TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 5: BUSINESS REGULATION
§ 51504. Liens for Work Done and for Storage by Agreement; Exemption of Warehousemen. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in cleaning, pressing, glazing or washing garments, clothing, wearing apparel or household goods which are placed in storage by agreement shall have a lien upon the garments, clothing, wearing apparel or household goods for the amount of any account that may be due for the work done thereon, and for storage, where the account is not paid for 12 months or more after completion of such work. The lien shall also include the value or agreed price, if any, of all materials furnished by the lienholder in connection with the work. Persons operating as warehouses or warehousemen shall not be affected by this section. Source: PL 15-117, § 2(51404), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed “person” to “persons” to correct a manifest error in the last sentence of this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).