Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 572 · 36 active provisions
For the purpose of this chapter: 1. “Administrator” means the secretary of state. 2. “Building” shall be construed as if followed by the words “erection, or other improvement upon land”. 3. “General contractor” includes every person who does work or furnishes materials by contract, express or implied, with an owner. “G…
1. Every person who furnishes any material or labor for, or performs any labor upon, any building or land for improvement, alteration, or repair thereof, including those engaged in the construction or repair of any work of internal or external improvement, and those engaged in grading, sodding, installing nursery stock…
After the completion of such work, the taking of security of any kind shall not affect the right to establish a mechanic’s lien unless such new security shall, by express agreement, be given and received in lieu of such lien.
The entire land upon which any building or improvement is situated, including that portion not covered therewith, shall be subject to a mechanic’s lien to the extent of the interest therein of the person for whose benefit such material was furnished or labor performed.
When the interest of such person is only a leasehold, the forfeiture of the lease for the nonpayment of rent, or for noncompliance with any of the other conditions therein, shall not forfeit or impair the mechanic’s lien upon such building or improvement; but the same may be sold to satisfy such lien, and removed by th…
When the lien is for material furnished or labor performed in the construction, repair, or equipment of any railroad, canal, viaduct, or other similar improvement, said lien shall attach to the erections, excavations, embankments, bridges, roadbeds, rolling stock, and other equipment and to all land upon which such imp…
1. A person shall perfect a mechanic’s lien by posting to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry internet site a verified statement of account of the demand due the person, after allowing all credits, setting forth: a. The date when such material was first furnished or labor first performed, and the date on which the…
The statement of account required by section 572.8 shall be posted by a general contractor or subcontractor within two years and ninety days after the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the labor was performed.
A general contractor or a subcontractor may perfect a mechanic’s lien pursuant to section 572.8 beyond ninety days after the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the labor was performed by posting a lien to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry internet site and giving written notice th…
Liens perfected under section 572.10 shall be enforced against the property or upon the bond, if given, by the owner or by the owner-builder’s buyer, only to the extent of the balance due from the owner to the general contractor or from the owner-builder’s buyer to the owner-builder at the time of the service of such n…
Where a lien is claimed upon a railway, the subcontractor shall have ninety days from the last day of the month in which such labor was done or material furnished within which to file the claim therefor.
1. A general contractor who has contracted or will contract with a subcontractor to provide labor or furnish material for the property shall provide the owner with the following owner notice in writing in boldface type of a minimum size of ten points:Persons or companies furnishing labor or materials for the improvemen…
1. Either a general contractor, or an owner-builder who has contracted or will contract with a subcontractor to provide labor or furnish material for the property, shall post a notice of commencement of work to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry internet site no later than ten days after the commencement of work o…
1. A subcontractor shall post a preliminary notice to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry internet site. A preliminary notice posted before the balance due is paid to the general contractor or the owner-builder is effective as to all labor, service, equipment, and material furnished to the property by the subcontra…
Except as provided in section 572.13B, payment to the general contractor or owner-builder of any part or all of the contract price of the building or improvement within ninety days after the date on which the last of the materials was furnished or the last of the labor was performed by a subcontractor, does not relieve…
A mechanic’s lien may be discharged at any time by submitting a bond to the administrator in twice the amount of the sum for which the claim for the lien is posted, with surety or sureties, to be approved by the administrator, conditioned for the payment of any sum for which the claimant may obtain judgment upon the cl…
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the owner to pay a greater amount or at an earlier date than is provided in the owner’s contract with the general contractor, unless the owner pays a part or all of the contract price to the general contractor before the expiration of the ninety days allowed by law…
Mechanics’ liens shall have priority over each other in the order of the posting of the statements of accounts as provided in section 572.8.
1. Mechanics’ liens posted by a general contractor or subcontractor within ninety days after the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the claimant’s labor was performed and for which notices were properly posted to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry internet site pursuant to sections…
Mechanics’ liens shall take priority over all garnishments of the owner for the contract debts, whether made prior or subsequent to the commencement of the furnishing of the material or performance of the labor, without regard to the date of posting the claim for such lien.
Mechanics’ liens, including those for additions, repairs, and betterments, shall attach to the building or improvement for which the material or labor was furnished or done, in preference to any prior lien, encumbrance, or mortgage upon the land upon which such building or improvement was erected or situated except as…
In the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien when there is a superior lien, encumbrance, or mortgage upon the land the following regulations shall govern: 1Lien on original and independent building or improvement. If such material was furnished or labor performed in the construction of an original and independent building o…
Each claim posted to the mechanics’ notice and lien registry internet site shall be properly indexed and shall contain the following items: 1. The name of the person by whom posted. 2. The date and hour of posting. 3. The amount thereof. 4. The name of the person against whom posted. 5. The legal description that adequ…
1. When a mechanic’s lien is satisfied by payment of the claim, the claimant shall acknowledge satisfaction thereof and, if the claimant neglects to do so for thirty days after demand in writing is personally served upon the claimant, the claimant shall forfeit and pay twenty-five dollars to the owner, general contract…
1. An action to enforce a mechanic’s lien, or an action brought upon any bond given in lieu thereof, may be commenced in the district court after said lien is perfected. 2. An action to challenge a mechanic’s lien may be commenced in the district court or small claims court if the amount of the lien is within jurisdict…