WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 607

amount less than that required for the full implementation of those provisions, then those
provisions are to be carried out on a prorated basis consistent with their original intent
and to the extent possible within the amount appropriated,

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 607
(House Bill 862)

AN ACT concerning

Artisan's Lien - Notice of Sale

FOR the purpose of clarifying the minimum length of time that a customer must have
notice of the sale or disposal of certain goods belonging to the customer by an
artisan; altering a certain provision of law to require an artisan to provide notice of
a sale or disposal of certain goods to the owner before the sale or disposal of the
goods; authorizing a certain method of providing notice to a customer that goods
belonging to the customer may be sold on or after a certain date; and generally
relating to an artisan's lien.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Commercial Law
Section 16-302
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Commercial Law

16-302.

(a)     Any artisan who, with the consent of the owner, has possession of goods for
repair, mending, improving, dry cleaning, laundering, or other work WHICH INCLUDES
STORAGE OF GOODS IN THE CASE OF A DRY CLEANER OR LAUNDERER, 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 dry cleaner or launderer goods are due to be
retrieved from storage, the artisan may sell the goods to which the lien attaches at public
or private sale. The artisan, launderer, or dry cleaner shall post a notice in a conspicuous
place on the premises to the effect that clothing must be retrieved in 90 days or it will be
subject to sale, after notice.

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