{"id":2971,"date":"2014-06-02T06:07:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=2971"},"modified":"2014-05-28T11:07:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T17:07:33","slug":"mechanics-liens-work-qualify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/mechanics-liens-work-qualify\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanic\u2019s Liens: Does my Work Qualify?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joshua A. Bennett – May 16, 2014<\/p>\n

An unpaid contractor has many choices when the promised check doesn\u2019t arrive. One of those choices is whether or not to file a mechanic\u2019s lien. A mechanic\u2019s lien is a statutory mortgage to secure payment of work performed or materials furnished in the erection, alteration, or repair of a building or structure upon privately-held real estate.<\/p>\n

However, when deciding whether or not to file a mechanic\u2019s lien, you may ask yourself whether your work qualifies. S.C. Code Ann. \u00a7 29-5-10 tells us that [a] person to whom a debt is due for labor performed or furnished or for materials furnished and actually used in the erection, alteration, or repair of a building or structure upon real estate . . . shall have a lien upon the building or structure . . . . But what qualifies as \u201clabor\u201d under the statute? It is easy to imagine that a framer would be entitled to a mechanic\u2019s lien, but what about a site work contractor or an architect?<\/p>\n

The mechanic\u2019s lien statute provides some limited guidance on this issue. S.C. Code Ann. \u00a7 29-5-10 states the following:<\/p>\n

\u00a0As used in this section, labor performed or furnished in the erection, alteration, or repair of any building or structure upon any real estate includes the preparation of plans, specifications, and design drawings and the work of making the real estate suitable as a site for the building or structure. The work is considered to include, but not be limited to, the grading, bulldozing, leveling, excavating, and filling of land (including the furnishing of fill soil), the grading and paving of curbs and sidewalks and all asphalt paving, the construction of ditches and other drainage facilities, and the laying of pipes and conduits for water, gas, electric, sewage, and drainage purposes, and the disposal of any construction and demolition debris, as defined in Section 44-96-40(6), including final disposal by a construction and demolition landfill. Any private security guard services provided by any person at the site of the building or structure during its erection, alteration, or repair is considered to be labor performed or furnished within the meaning of this section.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

S.C. Code Ann. \u00a7 29-5-10.<\/p>\n

As you can see, the statute sets forth specific scopes of work that would qualify as \u201clabor\u201d under the mechanic\u2019s lien statute. However, it is apparent that this section of the statute merely provides examples and is not an exclusive list of work that qualifies as \u201clabor performed or furnished in the erection, alteration, or repair of any building or structure upon any real estate.\u201d Thus, although we don\u2019t receive complete clarity on the issue, the statute is very helpful to some specific contractors.<\/p>\n

via Mechanic\u2019s liens: does my work qualify? – Lexology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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