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NY Lien L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 11 - Service of Copy of Notice of Lien.

§  11.  Service  of copy of notice of lien. Within five days before or   thirty days after filing the notice of lien, the lienor  shall  serve  a   copy  of  such  notice  upon  the  owner,  if  a  natural person, (a) by   delivering the same to him personally, or if the owner cannot be  found,   to  his  agent or attorney, or (b) by leaving it at his last known place   of residence in the city or town in which the real property or some part   thereof is situated, with a person of suitable age  and  discretion,  or   (c) by registered or certified mail addressed to his last known place of   residence,  or  (d)  if such owner has no such residence in such city or   town, or cannot be found, and he has no agent or attorney, by affixing a   copy thereof conspicuously on such property, between the hours  of  nine   o'clock  in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon; if the owner   be a corporation, said service shall be made (i) by delivering such copy   to and leaving the same with the president, vice-president, secretary or   clerk to the corporation,  the  cashier,  treasurer  or  a  director  or   managing  agent  thereof,  personally, within the state, or (ii) if such   officer cannot be found within the state  by  affixing  a  copy  thereof   conspicuously  on such property between the hours of nine o'clock in the   forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon, or (iii)  by  registered  or   certified mail addressed to its last known place of business. Failure to   file  proof  of  such a service with the county clerk within thirty-five   days after the notice of lien is filed shall terminate the notice  as  a   lien.  Until  service of the notice has been made, as above provided, an   owner, without knowledge of the lien, shall be protected in any  payment   made in good faith to any contractor or other person claiming a lien.
NY Lien L § 11-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 11-A - Notice of Completion and Acceptance May Be Demanded.

§ 11-a. Notice of completion and acceptance may be demanded. 1. At any   time  before  the  construction or demolition of a public improvement is   completed and  accepted  by  the  state  or  any  political  subdivision   thereof,  or  by  a  public  corporation or within thirty days thereof a   person performing work for or furnishing materials to a contractor,  his   subcontractor,  assignee  or  legal  representative  may  file a written   demand requiring notice of completion and acceptance  be  given  to  him   upon the happening of such event.2.  Such  demand  shall  be  filed  with the head of the department or   bureau having charge of the construction or demolition. It  shall  state   the  name  and  address  of  the  one making the demand; the name of the   contractor  or  subcontractor  for  whom  the  labor  was  performed  or   materials  furnished;  the estimated amount of the entire value thereof;   and a description of the public improvement upon  which  the  labor  was   performed or the materials furnished.3.  Within  five  days  of any completion and acceptance in respect to   which a demand for notice has been filed pursuant to the  provisions  of   this section the head of the department or bureau issuing the same shall   cause written notice thereof to be mailed to the name and address of the   one making the demand as recited therein.4.  The  failure  by  the  state, public corporation or any officer or   employee thereof to give the notice required by this section  shall  not   give rise to any cause of action; extend any period of time within which   an act must be performed; or otherwise alter, affect or impair any other   right or duty.
NY Lien L § 11-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 11-B - Copy of Notice of Lien to a Contractor or Subcontractor.

§  11-b.  Copy  of  notice  of  lien to a contractor or subcontractor.   Within five days before or thirty days after filing a notice of lien  in   accordance  with  section  ten  of  this  chapter  or  the  filing of an   amendment of notice of lien in accordance with section twelve-a of  this   chapter  the  lienor  shall  serve a copy of such notice or amendment by   certified mail on  the  contractor,  subcontractor,  assignee  or  legal   representative  for  whom  he  was  employed  or  to  whom  he furnished   materials or if the lienor is  a  contractor  or  subcontractor  to  the   person,  firm  or  corporation with whom the contract was made. A lienor   having a direct contractual  relationship  with  a  subcontractor  or  a   sub-subcontractor  but  not with a contractor shall also serve a copy of   such notice or amendment by certified mail to the contractor. Failure to   file proof of such a service with the county  clerk  within  thirty-five   days  after  the notice of lien is filed shall terminate the notice as a   lien. Any lienor, or a person acting on behalf of a lienor, who fails to   serve a copy of the notice of lien as required by this section shall  be   liable for reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses, as determined   by the court, incurred in obtaining such copy.
NY Lien L § 11-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 11-C - Copy of Notice of Lien to a Contractor or Subcontractor With Respect to Public Improvements Liens.

