(A) After receipt of a notice to commence suit pursuant to section 1311.78 of the Revised Code, a lien claimant may maintain a lien that is perfected pursuant to section 1311.73 of the Revised Code if, within sixty days after receipt of the notice, he complies with division (C) of this section and files for record with the United States federal aviation administration an affidavit that contains all of the following information:

(1) The name and address of the lien claimant and the owner of the aircraft that is subject to the lien;

(2) The date the lien claimant commenced an action to enforce the lien;

(3) The court of record wherein the action was commenced and the address of that court;

(4) The style of the case and the case identification number.

(B) The lien claimant shall attach to the affidavit a description of the manner in which he served a copy of the affidavit upon the owner of the aircraft and a certified mail return receipt indicating the service or attempted service of the affidavit or a certificate of publication of the affidavit from the newspaper that published the affidavit.

(C) A lien claimant who wishes to maintain a lien pursuant to division (A) of this section shall serve a copy of the affidavit required by this section upon the owner of the aircraft that is the subject of the lien by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address of the owner as stated in the notice to commence suit or as last recorded with the United States federal aviation administration. Service of the affidavit is deemed completed when a return receipt is received by the lien claimant indicating delivery of the affidavit. If a return receipt shows a failure or refusal of delivery, service is deemed completed after the lien claimant mails a second copy of the affidavit by ordinary mail, provided that the affidavit is not returned by the postal authorities within fourteen days after the date of mailing with an endorsement showing failure of delivery.

(D) If service of the affidavit cannot be made at the address stated in the notice or last recorded with the United States federal aviation administration, and if the lien claimant cannot locate the owner by diligent search, the affidavit may be served by publication once each week for six consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the owner's address as stated in the notice is located. Service is complete on the date of the last publication.

Effective Date: 04-16-1993 .