{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-333","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 62A.9A-333","heading":"Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.","body":"(a) \"Possessory lien.\" 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) Priority of possessory lien. A possessory lien on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods only if the lien is created by a statute that expressly so provides.\n(c) A preparer lien or processor lien properly created pursuant to chapter 60.13 RCW or a depositor's lien created pursuant to chapter 22.09 RCW takes priority over any perfected or unperfected security interest.","path":["Title 62A","Chapter 62A.9A"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=62A.9A-333","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:39:28Z","sha256":"5c29fbf09a32e462e2413049f3a8e38beeff6fe4a646edab3840fa6ba915dec0","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-332","next":"us-wa/rcw-62a.9a-334"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}