2005 Idaho Code - 45-1102 — SURRENDER OF POSSESSION -- STATUTORY LIEN

                                  TITLE  45
                         LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES
                                  CHAPTER 11
                          AIRCRAFT IMPROVEMENT LIENS
    45-1102.  SURRENDER OF POSSESSION -- STATUTORY LIEN. (1) Any person, firm,
or corporation who expends labor, skill, or materials upon an aircraft,
aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, or spare parts, at the request of
its owner, reputed owner, or authorized agent of the owner, or lawful
possessor of the aircraft, has a lien upon the aircraft, or related equipment,
for the contract price of the expenditure, or in the absence of a contract
price, for the reasonable value of the expenditure.
    (2)  The statutory lien created pursuant to this section:
    (a)  Is applicable to any civil aircraft engine, aircraft propeller, or
    aircraft appliance which is capable of having the ownership, or an
    interest in the ownership, affected by a conveyance, recorded at the
    federal aviation administration (FAA) aircraft registry;
    (b)  Is not dependent upon possession by the repairperson of the property
    which is subject to the lien;
    (c)  Is dependent upon the recordation of the lien at the FAA aircraft
    registry in accordance with section 45-1103, Idaho Code;
    (d)  Must be created by written contract between the parties, and any
    subsequent oral or written modifications thereto. The written contract
    must be signed by the customer, and predate the commencement of work for
    which the lien is applicable.