Every person, firm or corporation who shall have performed labor or furnished material in the construction or repair of any chattel at the request of its owner, shall have a lien upon such chattel for such labor performed or material furnished, notwithstanding the fact that such chattel be surrendered to the owner thereof: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That no such lien shall continue, after the delivery of such chattel to its owner, as against the rights of third persons who, prior to the filing of the lien notice as hereinafter provided for, may have acquired the title to such chattel in good faith, for value and without actual notice of the lien.
RCW 60.08.010
Lien authorized.
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Danning v. Pacific Propeller, Inc. (1980)
Most recently applied in 141 F. Supp. 3d 1157 - Native Village of Naknek v. Jones Pacific Maritime, LLC (October 2015)
1917 c 68 s 1; 1909 c 166 s 1; 1905 c 72 s 1; RRS s 1154.
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