Section 608. Unlawful detention of goods  


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  • 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.