{"id":840,"date":"2012-09-21T08:31:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T14:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=840"},"modified":"2012-09-21T08:31:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T14:31:40","slug":"the-strict-nature-of-virginia-lien-apportionment-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/the-strict-nature-of-virginia-lien-apportionment-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strict Nature of Virginia Lien Apportionment Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Hill &#8211; August 29, 2012<\/p>\n<p>As always, thanks to Scott for the kind invitation to guest post here.\u00a0 I always enjoy sharing a few nuggets of Virginia mechanic\u2019s lien wisdom here at the Mechanic\u2019s Lien Blog.<\/p>\n<p>Mechanic\u2019s liens are near and dear to Construction Law Musings.\u00a0 Mechanic\u2019s liens are a great weapon in the toolbox of any construction contractor in Virginia.\u00a0 However, the rules for perfection of these liens are strict and failing to follow them to the letter will cause the lien to be thrown out.<\/p>\n<p>The Loudoun County, Virginia Circuit Court issued another reminder of this fact in a recent opinion.\u00a0 As a bit of background, Va. Code 43-3(B) contains provisions whereby a site contractor (or other contractor that provides work and material that benefits and entire subdivision) can file a single lien memorandum and apportion the burden of that lien on a per lot basis.\u00a0 In order to do so, that contractor must also file a disclosure statement at the local courthouse in order to be able to lien common areas and the lots that are subdivided and sold.\u00a0 Like everything relating to the proper recording and perfection of a Virginia mechanic\u2019s lien, this statute creates strict technical requirements that the Virginia courts will strictly enforce.<\/p>\n<p>In William A Hazel, Inc v Sycolin Center the Court faced a question of agreement between a disclosure statement filed by a site contractor and the lien filed by that same subcontractor.\u00a0 The Court looked at a disclosure statement filed by the Plaintiff that listed 3 lots for the subdivision and properly allocated the amounts due per the statute.\u00a0 However, when filing the lien, the site contractor only listed two of the lots found in the initial disclosure statement and then divided the total by 2 (the number of lots liened, not the number in the subdivision).\u00a0 The Court examined past cases regarding mechanic\u2019s liens, apportionment and errors and then threw out the lien as having been improperly apportioned.\u00a0 For more details, be sure to read the case in its entirety, it contains a great analysis.<\/p>\n<p>This case is yet another example of the need to be diligent in the filing of mechanic\u2019s liens in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u00a0 These powerful tools will be strictly construed and the assistance of an experienced Virginia construction attorney can be invaluable in the proper perfection and enforcement of them.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zlien.com\/blog\/the-strict-nature-of-virginia-lien-apportionment-rules\/\">The Strict Nature of Virginia Lien Apportionment Rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Hill &#8211; August 29, 2012 As always, thanks to Scott for the kind invitation to guest post here.\u00a0 I always enjoy sharing a few nuggets of Virginia mechanic\u2019s lien wisdom here at the Mechanic\u2019s Lien Blog. Mechanic\u2019s liens are near and dear to Construction Law Musings.\u00a0 Mechanic\u2019s liens are a great weapon in the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/the-strict-nature-of-virginia-lien-apportionment-rules\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Strict Nature of Virginia Lien Apportionment Rules<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[12,184],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","category-mechanics-lien-rights","tag-construction","tag-mechanics-lien-law","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Strict Nature of Virginia Lien Apportionment Rules - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/the-strict-nature-of-virginia-lien-apportionment-rules\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Strict Nature of Virginia Lien Apportionment Rules - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christopher Hill &#8211; August 29, 2012 As always, thanks to Scott for the kind invitation to guest post here.\u00a0 I always enjoy sharing a few nuggets of Virginia mechanic\u2019s lien wisdom here at the Mechanic\u2019s Lien Blog. 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