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PART III
COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
(Chapters 211 through 262)
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TITLE IV
CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
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CHAPTER 254
LIENS ON BUILDINGS AND LAND
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Section 1
Labor performed; limitation on lien; filing
Section 2
Written contract; notice; time for filing; form
Section 2A
Written contract; substantial completion; definitions; notice; filing; form; certified mail
Section 2B
Termination of written contract; notice; filing; form; certified mail
Section 2C
Design professional’s lien upon real property; form and filing of notice
Section 2D
Subcontractor of design professional; lien; form and filing of notice
Section 3
Repealed, 1996, 364, Sec. 4
Section 4
Subcontractors; written contract; notice; filing; form; indirect contractual relationship; notice of identification
Section 5
Enforcement of lien; procedure
Section 5A
Court order authorizing sale of real estate; procedure
Section 6
Public property; exemption
Section 7
Mortgages; invalidity of subsequent liens
Section 8
Statement of amount due; time for filing; dissolution of lien
Section 9
Notice or statement; public inspection; recording
Section 10
Dissolution by notice
Section 11
Action to enforce lien; time to commence; validity of lien
Section 12
Written contract; recording of bond; form; enforcement
Section 13
Attachments
Section 14
Dissolution by bond recording; labor and materials; form of bond
Section 15
Dissolution by judgment
Section 15A
Application to court for order ruling on or discharging lien
Section 16
Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 322
Section 17
Claims; allowance
Section 18
Sale of property
Section 19
Notice of sale
Section 20
Redemption; limitation
Section 21
Distribution of assets
Section 22
Costs
Section 23
Original owner; death or conveyance of interest; action to enforce lien
Section 24
Death of creditor; effect
Section 25
Estate less than fee simple; effect of sale
Section 26
Remedies
Section 27
Written contract; form of notice
Section 28
Subcontractor; written contract; notice; filing; form
Section 29
Laws applicable to Sec. 27 or 28
Section 30
Recording; duty of register of deeds
Section 31
Apportionment; priority; proceedings; public contracts
Section 32
Void and unenforceable covenants, promises, etc.; exceptions
Section 33
Mortgagee’s right to withhold funding, financing or payment for labor and materials
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