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AB-501 Liens on aircraft: sale.(2025-2026)

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Date Published: 05/12/2025 09:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Assembly  May 12, 2025
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 03, 2025
Amended  IN  Assembly  March 24, 2025

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 501

Introduced by Assembly Member Papan

February 10, 2025

An act to amend Section 1208.66 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil proceedings.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 501, as amended, Papan. Liens on aircraft: sale.
Under existing law a person has a lien, dependent upon possession, for the amount the person is owed for any services, materials, or storage provided for any aircraft, unless specified exceptions apply. If the lienholder is not paid the amount due within 10 days of its due date, the lienholder may sell the property at public auction. Prior to selling the property, the lienholder must publish a notice of sale in a newspaper published in the county or, if there is no such newspaper, in three of the most public places in the city or place where airplanes are sold, as specified.
This bill would increase the notice requirement to require the lienholder, where there is no newspaper in the county, to publish a notice of sale in five of the most public places in the city or place where airplanes are sold. sold and, if known, at the airport at which the aircraft is located.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 1208.66 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended to read:

1208.66.
 Prior to any such sale the lienholder shall publish a notice of the sale pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code in a newspaper published in the county in which the aircraft is situated, or if there is no such newspaper, by posting notice of sale in five of the most public places in the city or place where such aircraft is to be sold and, if known, at the airport at which the aircraft is located, for 10 days previous prior to the date of the sale. Prior to the sale of any aircraft to satisfy any such lien, 20 days’ notice by registered mail shall be given to the legal owner as it appears in the registration certificate.