Retention of Article (RSLA)

Repair and Storage Liens Act, R.S.O. 1990

Retention of article

17 (1) A lien claimant who has a right to sell an article may propose, in lieu of selling it, to retain the article in satisfaction of the amount of the lien claimed by giving written notice of the proposal to the persons entitled to notice under subsection 15 (2). R.S.O. 1990, c. R.25, s. 17 (1).

(2) Where a person entitled to notice under subsection (1) gives the lien claimant a written objection to the proposal within thirty days of the receipt of the proposal, the lien claimant, subject to subsections (3) and (4), shall sell the article in accordance with section 15. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.25, s. 17 (2).

(3) Upon application to the Superior Court of Justice and upon notice to every person who has given a written objection to the proposal, the court may order that the objection is ineffective because,

(a) the objection was made for a purpose other than the protection of the interest in the article of the person who made the objection; or

(b) the fair market value of the article is less than the amount of the lien of the lien claimant and the estimated expenses to which the lien claimant is entitled under this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.25, s. 17 (3); 2000, c. 26, Sched. B, s. 18 (1).

(4) If no effective objection is made, the lien claimant, at the expiration of the thirty-day period mentioned in subsection (2), shall be deemed to have irrevocably elected to retain the article and thereafter is entitled to hold or dispose of the article free from the rights and interests of every person to whom the written notice of the proposal was given. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.25, s. 17 (4).

Proper court

25 An application under this Part may be brought in any court of appropriate monetary jurisdiction. R.S.O. 1990, c. R.25, s. 25.

31 (1) A sheriff acting under a direction to seize an article or a writ of seizure, or a bailiff acting under a writ of seizure, may use reasonable force to enter land and premises if the sheriff or bailiff believes, on reasonable and probable grounds, that the article to be seized is there and reasonable force may be used to execute the direction or writ.

(2) A sheriff acting under a direction to seize an article or a writ of seizure, or a bailiff acting under a writ of seizure, in respect of an article in a dwelling shall not use force to enter the dwelling or to execute the direction or writ except under the authority of,

(a) the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, in the case of a direction to seize an article;

(b) the order of the court that issued the writ, in the case of a writ of seizure.