34 (1) A lien may be preserved during the supplying of services or materials or at any time before it expires, (a)  where the lien attaches to the premises, by the registration in the proper land registry office of a claim for lien on the title of the premises in accordance with this Part; and (b)  where the lien does not attach to the premises, by giving to the owner a copy of the claim for lien.  R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30, s. 34 (1); 2010, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 2 (5); 2017, c. 24, s. 63, 64, 68, 70, 71. (2) Repealed: 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (2). Premises owned by Crown (3) Where the owner of the premises is the Crown, the copy of the claim for lien shall be given to the prescribed office, or, where no office has been prescribed, to the ministry or Crown agency for whom the improvement is made.  R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30, s. 34 (3); 2010, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 2 (7); 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (3), 63, 71. Premises owned by municipality (3.1) Where the owner of the premises is a municipality, the copy of the claim for lien shall be given to the clerk of the municipality. 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (4). Railway right-of-way (4) Where the premises is a railway right-of-way, the copy of the claim for lien shall be given to the manager or any person apparently in charge of any office of the railway in Ontario.  R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30, s. 34 (4); 2010, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 2 (7); 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (5), 63. Contents of claim for lien (5) Every claim for lien shall set out, (a)  the name and address for service of the person claiming the lien or, in the case of a claim on behalf of a worker by a workers’ trust fund, the name and address of the trustee; (a.1)  the name and address of the owner of the premises and of the person for whom the services or materials were supplied; (a.2)  the time within which the services or materials were supplied; (b)  a short description of the services or materials that were supplied; (c)  the contract price or subcontract price; (d)  the amount claimed in respect of services or materials that have been supplied; and (e)  a description of the premises, (i)  where the lien attaches to the premises, sufficient for registration under the Land Titles Act
or the Registry Act, as the case may be, or (ii)  where the lien does not attach to the premises, being the address or other identification of the location of the premises.  R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30, s. 34 (5); 2010, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 2 (8); 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (6, 7), 63, 70, 71. (6) Repealed:  2010, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 2 (9). Preservation of general lien (7) Subject to subsection 44 (4) (apportionment), a general lien shall be preserved against each of the premises that the person having the lien desires the lien to continue to apply against, and the claim against each premises may be for the price of the services or materials that have been supplied to all the premises.  R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30, s. 34 (7); 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (8), 66, 72. Who may join in claim (8) Any number of persons having liens upon the same premises may unite in a claim for lien.  R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30, s. 34 (8); 2010, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 2 (10); 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (9). Notice of preservation of lien re common elements of condominium (9) A person who preserves a lien under this section that relates, in whole or in part, to an improvement to the common elements of a corporation under the Condominium Act, 1998 shall give notice of the lien’s preservation, in the prescribed form, to the corporation and to each person who is, (a)  in the case of a corporation that is not a common elements condominium corporation, as defined in that Act, an owner of a unit in the corporation; and (b)  in the case of a common elements condominium corporation, an owner of a parcel of land mentioned in subsection 139 (1) of that Act to which a common interest is attached and which is described in the declaration of the corporation. 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (10). Adjudication and expiry (10) If the matter that is the subject of a lien that has not expired is also a matter that is the subject of an adjudication under Part II.1, the lien is deemed, for the purposes of this section only, to have expired on the later of the date on which the lien would expire under section 31 and the conclusion of the 45-day period next following the receipt by the adjudicator of documents under section 13.11. 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (11). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2010, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 2 (5-7, 9, 10) - 01/07/2011; 2010, c. 16, Sched. 2, s. 2 (8) - 25/10/2010 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (1, 3, 5, 7-9), 63, 64, 66, 68, 70-72 - 12/12/2017; 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (2, 4, 11) - 01/10/2019; 2017, c. 24, s. 29 (6, 10) - 01/07/2018 Exaggerated, false claims