Consumer Warranty Law: 19.10.1.1 Consumer’s Remedy When Repair Shop Has No Right to Retain the Car
A repair shop’s right to keep the car until it receives payment in full is based on a statutory or common law lien allowing a merchant to retain a good based on improvements made to that good.245 A repair shop will be liable for the tort of conversion if it retains a car when it does not have a valid lien,246 or sells the car pursuant to a valid lien when the sale does not follow proper procedures.247 Generally, conversion requires intentional cond