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Kentucky Property Lien Statutes - Kentucky Mechanics Lien Law | LienItNow
Kentucky Property Lien Statutes - Kentucky Mechanics Lien Law
The provisions of the Kentucky statutes that permit the filing of mechanics liens and materialman's liens can be found in Kentucky's Construction Lien Law, Kentucky Code § 376.010 et. seq. The full text of Kentucky Mechanics' and Materialman's 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 Kentucky Frequently Asked Questions page.
[ § 376.010 Mechanics’ and Materialman’s Liens; Filing of Statement of Amount Claimed; Notice to Owner or Agent; Definitions of “Labor” and “Supplies”]
[ § 376.020 Lien Follows Property if Executory Contract for Sale is Rescinded]
[ § 376.030 Eviction of Owner; Rights of Lienholder]
[ § 376.040 Forfeiture or Surrender of Lease; Removal of Improvements]
[ § 376.050 Mortgage for Building or Improvement Purposes to State Facts; Misapplication of Proceeds]
[ § 376.060 Sale or Mortgage of Property Subject to Lien; Proceeds to be Applied to Payment of Lien]
[ § 376.070 Contractor or Architect to Apply Payments to Claims; Exception Where Lien Waived]
[ § 376.075 Engineers’, Architects’, Landscape Architects’, Real Estate Brokers’, and Land Surveyors’ Liens; when Lien Not Required of Real Estate Broker; Filing Statement of Amount Claimed]
[ § 376.080 Lien Dissolved Unless Statement Filed with County Clerk and Copy Mailed to Property Owner; Form of Statement]
[ § 376.090 Limitation on Action to Enforce Lien; Priority of Lien]
[ § 376.100 Release of Lien by Execution of Bond]
[ § 376.110 Action to Enforce Lien; Referred to Master Commissioner; Special Commissioner]
[ § 376.120 Notice to Parties of Time and Place of Hearing by Commissioner]
[ § 376.130 Taking of Depositions and Hearing of Evidence by the Commissioner; Auditing of Accounts and Report on Claims]
[ § 376.210 Lien for Labor, Materials or Supplies Furnished on Public Improvement; Assertion, Filing and Enforcement]
[ § 376.212 Bond to Discharge Lien Created by Krs 376.210; Requirements; Liability of Obligors on Bond]
[ § 376.220 Limit of Amount of Lien; Pro Rata Distribution; Liability for Filing Claim in Excess of Amount Due]
[ § 376.230 Lien Dissolved Unless Statement Timely Filed with County Clerk; Form and Content of Statement; Duties and Fees of Clerk]
[ § 376.240 Perfecting a Lien on Funds Due Contractor from Public Authority]
[ § 376.250 Withholding by Public Authority of Funds Due Contractor and Their Payment to Lien Claimant; Protest by Contractor; Suit by Lien Claimant]
[ § 376.260 Action to Enforce Lien; Notice; Limitation; Proof of Use of Materials]
376.010 Mechanics’ and materialman’s liens; filing of statement of amount claimed; notice to owner or agent; definitions of “labor” and “supplies”
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376.020 Lien follows property if executory contract for sale is rescinded
376.030 Eviction of owner; rights of lienholder
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376.040 Forfeiture or surrender of lease; removal of improvements
If labor is performed or materials furnished by contract with the lessee of real property for a term of years, and if before the expiration of the term by lapse of time the lessee's interest therein shall, from any cause, be forfeited or surrendered to the lessor, and if the lessor refuses to pay for the labor or materials furnished, the person furnishing the labor or materials may remove the same from the premises, if this can be done without material injury to any previous improvement on the premises.
376.050 Mortgage for building or improvement purposes to state facts; misapplication of proceeds
76.060 Sale or mortgage of property subject to lien; proceeds to be applied to payment of lien
If the owner of any legal or equitable interest in land or improvements thereon contracts for labor or material used in the erection, repair or improvement of any structure thereon under such circumstances that a lien for the payment therefor may attach to the property, and sells or mortgages the property before the expiration of the time provided for the filing and recording of a mechanic's or materialman's lien, he shall, on receiving the consideration for the sale or the proceeds of the loan, pay in full any sum owing for the labor and materials, unless released in writing by the person furnishing the labor or materials. If the sum received is insufficient to make such payment in full, the owner shall make pro rata payments on all claims for such labor and materials.
