Section 44-14-518. Liens on aircraft or aircraft engines for labor and materials and for contracts of indemnity

   (a) Any person engaged in repair, storage, servicing, or furnishing supplies or accessories for aircraft or aircraft engines or providing contracts of indemnity for aircraft shall have a lien on such aircraft or aircraft engines for any reasonable charges therefor, including charges for labor, for the use of tools, machinery, and equipment, and for all parts, accessories, materials, oils, lubricants, storage fees, earned premiums, and other supplies furnished in connection therewith. Such lien shall be superior to all liens except liens for taxes, subject to compliance with subsection (b) of this Code section.

(b) Such lien may be asserted by the retention of the aircraft or aircraft engines, and if such lien is asserted by retention of the aircraft or aircraft engines, the lienor shall not be required to surrender the aircraft or the aircraft engine to the holder of a subordinate security interest or lien. When possession of the aircraft or aircraft engine is surrendered by the person claiming the lien, the person claiming the lien shall, within 90 days after such repair, storage, service, supplies, accessories, or contracts of indemnity are furnished:

   (1) Provide written notice, subscribed and sworn to by such person or by some person in his or her behalf, giving a just and true account of the demands claimed to be due, with all just credits and the name of the person to whom the repair, storage, service, supplies, accessories, or contracts of indemnity were furnished, the name of the owner of the aircraft or aircraft engines, if known, and a description of the aircraft sufficient for identification, by personal delivery, certified mail, or statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested, to the following:

      (A) The registered owner and others holding recorded interests in the aircraft or aircraft engines at the addresses listed in the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Registry; or

      (B) If not a United States registered aircraft or if the aircraft engine is not subject to recordation by the Federal Aviation Administration, to the owner, if known, at his or her last known address, or, if not known, to the person to whom the repair, storage, service, supplies, accessories, or contracts of indemnity were furnished; and

   (2) File such written notice for recording in the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Registry in the manner prescribed by federal law under 49 U.S.C. Section 44107 for the filing of such liens for recordation, or, if not a United States registered aircraft or if the aircraft engine is not subject to recordation by the Federal Aviation Administration, with the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority or the appropriate recording authority, established by applicable state law, international treaty, or foreign law, in the manner prescribed for the filing of such liens for recordation.

Code 1981, § 44-14-518, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 798, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 776, § 2/HB 1147.