Statute · New York General Business Law
N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 608 — Unlawful detention of goods
N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 608
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- Statute
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- New York General Business Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 608. Unlawful detention of goods. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-209 of the uniform commercial code, no warehouseman shall have a lien on any household goods stored by him in a particular case where the charges demanded for storage are in excess of the charges permitted by this…
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N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 608 — Unlawful detention of goods is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 608. Unlawful detention of goods. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-209 of the uniform commercial code, no warehouseman shall have a lien on any household goods stored by him in a particular case where the charges demanded for storage are in excess of the charges permitted by this article.
2. It shall constitute an unlawful detention of goods for a warehouseman to refuse to surrender household goods stored by him for a consumer bailor upon payment by the consumer bailor of the storage charges permitted by this article.