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Garagekeeper’s Lien Ineffective Against Owner of Leased Vehicle/Lessee Did Not Have Apparent Authority to Consent to Vehicle Repair and Storage on Owner’s Behalf

A leased vehicle was damaged by hail and the lessee brought the car to respondent’s garage for repairs.  When no one picked up the car or paid for the repairs, the garage served a garagekeeper’s lien on the owner (lessor) of the vehicle.  The Third Department determined the lien was not effective against the owner, who never consented to the repairs or storage of the vehicle, and the lessee did not have apparent authority to consent on the owner’s behalf:

Supreme Court properly held that respondent failed to establish the validity of its garagekeeper’s lien.  A garage owner is entitled to such a lien if he or she establishes that the garage is duly registered as a repair shop as required by statute, is the bailee of a motor vehicle, performed garage services or storage with the vehicle owner’s consent, and the parties had agreed upon a price or – absent such agreement – the charges were reasonable … .  The dispositive issue here is whether respondent provided repair services and storage with the owner’s consent.  It is undisputed that respondent never had any communication with petitioner, the title owner, until well after the repairs were performed.  …

While a lessee may be considered an owner for purposes of Lien Law § 184 if he or she has apparent authority …, “[a]pparent authority will only be found where words or conduct of the principal – not the agent – are communicated to a third party, which give rise to a reasonable belief and appearance that the agent possesses authority to enter into the specific transaction at issue” … .  Respondent does not indicate that it undertook any steps to determine the scope of the [lessee’s]  authority… .  Petitioner’s actions in allowing [lessee] to register the vehicle in New Jersey and … to obtain insurance on the vehicle do not constitute permission to enter into a transaction that would allow a lien to attach to the vehicle.  Respondent does not point to any other words or actions of petitioner…that could create a reasonable belief that [the lessee] had authority to enter into a transaction as an owner, so as to permit the creation of a garagekeeper’s lien.  Matter of Daimler Trust…v SG Autobody LLC, 516792, 3rd Dept 12-12-13

 

 

December 12, 2013
Tags: Third Department
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