{"id":2645,"date":"2014-02-28T06:19:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T13:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2014-02-24T15:19:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T22:19:33","slug":"itemization-mechanics-lien-necessary-construction-contract-apprised-owner-lienors-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/itemization-mechanics-lien-necessary-construction-contract-apprised-owner-lienors-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Itemization of Mechanic\u2019s Lien not Necessary Where Construction Contract Apprised Owner of Lienor\u2019s Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jose A. Aquino – February 18, 2014<\/p>\n

New York Lien Law \u00a7 38 states that the holder of a mechanic\u2019s lien “shall, on demand in writing, deliver to the owner or contractor making such demand a statement in writing which shall set forth the items of labor and\/or material and the value thereof which make up the amount for which he [or she] claims a lien, and which shall also set forth the terms of the contract under which such items were furnished.”\u00a0 In\u00a0Associated Building Services Inc. v Pentecostal Faith Church,\u00a0112 A.D.3d 1130, 976 N.Y.S.2d 699 (3rd Dept. 2013),\u00a0the Court held that a lienor is not always required to provide an itemization of labor and materials furnished to substantiate its mechanic\u2019s lien.<\/p>\n

The lienor argued that it was not required to provide such a statement because the labor and materials had been furnished pursuant to a construction contract that had been performed in full.\u00a0 The Appellate Court agreed.\u00a0 The Court found that the statute only required the lienor to supply an itemized statement when itemization is necessary to apprise the owner of the details of the lienor\u2019s claim.\u00a0 Since there was a construction contract that the lienor alleged was performed in full, itemization would be \u201csuperfluous\u201d. The Court reasoned:<\/p>\n

“While [the] language [of Lien Law \u00a7 38] appears to confer an unrestricted right to an itemization of labor and materials, such is not the case \u2026\u00a0 Itemization is instead required only when it is necessary to apprise the owner of the details of the lienor’s claim \u2026 .<\/p>\n

Turning to the case at hand, plaintiff asserts that it performed the 2011 construction contract in full, and its claim with regard to that contract is based on an express contract for a specific sum” \u2026 Defendants do not dispute that they were fully aware of the terms of that contract and, indeed, they attached a copy of the written contract to their answer.”<\/p>\n

The Appellate Division, Third Department, decision in Associated Building Services Inc.,\u00a0is in harmony with case law from New York\u2019s First and Second Departments holding that itemization of labor and materials by lienor is not required with respect to balance of agreed price where it is claimed that the construction contract has been completed.\u00a0 819 Sixth Ave. Corp. v. T. & A. Associates, Inc., 24 A.D.2d 446, 260 N.Y.S.2d 984 (1st Dept. 1965); Application of Pinckney, 13 A.D.2d 806, 216 N.Y.S.2d 19 (2nd Dept. 1961).<\/p>\n

The requirement of an itemization\u00a0will only excused in the limited circumstances where the lienor alleges that it has fully performed a fixed price contract. Itemization will be required if the lienor alleges that it partially performed the contract or if the lienor alleges that it performed extra or additional work to the contract.<\/p>\n

via Itemization of mechanic\u2019s lien not necessary where construction contract apprised owner of lienor\u2019s claim – Lexology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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