Colorado § 38-20-105 - Lien of common carrier.
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§ 38-20-105. Lien of common carrier.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every common carrier of goods or passengers who, at the request of the owner of any personal goods, carries, conveys, or transports the same from one place to another and every other person who safely keeps or stores any personal property at the request of the owner or person lawfully in possession of the personal property has a lien upon the personal property for reasonable charges for the transportation, storage, or keeping of the personal property and for all reasonable and proper advances made by the common carrier or warehouse, in accordance with the usage and custom of common carriers and warehouses.
(2) In accordance with section 40-10.1-405 (5)(a), this section does not grant a towing carrier a lien on the contents of a vehicle if the vehicle was towed nonconsensually, as defined in section 40-10.1-101 (13).
Source: L. 1883: p. 237, § 2. G.S. § 2119. R.S. 08: § 4014. C.L. § 6431. CSA: C. 101, § 4. CRS 53: § 86-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 86-1-4. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 314, § 68, effective May 20. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (HB 22-1314), ch. 416, p. 2948, § 13, effective August 10.
Cross references: For liens of warehousemen and enforcement thereof, see §§ 4-7-209 and 4-7-210; for lien of a carrier on goods covered by a bill of lading and enforcement thereof, see §§ 4-7-307 and 4-7-308.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Mechanics' Liens Relative to Oil and Gas Operations — Part II", see 34 Dicta 373 (1957). For article, "Impact of the Uniform Commercial Code on Colorado Law", see 42 Den. L. Ctr. J. 67 (1965).
Condition that towing carriers must agree to release personal property items inside a towed vehicle to the owner before payment of any accrued charges in order to be on a rotation towing list of the Colorado state patrol does not conflict with this section. Jam Action, Inc. v. Colo. State Patrol, 890 P.2d 210 (Colo. App. 1994).
Applied in Jackson v. Price, 112 Colo. 97, 146 P.2d 892 (1944).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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