376.070 Contractor or architect to apply payments to claims; exception where lien waived
(1) Any contractor, architect or other person who builds, repairs or improves the property of another under such circumstances that a mechanic's or materialman's lien may be imposed on the property shall, from the proceeds of any payment received from the owner, pay in full all persons who have furnished material or performed labor on the property. (2) If any payment by the owner to the contractor, architect or other person is not sufficient to pay in full all bills for material and labor, then such claims shall be paid on a pro rata basis to the amount of payments received, unless otherwise agreed between the contractor, architect or other person and the holder of the claim for material or labor. (3) This section shall not apply where persons furnishing material or performing labor have waived in writing their right to file mechanics' or materialmen's liens.
376.075 Engineers', architects', landscape architects', real estate brokers', and land surveyors' liens; when lien not required of real estate broker; filing statement of amount claimed
(5) Any lien created under this section shall be dissolved unless an action is brought to enforce the lien within twelve (12) months from the day of filing the statement in the clerk's office as required by subsection (4) of this section. If the lienholder complies with all filing requirements under this section, and does so within the time fixed, his lien shall be valid and effective against any creditor of, or bona fide or other purchaser from, the owner of the property.
(a) The owner or the owner's authorized agent:
2. Agrees in a written agreement to pay the broker a fee for his or her services as a buyer's representative; and
(b) The broker or the broker's affiliated sales associate provides licensed services that result, during the term of a written agreement described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, in the procuring of a person or entity ready, willing, and able to purchase, lease, or otherwise accept a conveyance of the property or any interest in the property:
2. Upon terms that are otherwise acceptable to the owner or the owner's authorized agent as evidenced by a written agreement to convey any interest in the property signed by the owner or the owner's authorized agent.
376.080 Lien dissolved unless statement filed with county clerk and copy mailed to property owner; form of statement
(1) Any lien provided for in KRS 376.010 shall be dissolved unless the claimant, within six (6) months after he ceases to labor or furnish materials, files in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the building or improvement is situated a statement of the amount due him, with all just credits and set-offs known to him, together with a description of the property intended to be covered by the lien sufficiently accurate to identify it, the name of the owner, if known, and whether the materials were furnished or the labor performed by contract with the owner or with a contractor or subcontractor. Lien statement forms shall require the name and address of the claimant. If the claimant is a corporation, the statement shall require the name and address of the corporation's process agent, or some other address at which service of process under the Rules of Civil Procedure may be accomplished. If no name and address is included in the statement, service of process in an action involving the real property may be accomplished by serving the person who signs the lien statement. This statement shall be subscribed and sworn to by the person claiming the lien or by someone in his behalf. The claimant shall send by regular mail a copy of the statement to the property owner at his last known address within seven (7) days of filing the statement with the county clerk. Any lien provided for in KRS 376.010 shall be dissolved if a copy of the statement is not sent to the property owner as provided in this subsection.
376.090 Limitation on action to enforce lien; priority of lien
(1) Any lien provided for in KRS 376.010 shall be deemed dissolved unless an action is brought to enforce the lien within twelve (12) months from the day of filing the statement in the clerk's office, as required by KRS 376.080. If the debtor against whose property the lien is claimed dies before the expiration of the time prescribed for bringing the action, a further period of six (6) months from the date of the qualification of his personal representative shall be allowed within which the action may be brought.
376.100 Release of lien by execution of bond
376.110 Action to enforce lien; referred to master commissioner; special commissioner
376.120 Notice to parties of time and place of hearing by commissioner
376.130 Taking of depositions and hearing of evidence by the commissioner; auditing of accounts and report on claims
376.210 Lien for labor, material, or supplies furnished on public improvement; assertion, filing, and enforcement
(2) Any person undertaking or expecting to furnish labor, materials, or supplies as provided in this section may acquire the lien herein provided by filing in the clerk's office of each county in which he has undertaken to furnish labor, materials, or supplies, except as provided in subsection (3), a statement in writing that he has undertaken and expects to furnish labor, materials, or supplies and the price at which they are to be furnished, and the lien for labor, material, or supplies furnished thereafter shall relate back and take effect from the date of the filing of the statement. In all cases of original construction the liens shall be prior to all liens theretofore or thereafter created on the part so constructed and on no other part.
(3) In all cases where the labor, materials, or supplies are furnished for the improvement of any public highway or other public property owned by the state or by any city, county, urban-county, or charter county government, the statement shall be filed in the county clerk's office of the county in which is located the seat of government of the owner of the property improved, and the lien shall attach only to any unpaid balance due the contractor for the improvement from the time a copy of the statement, attested by the county clerk, is delivered to the owner or the owner's authorized agent with whom the contract for improving the public highway or other public property was made.
