Liability for liens
Sec. 1. All boats, vessels, and watercraft of every description
found in the waters of Indiana, including wharf boats and floating
warehouses that are used for storing, receiving, and forwarding
freights and that may be removed from place to place at the pleasure
of the owner or owners of the watercraft, are liable for the following:
(1) A debt contracted within Indiana by the master, owner,
agent, clerk, or consignee of the watercraft:
(A) on account of supplies furnished for use of the master,
owner, agent, clerk, or consignee;
(B) on account of work done or service rendered for the
master, owner, agent, clerk, or consignee by boatmen,
mariners, laborers, or other persons; or
(C) on account of work done or materials furnished in
building, repairing, fitting out, furnishing, or equipping the
boat, vessel, wharf boat, floating warehouse, or watercraft.
(2) All demands or damages arising out of:
(A) a contract of affreightment made either within or outside
Indiana;
(B) a willful or negligent act of the master, owner, or agent
of the master or owner done in connection with the business
of the boat, vessel, wharf boat, floating warehouse, or other
watercraft either within or outside Indiana; or
(C) a contract relative to the transportation of persons or
property entered into by the master, owner, agent, clerk, or
consignee either within or outside Indiana.
(3) An injury to a person or property by the boat, vessel,
wharf-boat, floating warehouse, or other watercraft, or by the
owners, officers, or crew, done in connection with the business
of the boat, vessel, wharf boat, floating warehouse, or other
watercraft either within or without outside Indiana.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.
Last modified: May 24, 2006