesman[.], AND DRYCLEANER, AND
LAUNDERER.

16-302.

(a)  Any artisan who, with the consent of the owner,
has possession of goods for repair, mending, improving,
DRYCLEANING, LAUNDERING, STORAGE, or other work, has a lien
on the goods for the costs of the work done.

(b)  If the costs which give rise to the lien are due
and unpaid 90 days after the work is completed OR IN THE
CASE OF A DRYCLEANER GOODS ARE DUE TO BE RETRIEVED FROM
STORAGE, the artisan may sell the goods to which the lien
attaches at public or private sale.

(c)  The artisan shall give 30 days notice of the sale
to the owner by mailing the notice to the owner at his last
known address. If the owner's address is unknown, the notice
may be given by:

(1)  Posting it on the door of the courthouse or
on a bulletin board in the immediate vicinity of the door of
the courthouse of the county in which the work was done; or

(2)  Publishing it once a week for two successive
weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation in
the county in which the work was done.

(d) (1) The proceeds of the sale shall be applied, in
the following order, to:

(i) The expenses of the sale; and

(ii) The amount of the lien claim.

(2) After application of the proceeds in
accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, any
remaining balance shall be paid to the owner of the goods.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 208
(House Bill 1139)
AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Personal Property Tax