Limitation on lien for storage. To the extent that any lien provided for in this chapter is based on a claim for storage of a motor vehicle in excess of $150, such lien shall be, as to such excess, inferior to the lien of a conditional vendor or chattel mortgagee (as defined in § 40-102) claiming under an instrument recorded on a date earlier than the period to which such charges are attributable. (June 3, 1952, 66 Stat. 97, ch. 361, § 5.) Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 38-205. 1973 Ed., § 38-208.
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