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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="9-333" title_number="9" title_name="Secured Transactions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Perfection and Priority">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “possessory lien” means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Whose effectiveness depends on the person’s possession of the goods.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