§  11-c.  Copy of notice of lien to a contractor or subcontractor with   respect to  public  improvements  liens.  Within  five  days  before  or   simultaneously  with  filing a notice of lien in accordance with section   twelve of this chapter or the filing of an amendment of a notice of lien   in accordance with section twelve-a of this chapter with  respect  to  a   public improvement lien, the lienor shall serve a copy of such notice or   amendment  by  certified mail on the contractor, subcontractor, assignee   or legal representative for whom he was employed or to whom he furnished   materials or if the lienor is  a  contractor  or  subcontractor  to  the   person,  firm  or  corporation with whom the contract was made. A lienor   having a direct contractual  relationship  with  a  subcontractor  or  a   sub-subcontractor  but  not with a contractor shall also serve a copy of   such notice or amendment by certified mail to the contractor. The notice   of lien so filed shall contain thereon or there shall be filed therewith   proof of service of a copy of said lien upon the parties required to  be   served  pursuant  to  this  section,  and  failure to file proof of such   service shall render the notice of lien a  nullity.  Any  lienor,  or  a   person  acting  on  behalf of a lienor, who fails to serve a copy of the   notice of  lien  as  required  by  this  section  shall  be  liable  for   reasonable  attorney's  fees,  costs  and expenses, as determined by the   court, incurred in obtaining such copy.
NY Lien L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 12 - Notice of Lien on Account of Public Improvements.

§  12.  Notice  of lien on account of public improvements. At any time   before the  construction  or  demolition  of  a  public  improvement  is   completed  and  accepted  by the state or by the public corporation, and   within thirty days  after  such  completion  and  acceptance,  a  person   performing  work  for  or  furnishing  materials  to  a  contractor, his   subcontractor, assignee or legal representative, may file  a  notice  of   lien  with  the  head  of the department or bureau having charge of such   construction or demolition and with the comptroller of the state or with   the financial officer of the public corporation,  or  other  officer  or   person  charged  with  the  custody  and  disbursements  of the state or   corporate funds applicable to the contract  under  which  the  claim  is   made.  The  notice shall state the name and residence of the lienor, the   name of the contractor or subcontractor for whom the labor was performed   or materials furnished, the amount claimed to be due or to  become  due,   the  date  when  due, a description of the public improvement upon which   the labor was performed  and  materials  expended,  the  kind  of  labor   performed  and  materials furnished, and materials actually manufactured   for but not delivered to such public improvement,  and  give  a  general   description  of  the  contract pursuant to which such public improvement   was constructed or demolished. If the  lienor  is  a  partnership  or  a   corporation,  the  notice  shall  state  the  business  address  of such   partnership or corporation, the names of the partners, and if a  foreign   corporation,  its  principal  place of business within the state. If the   name of the contractor or subcontractor is not known to the  lienor,  it   may  be  so  stated  in the notice, and a failure to state correctly the   name of the contractor or subcontractor shall not affect the validity of   the lien. The notice must be verified by the lienor or his agent, to the   effect that the  statements  therein  contained  are  true  to  his  own   knowledge,  except  as  to  the  matters therein stated to be alleged on   information and belief, and that as to those matters he believes  it  to   be  true.  The  comptroller of the state or the financial officer of the   public corporation or other officer or person charged with  the  custody   and  disbursements  of  the  state  or corporate funds applicable to the   contract under which the claim is made shall enter the same  in  a  book   provided  for  that  purpose,  to  be called the "lien book". Such entry   shall include the name and residence of the  lienor,  the  name  of  the   contractor  or subcontractor, the amount of the lien and date of filing,   and a brief designation of the contract under which the lien arose.
NY Lien L § 12-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 12-A - Amendment.

§  12-a.  Amendment. 1. Within sixty days after the original filing, a   lienor may amend his lien upon twenty days notice to  existing  lienors,   mortgagees  and  the  owner,  provided  that  no action or proceeding to   enforce or cancel the mechanics' lien has been brought in  the  interim,   where  the purpose of the amendment is to reduce the amount of the lien,   except the question of wilful exaggeration shall survive such amendment.2. In a proper case, the court may, upon five days' notice to existing   lienors, mortgagees and owner, make an order amending a notice  of  lien   upon  a  public  or  private  improvement,  nunc  pro  tunc. However, no   amendment shall be granted to  the  prejudice  of  an  existing  lienor,   mortgagee or purchaser in good faith, as the case may be.
NY Lien L § 14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 14 - Assignment of Lien.

