§ 18-44-105 — Lien of architect, engineer, surveyor, appraiser, landscaper, abstractor, or title insurance agent

(a) Every architect, engineer, surveyor, appraiser, landscaper, abstractor, or title insurance agent who shall do or perform any architectural, engineering, surveying, appraisal, landscaping, or abstracting services upon any land, or who shall issue a title insurance policy or provide landscaping supplies upon any land, building, erection, or improvement upon land, under or by virtue of any written agreement for the performance of the work with the owner thereof, or his or her agent, shall have a lien upon the land, building, erection, or improvement upon land to the extent of the agreed contract price or a reasonable price for those services. (b) (1) However, the lien does not attach to the land, building, erection, or improvement upon land unless and until the lien is duly filed of record with the circuit clerk and recorder in the county in which the land, building, erection, or improvement is located. (2) The lien shall be: (A) Subject to the notice requirements of §§ 18-44-114 and 18-44-115 ; (B) Filed under § 18-44-117 ; and (C) Enforced under this subchapter.

Legislative History

Acts 1971, No. 291, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-642; Acts 2009, No. 454, § 1.