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Virginia Property Lien Statutes - Virginia Mechanics Lien Law | LienItNow
Virginia Property Lien Statutes - Virginia Mechanics Lien Law
The provisions of the Virginia statutes that permit the filing of mechanics liens and materialman's liens on construction projects can be found in Virginia's Mechanics' and Materialmen's Lien Law, VA Code Ann. § 43-1 et. seq. The full text of the Virginia Construction Lien Law is provided below, and has been updated as of 2011. To see a quick synopsis of the most important provisions, take a look at our Virginia Frequently Asked Questions page.
[ § 43-1. Definitions]
[ § 43-2. Structures, Materials, Etc., Deemed Permanently Annexed to Freehold]
[ § 43-3. Lien for Work Done and Materials Furnished; Waiver of Right to File or Enforce Lien]
[ § 43-4. Perfection of Lien by General Contractor; Recordation and Notice]
[ § 43-4.01. Posting of Building Permit; Identification of Mechanics’ Lien Agent in Building Permit; Notice to Mechanics’ Lien Agent; Effect of Notice]
[ § 43-4.1. Liens to be Recorded in Deed Books and Indexed in General Index of Deeds]
[ § 43-5. Sufficiency of Memorandum and Affidavit Required by § 43-4]
[ § 43-6. Repealed by Acts 1968, C. 568]
[ § 43-7. Perfection of Lien by Subcontractor; Extent of Lien; Affirmative Defense; Provisions Relating to Time-Share Estates]
[ § 43-8. Sufficiency of Memorandum, Affidavit and Notice Required by § 43-7]
[ § 43-9. Perfection of Lien by Person Performing Labor or Furnishing Materials for a Subcontractor; Extent of Lien]
[ § 43-10. Sufficiency of Memorandum, Affidavit and Notice Required by § 43-9]
[ § 43-11. How Owner or General Contractor Made Personally Liable to Subcontractor, Laborer or Materialman]
[ § 43-12. Repealed by Acts 1968, C. 568]
[ § 43-13. Funds Paid to General Contractor or Subcontractor Must be Used to Pay Persons Performing Labor or Furnishing Material]
[ § 43-13.1. Use of Lien Waiver Form; Forgery or Signing Without Authority]
[ § 43-13.2. When an Affidavit or a Signed Statement of Payment Required of Owner Prior to Sale]
[ § 43-13.3. An Affidavit or a Signed Statement of Payment Required of Owner Prior to Sale or Refinance; Penalty]
[ § 43-14. Repealed by Acts 1968, C. 568]
[ § 43-14.1. Service of Notices]
[ § 43-15. Inaccuracies in Memorandum or Description Not Affecting Lien]
[ § 43-16. What Owner May do when Contractor Fails or Refuses to Complete Building, Etc.]
[ § 43-17. Limitation on Suit to Enforce Lien]
[ § 43-17.1. Hearing on Validity of Lien]
[ § 43-18. Lien of General Contractor to Inure to Benefit of Subcontractor]
[ § 43-19. Validity and Priority of Lien Not Affected by Assignments]
[ § 43-20. Extent of Lien Where Owner Has Less than Fee in Land]
[ § 43-21. Priorities Between Mechanics’ and Other Liens]
[ § 43-22. How Liens Enforced]
[ § 43-23. Priority Among Liens Perfected Under this Chapter]
[ § 43-23.1. Forfeiture of Lien]
[ § 43-23.2. Remedies Cumulative]
[ § 43-64. How Notices Served, Acts Done, Etc., in Case of Bankruptcy, Death or Absconding]
[ § 43-65. Protection of Assignees, Transferees or Endorsees of Debts Secured by Mechanics’ or Crop Liens]
[ § 43-66. Purchaser Not Affected by Liens of Mutual Assurance Society Against Fire]
[ § 43-67. Release of Mechanic’s Lien upon Payment or Satisfaction]
[ § 43-68. Releases Made by Court]
[ § 43-69. Repealed by Acts 1994, C. 432]
[ § 43-70. Release of Mechanic’s Lien upon Payment into Court or Filing of Bond After Suit Brought]
[ § 43-71. Release of Mechanic’s Lien upon Payment into Court or Filing Bond Before Suit]
Virginia Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens - Lien Law for Construction Projects
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§ 43-4.01. Posting of building permit; identification of mechanics’ lien agent in building permit; notice to mechanics’ lien agent; effect of notice
.................... (address), on ................. (date of mailing).
