Bus. & Prof. Code, § 9798.4 · Chapter 19.5. Aircraft Repair
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 9798.4
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The priority of liens set forth in this section supersedes the priority otherwise set forth in Section 2897 of the Civil Code.
(b) The time of creation of the lien shall be the time that the FAA Aircraft Registry actually records the notice of lien described in Section 9798.2.
(c) With respect to the subcategory of “repairpersons” as described in Section 9790, as between lien claimants of equal subcategory, different liens upon the same property have priority according to the time of their creation.
(d) With respect to the subcategories of “repairperson” as described in Section 9790 as between different liens upon the same property which are created within 30 days of one another:
(1) The lien of a certificated repair station has priority over the liens of all other repairpersons.
(2) The lien of a certificated mechanic has priority over the liens of all other repairpersons other than certificated repair stations.
(3) The liens of a fixed-base operator have priority over all other repairpersons other than certificated repair stations and certificated mechanics.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1001, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=9798.4.
- Text hash
- sha256 eea3fc915e52e5b0bbca8252a8d571a6e906d395575ba2f6ad8bd52323a6c7a8
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Bus. & Prof. Code, § 9798.4. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.