§ 14. Assignment of lien. A lien, filed as prescribed in this article,   may  be  assigned by a written instrument signed and acknowledged by the   lienor, at any time before the discharge thereof. Such assignment  shall   contain  the names and places of residence of the assignor and assignee,   the amount of the lien and the date of filing the notice of lien, and be   filed in the office where the notice of the lien assigned is filed.  The   facts relating to such an assignment and the names of the assignee shall   be entered by the proper officer in the book where the notice of lien is   entered and opposite the entry thereof. Unless such assignment is filed,   the  assignee  need  not be made a defendant in an action to foreclose a   mortgage, lien or other incumbrance. A payment made by the owner of  the   real  property  subject  to  the  lien  assigned  or  by  his  agent  or   contractor, or by  the  contractor  of  a  public  corporation,  to  the   original  lienor,  on  account  of  such  lien,  without  notice of such   assignment and before the same is filed, shall  be  valid  and  of  full   force  and  effect.  Except  as  prescribed  herein,  the validity of an   assignment of a lien shall not be affected by  a  failure  to  file  the   same.
NY Lien L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 16 - Assignment of Contracts and Orders for Public Improvement to Be Filed.

§  16. Assignment of contracts and orders for public improvement to be   filed. No assignment of a contract for the performance of labor  or  the   furnishing  of  materials  for a public improvement, or of the money, or   any part thereof, due, or to become due, therefor, nor an order drawn by   the contractor or sub-contractor upon the  public  corporation,  or  the   head  of  the  department or bureau having charge of the construction or   demolition of such public improvement, or the financial officer  of  the   public  corporation, or other officer or person charged with the custody   and disbursement of the corporate funds applicable to the  contract  for   such public improvement, shall be valid unless such assignment or order,   or  a  copy  thereof, be filed within twenty days after the date of such   assignment of contract, or such assignment of money, or such order, with   the head of the department or bureau having charge of such  construction   or  demolition, and with the financial officer of the public corporation   or other officer or person charged with the custody and disbursement  of   the   corporate  funds  applicable  to  the  contract  for  such  public   improvement, and such assignment or  order  shall  have  effect  and  be   enforceable  from  the  time  of  such filing, and no such assignment or   order shall have any validity until the same shall have been  so  filed,   and  every such assignment or order, not filed, shall be absolutely void   as against  a  subsequent  assignee  in  good  faith  and  for  valuable   consideration,  whose  assignment  or  order  is  first  duly filed. The   financial officer of the public corporation, or other officer or  person   with  whom  the assignment order, or copy thereof, is filed, shall enter   the facts relating to the same in the lien book or other  book  provided   for such purpose.
NY Lien L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 18 - Duration of Lien Under Contract for a Public Improvement.

§ 18. Duration of lien under contract for a public improvement. If the   lien  is for labor done or materials furnished for a public improvement,   it shall not continue for a longer period than one year from the time of   filing the notice of  such  lien,  unless  an  action  is  commenced  to   foreclose  such  lien  within that time, and a notice of the pendency of   such action is filed with the comptroller of the state or the  financial   officer  of the public corporation with whom the notice of such lien was   filed; or unless an extension to such lien is filed with the comptroller   of the state or the financial officer of  the  public  corporation  with   whom  the  notice of such lien was filed within one year from the filing   of the original notice of lien, continuing such lien and such lien shall   be redocketed as of the date of filing such  extension.  Such  extension   shall   contain   the   names  of  the  lienor  and  the  contractor  or   subcontractor for whom the labor was performed or materials furnished, a   description of the public improvement upon which the labor was performed   and materials expended, the amount of such lien, and  the  date  of  the   filing  of  the  notice  of  lien.  No  lien  shall be continued by such   extension for more than one year from the filing thereof. In  the  event   an  action  is  not commenced to foreclose the lien within such extended   period, such lien shall be extinguished unless an order be granted by  a   court of record or a judge or justice thereof, continuing such lien, and   a  new  docket  be made stating such fact. No lien shall be continued by   such order for more than one year from the granting thereof, but  a  new   order and entry may be made in each of two successive years. If a lienor   be  made a party defendant in an action to enforce another lien, and the   plaintiff or such defendant has filed a notice of the  pendency  of  the   action  within  the  time  prescribed  in this section, the lien of such   defendant is thereby continued. The provision of this section in  regard   to  continuing  liens  shall  apply to liens discharged by deposit or by   order on the filing of an undertaking. This section is  hereby  declared   to  be a remedial statute and is to be construed liberally to secure the   beneficial interests and purposes thereof.
NY Lien L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 20 - Discharge of Lien After Notice of Lien Filed by Payment of Money Into Court.