County (or city) of ...................., to wit:
I, .................... (notary or other officer) for the county (or city) aforesaid, do certify that claimant, or ..............., agent for claimant, this day made oath before me in my county (or city) aforesaid that .......... (the owner) is justly indebted to claimant in the sum of ............... dollars, for the consideration stated in the foregoing memorandum, and that the same is payable as therein stated.
Given under my hand this the .......... day of ....., 20....
................................... (Notary Public or Magistrate, et cetera.)
§ 43-8. Sufficiency of memorandum, affidavit and notice required by § 43-7
..............................(Name of claimant)
County (or city) of .................... to wit:
I, .................... (notary or other officer) for the county (or city) aforesaid, do certify that ..............., claimant, or ..............., agent for claimant, this day made oath before me in my county (or city) aforesaid that .................... is justly indebted to claimant in the sum of ............... dollars, for the consideration stated in the foregoing memorandum, and that the same is payable as therein stated.
Given under my hand this the ...... day of .........., 20 ....
To .................... (owner).
You are hereby notified that .................... (general contractor) is indebted to me in the sum of ............... dollars ($ ..........) with interest thereon from the .......... day of .........., 20 ..., for work done (or materials furnished, as the case may be,) in and about the construction (or removal, etc.,) of a .................... (describe structure, whether dwelling, store, or etc.,) which he has contracted to construct (or remove, etc.,) for you or on property owned by you in the county (or city) of .........., and that I have duly recorded a mechanic’s lien for the same.
Given under my hand this the ............... day of .............., 20 ....
................................... (Subcontractor).
§ 43-10. Sufficiency of memorandum, affidavit and notice required by § 43-9
..............................(Name of claimant).
.......... (Signature of claimant or agent for claimant).
I, ......................... (notary or other officer) for the county (or city) aforesaid do certify that .......... claimant, or .........., agent for claimant, this day made oath before me in my county (or city) aforesaid that ............... is justly indebted to claimant in the sum of .......... dollars for the consideration stated in the foregoing memorandum, and that the same is payable as therein stated.
Given under my hand this the ......................... day of ................, 20....
................................... (Notary Public or
.............................. and
You are hereby notified that ...................., a subcontractor under you, said .................. (general contractor) for the construction (or removal, etc.,) of a ............ (describe structure) for you, or on property owned by you, said .................... (owner) is indebted to me in the sum of ......................... dollars ($ ...............) with interest thereon from the day of ........, 20....., for work done (or materials furnished) in and about the construction (or removal, etc.,) of said .................................................. (naming structure), situate in the county (or city) of Virginia, and that I have duly recorded a mechanic’s lien for the same.
Given under my hand this the day of ..............., 20........
................................... (Sub-subcontractor).
§ 43-11. How owner or general contractor made personally liable to subcontractor, laborer or materialman
§ 43-13.3. An affidavit or a signed statement of payment required of owner prior to sale or refinance; penalty
§ 43-23.1. Forfeiture of lien
§ 43-64. How notices served, acts done, etc., in case of bankruptcy, death or absconding
§ 43-65. Protection of assignees, transferees or endorsees of debts secured by mechanics’ or crop liens
§ 43-70. Release of mechanic’s lien upon payment into court or filing of bond after suit brought
In any suit brought under the provisions of § 43-22, the owner of the building and premises to which the lien, or liens, sought to be enforced shall have attached, the general contractor for such building or other parties in interest may, after five days’ notice to the lienor, or lienors, apply to the court in which such suit shall be pending, or to the judge thereof in vacation, for permission to pay into court an amount of money sufficient to discharge such lien, or liens, and the costs of the suit or for permission to file a bond in the penalty of double the amount of such lien, or liens, and costs, with surety to be approved by the court, or judge, conditioned for the payment of such judgment adjudicating the lien or liens to be valid and determining the amount for which the same would have been enforceable against the real estate as may be rendered by the court upon the hearing of the case on its merits, which permission shall be granted by the court, or judge, in either such case, unless good cause be shown against the same by some party in interest.
Upon the payment of such money into court, or upon the filing of such bond, as the case may be, after the court has granted permission for the same to be done, the property affected thereby shall stand released from such lien, or liens, and the money so paid in, or the bond so filed, as the case may be, shall be subject to the final judgment of the court upon the hearing of the case on its merits.
§ 43-71. Release of mechanic’s lien upon payment into court or filing bond before suit