we are a manufacturer in OR and ship materials to customers all over the US on mutually agreed upon dates. Sometimes customers ask us to postpone shipping and store the materials for a period of time which we do for a fee (customer is made aware). If the customer subsequently pays for the materials but won't pay the agreed upon storage fees, can we file a lien on just the storage fees?
Please have an attorney respond to this question. OR allows liens to be filed on storage fees in Oregon. If we stored the materials for a time in OR, then shipped them to NY, and the customer in NY paid for the material but is refusing to pay the storage fees, can we file a lien in NY for those fees?
As an fyi, the customer advised they knew there was a fee for the storage and asked us to add it to their final invoice, so there is an established written contract.