§ 9-3-11. Liability where lien is not honored.
Any insurance carrier making any payment to the owner, his or her representative, or assignee as compensation for the repair of damage to the vehicle after the mailing of the notice without paying to the repairer the amount of his or her lien or so much thereof as can be satisfied out of the money due under any final judgment or compromise or settlement agreement after paying the amount of any prior liens, shall, for a period of one year from the date of payment to the owner, his or her representative, or assignee, be and remain liable to the repairer for the amount which the repairer was entitled to receive; and any such repairer may, within such period, enforce his or her lien by a suit at law against the insurance carrier making the payment.
History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 40, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action
Section 9-3-1. - Attorney’s lien — Creation.
Section 9-3-2. - Operation of attorney’s lien.
Section 9-3-3. - Enforcement of attorney’s lien.
Section 9-3-4. - Hospital lien on claim for personal injuries.
Section 9-3-5. - Notice of hospital lien.
Section 9-3-6. - Liability for payments to patient without honoring hospital lien.
Section 9-3-7. - Examination of hospital records.
Section 9-3-8. - Hospital lien docket.
Section 9-3-9. - Motor vehicle repairer’s lien.
Section 9-3-10. - Notice of repairer’s lien.
Section 9-3-11. - Liability where lien is not honored.
Section 9-3-12. - Motor vehicle lessor’s lien.