Sec. 9.
(1) In a municipality where there is in force a law or ordinance concerning the regulation and licensing of garages, a garage keeper is not entitled to avail himself or herself of the provisions of this act unless during the entire period of time covered by the garage keeper's claim for a lien under this act, the garage keeper was duly licensed and had fully complied with all laws and ordinances relative to the licensing of garages.
(2) A garage keeper who is regulated by the motor vehicle service and repair act, 1974 PA 300, MCL 257.1301 to 257.1340, is not entitled to avail himself or herself of the provisions of this act unless he or she has been in compliance with the motor vehicle service and repair act, 1974 PA 300, MCL 257.1301 to 257.1340, as to the vehicle in question during the entire period covered by his or her claim for a lien.
(3) A garage keeper who successfully collects on a lien on a vehicle under this act shall not bring an action for or attempt to assert any other statutory or common law lien on that vehicle.
History: Add. 1998, Act 236, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998
Popular Name: Garage Keeper's Lien Act
Last modified: October 10, 2016