{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-445.619","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.619","heading":"Moldbuilder; lien; requirements.","body":"Sec. 9.\n\nA moldbuilder shall permanently record on every die, mold, or form that the moldbuilder fabricates, repairs, or modifies the moldbuilder's name, street address, city, and state.\n\nA moldbuilder shall file a financing statement in accordance with the requirements of section 9502 of the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.9502.\n\nA moldbuilder has a lien on any die, mold, or form identified pursuant to subsection (1). The amount of the lien is the amount that a customer or molder owes the moldbuilder for the fabrication, repair, or modification of the die, mold, or form. The information that the moldbuilder is required to record on the die, mold, or form under subsection (1) and the financing statement required under subsection (2) shall constitute actual and constructive notice of the moldbuilder's lien on the die, mold, or form.\n\nThe moldbuilder's lien attaches when actual or constructive notice is received. The moldbuilder retains the lien that attaches under this section even if the moldbuilder is not in physical possession of the die, mold, or form for which the lien is claimed.\n\nThe lien remains valid until the first of the following events takes place:\n\nThe moldbuilder is paid the amount owed by the customer or molder.\n\nThe customer receives a verified statement from the molder that the molder has paid the amount for which the lien is claimed.\n\nThe financing statement is terminated.\n\nThe priority of a lien created under this act on the same die, mold, or form shall be determined by the time the lien attaches. The first lien to attach shall have priority over liens that attach subsequent to the first lien.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 445","Act Act-155-of-1981"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-445-619","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"acaa46f2a23c8af2b2a871532e6ebddfc012d7fc2cf80fdb6cacd0fca83726d1","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-445.618d","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-445.620"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}