New York Consolidated Laws, General Business Law - GBS § 608. Unlawful detention of goods

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-209 of the uniform commercial code, no warehouseman shall have a lien on any household goods stored by him in a particular case where the charges demanded for storage are in excess of the charges permitted by this article.

2. It shall constitute an unlawful detention of goods for a warehouseman to refuse to surrender household goods stored by him for a consumer bailor upon payment by the consumer bailor of the storage charges permitted by this article.