Section 7--209. Lien of Warehouseman  


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  • (1)  A warehouseman has a lien against the bailor on the goods covered
      by a warehouse receipt or on the proceeds thereof in his possession  for
      charges  for storage or transportation (including demurrage and terminal
      charges), insurance, labor, or charges present or future in relation  to
      the  goods,  and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods or
      reasonably incurred in their sale pursuant to  law.  If  the  person  on
      whose  account the goods are held is liable for like charges or expenses
      in relation to other goods whenever deposited and it is  stated  in  the
      receipt  that  a lien is claimed for charges and expenses in relation to
      other goods, the warehouseman also has  a  lien  against  him  for  such
      charges  and expenses whether or not the other goods have been delivered
      by the warehouseman. But against a person to whom a negotiable warehouse
      receipt is duly negotiated a warehouseman's lien is limited  to  charges
      in  an amount or at a rate specified on the receipt or if no charges are
      so specified then to a  reasonable  charge  for  storage  of  the  goods
      covered by the receipt subsequent to the date of the receipt.
        (2)  The warehouseman may also reserve a security interest against the
      bailor for a maximum amount specified on the receipt for  charges  other
      than  those  specified in subsection (1), such as for money advanced and
      interest. Such a security interest is governed by the Article on Secured
      Transactions (Article 9).
        (3) A warehouseman's lien for charges and  expenses  under  subsection
      (1)  or  a  security  interest  under  subsection  (2) is also effective
      against any person who so entrusted the bailor with  possession  of  the
      goods  that  a pledge of them by him to a good faith purchaser for value
      would have been valid but is not effective against a person as  to  whom
      the  document  confers no right in the goods covered by it under Section   7--503.
        (4) A warehouseman loses his lien on any goods  which  he  voluntarily
      delivers or which he unjustifiably refuses to deliver.