376.212 Bond to discharge lien created by KRS 376.210; requirements; liability of obligors on bond
(4) The person asserting the lien may make the obligors on the bond parties to any action to enforce his claim, and any judgment received may be against any of the obligors on the bond."
376.220 Limit of amount of lien; pro rata distribution; liability for filing claim in excess of amount due
(3) If any person files a statement asserting a lien against any contractor on any fund due the contractor, for an amount in excess of the amount actually due, the person filing the lien shall be liable to any person damaged thereby to the extent of such damage, including reasonable court costs and attorney's fees incurred by the injured parties. Any such claim for damages may be asserted and prosecuted in the county in which the lien statement was filed.
376.230 Lien dissolved unless statement timely filed with county clerk; form and content of statement; duties and fees of clerk
(1) The lien provided for in KRS 376.210 shall be dissolved unless the person who furnishes the labor, materials, or supplies shall, whichever is later, within sixty (60) days after the last day of the month in which any labor, materials, or supplies were furnished, or by the date of substantial completion, file in the county clerk's office of each county in which labor, materials, or supplies were furnished, except as hereinafter provided, a statement in writing verified by affidavit of the claimant or his or her authorized agent or attorney, setting forth the amount due for which the lien is claimed, the date on which labor, materials, or supplies were last furnished and the name of the canal, railroad, bridge, public highway, or other public improvement upon which it is claimed.
(2) In all cases where a lien is claimed for labor, materials, or supplies furnished for the improvement of any bridge, public highway, or other public property owned by the state or by any county, charter county, urban-county, consolidated local government, or city, the statement of lien shall be filed only in the county clerk's office of the county in which the seat of government of the owner of the property is located.
(3) The county clerk, upon the filing of the statement, shall make an abstract and entry thereof as now provided by law in case of mechanics' liens in the same book used for that purpose, and shall make proper index thereof. The clerk shall be paid by the party filing the claim, and for attesting any copy of the lien statement. If he or she is required to make the copy, he or she may make an additional charge as provided by law. The clerk's fees shall be determined pursuant to KRS 64.012. All of these charges may be recovered by the lien claimant as costs from the party and out of the fund against which the claim is filed.
376.240 Perfecting a lien on funds due contractor from public authority
Upon the filing of the statement of lien provided for in subsection (2) of KRS 376.230 in the county clerk's office and the delivery of an attested copy thereof to the public authority making the contract for the improvement of any bridge, public highway or other public property owned by the state or any county or city, and the filing with the public authority of a signed copy of a letter addressed to the contractor or subcontractor at his address given in the contract, with a post office receipt showing that an attested copy of the lien statement has been sent by the lien claimant to the contractor or subcontractor by certified mail, return receipt requested or by registered mail, the claimant shall have a lien superior to any lien subsequently perfected on any unpaid balance due the contractor under the contract of improvement.
376.250 Withholding by public authority of funds due contractor and their payment to lien claimant; protest by contractor; suit by lien claimant
(2) Unless the contractor, within thirty (30) days from the date of the delivery of the attested copy, files with the public authority a written protest putting in issue the correctness of the amount due the lien claimant or the liability of the fund for payment thereof, the amount withheld shall be paid by the public authority to the lien claimant and charged to the account of the contractor, which payment shall operate as a pro tanto release of the public authority from any claim of the contractor under the contract for the amount so paid. The filing in the county clerk's office of the statement of lien provided for in KRS 376.230(2) shall be constructive notice to the contractor of the filing of the claim.
376.260 Action to enforce lien; notice; limitation; proof of use of materials
(1) Any lien acquired under KRS 376.210 shall be enforced by proper proceedings in equity, to which other lien-holders shall be made parties. If a court action is filed to enforce a lien acquired under KRS 376.210 and the owner of the property is the state, a subdivision or agency thereof, or any city, county, urban-county, or charter county government, that owner shall be given notice of the court action to enforce the lien, but that owner shall not be required to respond to or participate in the court action. The proceedings shall be begun within six (6) months from the filing of the claim in the county clerk's office, except as provided in subsection (4) of KRS 376.250. (2) If, in any suit brought for the enforcement of a lien, it is shown by evidence that the items embraced in the account were sold and delivered for use on a particular project or public work, that evidence shall make out a prima facie case that those items were used in the performance of the contract.