The application described in section 49-61 may be in the following form:

“To ...., a Judge of the Superior Court for the judicial district of ....:

The application of C.D. of the Town (or City) of ...., in the County of ...., and judicial district of ...., shows that he is the owner (or sets forth other legal or equitable interest) of the following personal property, viz.:

Such personal property is now held by A.B. of the Town (or City) of ...., in the County of ...., and judicial district of .... under a claim of lien for storage of such personal property, (or for care, cartage, freight, work and material, etc., as the case may be), and that he is desirous that such lien be dissolved upon the substitution of a bond, with surety, according to the statute.

Dated at .... the .... day of ...., 20...

C.D. (or C.D. by X, his attorney).”

(1949 Rev., S. 7241; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 197; P.A. 74-183, S. 276, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 239, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 65, 127; P.A. 79-602, S. 122; P.A. 80-483, S. 146, 186.)

History: 1959 act revised form to replace justice of the peace with circuit court judge as addressee; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court judge with judge of common pleas court as addressee, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced common pleas court judge with superior court judge as addressee, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 replaced “county” with “judicial district” or added references to judicial districts in conjunction with references to counties as the context requires; P.A. 79-602 added specific reference to Sec. 49-61; P.A. 80-483 made technical grammatical correction; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the reference in this section to the date “19..” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium).