Beck v. Hy-Tech Performance, Inc.

OPINION

NORRIS, Judge.

¶ 1 The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether Arizona’s garage lien statute, Arizona Revised Statutes (“AR.S.”) section 33-1022(A) (2014), creates a lien in favor of a garage proprietor when the owner of a motor vehicle agrees to the amount of some, but not all, of the charges for repairs.1 We hold that it does.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

¶2 In February 2012, Plaintiff/Appellant Martin Beck dropped off a 1985 Jaguar he and his wife, Sherry, owned at a garage, Defendant/Appellee Hy-Tech Performance, Inc., with instructions to fix an idling problem so it would…