{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-333","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 36-9-333","heading":"Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.","body":"(a) In this section, \"possessory lien\" means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien:\n(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;\n(2) which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person; and\n(3) whose effectiveness depends on the person's possession of the goods.\n(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.","path":["Title 36 - COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 9 Commercial Code—Secured Transactions","Part 3 Perfection and Priority"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t36c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:08:49Z","sha256":"6f2047704d72a213139e5c61e51c74c37c8849e1ed40f57e8ef25b02de217173","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-332","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-36-9-334"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}