§ 20. Discharge of lien after notice of lien filed by payment of money   into  court.  A  lien  specified  in this article, other than a lien for   performing labor or furnishing materials for a public  improvement,  may   be  discharged  after  the notice of lien is filed at any time before an   action is commenced to foreclose  such  lien,  by  depositing  with  the   county  clerk,  in  whose  office  the notice of lien is filed, a sum of   money equal to the amount claimed in such notice, with interest  to  the   time  of  such  deposit.  After  such  deposit  is  made and the lien is   discharged the county treasurer or any other officer with whom the money   is deposited shall, within ten days thereafter, send a notice by mail to   the lienor, at the address given in the lien, that such  lien  has  been   discharged  by  deposit. After action to foreclose the lien is commenced   it may be discharged by a payment into court of such sum of  money,  as,   in  the  judgment  of  the court or a judge or justice thereof, after at   least five days' notice to all  the  parties  to  the  action,  will  be   sufficient  to  pay  any judgment which may be recovered in such action.   Upon any such payment, the county clerk shall forthwith enter  upon  the   lien  docket and against the lien for the discharge of which such moneys   were paid, the words "discharged by payment. " A deposit of  money  made   as  prescribed  in  this section shall be repaid to the party making the   deposit, or his successor, upon the discharge of the liens  against  the   property pursuant to law. All deposits of money made as provided in this   section  shall  be considered as paid into court and shall be subject to   the provisions of law relative to the payment of money  into  court  and   the  surrender  of  such  money  by order of the court. An order for the   surrender of such moneys to the lienor or depositor may be made  by  any   court  of  record  having  jurisdiction  of the parties. If no action is   brought in a court of record to enforce such lien,  such  order  may  be   made by any judge of a court of record. If application for such order is   made  by  lienor  it shall be on notice to the depositor; if made by the   depositor then on notice to the lienor.
NY Lien L § 21-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 21-A - Vacating Lien for a Public Improvement, by Order of Court.

§  21-a.  Vacating lien for a public improvement, by order of court. A   lien against the amount due or to become due a contractor from the state   or a public corporation, for the construction or demolition of a  public   improvement,  may  be  vacated  and  canceled by an order of the supreme   court. Before such order shall be granted, a notice shall be served upon   the lienor personally or, in such manner as the court may  direct.  Such   notice  shall  require  the  lienor to commence an action to enforce the   lien within a time specified in the notice, not less  than  thirty  days   from the time of service, or show cause at a special term of the supreme   court  in  the judicial district embracing the county wherein the notice   of lien is filed, at a time and place specified therein, why the  notice   of  lien  should  not  be  vacated and canceled of record. Proof of such   service and that the lienor has not commenced the  action  to  foreclose   such  a  lien, as directed in the notice, shall be made by affidavit, at   the time of applying for such order.
NY Lien L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 23 - Construction of Article.

§  23.  Construction  of  article.  This  article  is  to be construed   liberally to secure the beneficial interests  and  purposes  thereof.  A   substantial  compliance  with its several provisions shall be sufficient   for the validity of a lien and to give jurisdiction  to  the  courts  to   enforce the same.
NY Lien L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LIE - Lien Article 2 - Mechanics' Liens 24 - Enforcement of Mechanic's Lien.

§  24.  Enforcement of mechanic's lien. The mechanics' liens specified   in this article may be enforced against the property  specified  in  the   notice  of  lien  and  which  is  subject thereto and against any person   liable for the debt upon which the lien is  founded,  as  prescribed  in   article three of this chapter.