New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
MAY Your Car Be Held to Force
Payment of Old Repair Bill,

sion until the previous bill for
is paid. In order, however, to bavpa palfs
right to hold the automobile ~ e tae
sequent time, the garage keensra sub,
have stored. kept or rera;rad must
must have furnished gasolene ~ y. Or
supplies, either at the request =, o.oer
the consent Of the owner of the va,s'lta VIA
Furthermore, to thavc the r;.h.cie ;,h.cie.
keep the vehicle upon the latter 70
sion, the garage keeper must oct wa %aa'
full possession of it. He cannot as Mw.
the machine in the street and hi sess
back to the garage. Also a dealas u
automobiles has no right, after -. "a
rendering possession OF the ca- sas'
again hold il in order to secnra' 20
payment Of the purchase price of az ne
car. The Indebtedness must have sns
incurred for one or moro of ths .ssa .ss
jects mentioned in the statute ana au'
other. Au no
= at is therefore apparent that 81,
automobile owner mentioned in the .us vae
posititious case must pay the e.r,t'
bills for repairs before he can comn., .s,
the dealer to relinquish possession 'ps' y
Kaiser Says N,
Very we then The question w..
also submitted to George F. Kaisss'
who han!'es legal questions fos "Masa, "M,sn
World" and gives the garagemen sni i
dealers, jobbers. etc. to whom ~, h,
journal is Particularly directed, sr a''
swers to their requests for Inform M
ton. He runs department ca,a.,
"The Law AS 1t Applies to Dealassa
Garagemen, Rcpairmen" This is NJ
Kaiser's opinion, al
"The New York lien law cont,;,.
no provision that, after a garaeem,s
once lets car go out of his possas
sion, he can reassert his lien If II !.
again brought into his garage. rss
garageman valves his lien by eiyinr ~ .
possession of a car and the car = =
again brought to him for repairs a.. -
he must give up the car upon tend,
of the amount of the second hill h.
the owner, even if the old bill is st;i,
unpaid"
Mr.. Kaiser attaches a statement a,
the steps necessary to be taken IN
order to realize on a car on which :.
lien has been taken, as follows:
"Serve notice upon the owner with,
the county where the lien arose q,
mail it to him at his last known nlas.
of residence, or to his last known no,,
Office address if he is then not in th,.
county.
"Similar notice must be served n,
persons who have advised you th,t
they have an interest in the prouertv
The notice must state the nature n
the debt or the agreement under which
the lion arose. and contain an itemizsS
statement of the claim and show when
it became due.
at must contain brief description
Of the property against which the lien
is claimed, it's estimated value and tn,
amount Of the lien at the date of thu
notice.
"You must also request the owne,
to pay the amount OF the lien on ,
date not less than ten days from III,
service of the notice, and state whsr
and where the property will be sold il
the amount is not so paid.
"You are entitled to charge for stor
age between the time that the notic
is given and the property is sold, 4
you make demand for that amoun
in your notice.
"Notice of sale must be published
once a week for two consecutive week
in a newspaper publishc' in the tow
or city where the sale T.. to be held
and the sale must be held not les
than fifteen days from the first publ
cation.
"If there is no newspaper published
in such town, notice must be posted al
least ten days before the sale and il
not less than six conspicuous place
therein"