(a) Any person is entitled to a lien on any goods, chattels or animals for his reasonable charges for work or services performed or feed provided when he:
(i) Makes, alters, repairs, bestows work upon, transports, stores or keeps the same; or
(ii) Feeds, herds, pastures or cares for any domestic or wild animal lawfully held in captivity. Any person creating a lien under this paragraph shall file the lien in the office of the secretary of state.
(b) W.S. 29-7-101 through 29-7-106 shall not apply where a lien is provided by W.S. 29-7-301 and 34.1-7-209. A person engaging in self-storage operations whereby members of the public rent space from the person to store goods and chattels and retain control over access to the goods and chattels is not a warehouseman under W.S. 34.1-7-102(a)(xiii) and is entitled to a lien under this section. A towing and recovery service as defined in W.S. 31-13-101(a)(xiv) is not a warehouse under W.S. 34.1-7-102(a)(xiii) and is entitled to a lien under this section.
Credits
Laws 1967, ch. 89, § 1; Laws 1981, Sp. Sess., ch. 17, § 2; Laws 2004, ch. 24, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2021, ch. 105, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Laws 2021, ch. 149, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.
Codifications: W.S. 1977, § 29-7-101.