# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 9. Secured Transactions

### Subtitle 3. Perfection and Priority

#### Section 9-333

(a) In this section, "possessory lien" means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien:

  (1) Which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course of the person's business;

  (2) Which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person; and

  (3) Whose effectiveness depends on the person's possession of the goods.

(b) A possessory lien on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a statute that expressly provides otherwise.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)