Indiana Code 32-33-10-5. Services and vehicles subject to lien
(1) towing, repairing, storing, servicing, or furnishing supplies or accessories for motor vehicles, airplanes, construction machinery and equipment, and farm machinery; or
Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-33-10-5
- construction machinery and equipment: includes all classes and types of machinery and equipment used in road construction, road maintenance, earth moving, and building construction work. See Indiana Code 32-33-10-1
- farm machinery: means all types of tractors, implements, and machinery used in the operation and maintenance of farms. See Indiana Code 32-33-10-2
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- motor vehicle: means every vehicle and device in, upon, or by which persons or property is, or may be, moved, transported, or drawn upon public highways. See Indiana Code 32-33-10-3
- person: includes a natural person, a firm, a copartnership, an association, a limited liability company, a corporation, and a political subdivision. See Indiana Code 32-33-10-4
has a lien on any motor vehicle or airplane or any unit of construction machinery and equipment or farm machinery towed, stored, repaired, serviced, or maintained for the person’s reasonable charges for the towing, repair work, storage, or service, including reasonable charges for labor, for the use of tools, machinery, and equipment, and for all accessories, materials, gasoline, oils, lubricants, and other supplies furnished in connection with the towing, repair, storage, servicing, or maintenance of the motor vehicle, airplane, unit of construction machinery and equipment, or farm machinery.
(b) The costs of storing a motor vehicle may not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-31-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.104-2005, SEC.10.