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Code § 8204(a)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8204", "sourceId": "ca-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q2", "text": "The claimant shall, however, be entitled to record a lien, give a stop payment notice, and assert a claim against a payment bond only for work performed within 20 days prior to the service of the preliminary notice, and at any time thereafter.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8204(a)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8204", "sourceId": "ca-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q3", "text": "Compliance with this section is a necessary prerequisite to the validity of a lien claim or stop payment notice under this title.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8200(c)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8200", "sourceId": "ca-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q4", "text": "notice by mail under this part shall be given by registered or certified mail, express mail, or overnight delivery by an express service carrier.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8110", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8110", "sourceId": "ca-2", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q5", "text": "A claimant with a direct contractual relationship with an owner or reputed owner is required to give preliminary notice only to the construction lender or reputed construction lender, if any.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8200(e)(2)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8200", "sourceId": "ca-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q6", "text": "A laborer is not required to give preliminary notice.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8200(e)(1)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8200", "sourceId": "ca-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q7", "text": "A direct contractor may not enforce a lien unless the contractor records a claim of lien after the contractor completes the direct contract, and before the earlier of the following times: (a) Ninety days after completion of the work of improvement. (b) Sixty days after the owner records a notice of completion or cessation.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8412", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8412", "sourceId": "ca-3", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q8", "text": "If the owner fails to give notice to a person as required by subdivision (a), the notice is ineffective to shorten the time within which that person may record a claim of lien under Sections 8412 and 8414.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8190(c)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8190", "sourceId": "ca-4", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q9", "text": "A claimant other than a direct contractor may not enforce a lien unless the claimant records a claim of lien within the following times: (a) After the claimant ceases to provide work. (b) Before the earlier of the following times: (1) Ninety days after completion of the work of improvement. (2) Thirty days after the owner records a notice of completion or cessation.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8414", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8414", "sourceId": "ca-5", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q10", "text": "The claimant shall commence an action to enforce a lien within 90 days after recordation of the claim of lien. If the claimant does not commence an action to enforce the lien within that time, the claim of lien expires and is unenforceable.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8460", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8460", "sourceId": "ca-6", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q11", "text": "(3) Cessation of labor for a continuous period of 60 days. (4) Recordation of a notice of cessation after cessation of labor for a continuous period of 30 days.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8180(a)(3)-(4)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8180", "sourceId": "ca-7", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q12", "text": "An owner may record a notice of completion on or within 15 days after the date of completion of a work of improvement.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8182(a)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8182", "sourceId": "ca-8", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q13", "text": "An owner that records a notice of completion or cessation shall, within 10 days of the date the notice of completion or cessation is filed for record, give a copy of the notice to all of the following persons: (1) A direct contractor. (2) A claimant that has given the owner preliminary notice.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8190(a)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8190", "sourceId": "ca-4", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q14", "text": "A person that occupies the real property as a personal residence, if the dwelling contains four or fewer residential units.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8190(d)(1)", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8190", "sourceId": "ca-4", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q15", "text": "The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded.", "citation": "Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 12", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=12", "sourceId": "ca-9", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q16", "text": "For purposes of this part, “day” means a calendar day.", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8058", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=8058", "sourceId": "ca-10", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "ca-q17", "text": "If the last day for the performance of any act provided or required by law to be performed within a specified period of time is a holiday, then that period is hereby extended to and including the next day that is not a holiday. For purposes of this section, “holiday” means all day on Saturdays, all holidays specified in Section 135 and, to the extent provided in Section 12b, all days that by terms of Section 12b are required to be considered as holidays.", "citation": "Cal. Code Civ. 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A claimant that gives it late may record a lien only for work performed within 20 days before the notice was served and after.", "recipients": null, "delivery": "Notice by mail is given by registered or certified mail, express mail, or overnight delivery by an express service carrier.", "quoteIds": [ "ca-q1", "ca-q2", "ca-q3", "ca-q4" ] }, { "id": "ca-preliminary-notice-1", "stage": "preliminary-notice", "roles": [ "direct" ], "projectType": "any", "branch": "default", "branchNote": null, "required": true, "expr": { "kind": "period", "anchor": { "event": "first-furnishing" }, "period": { "unit": "days", "n": 20 } }, "notComputed": null, "consequence": null, "recipients": [ "The construction lender or reputed construction lender, if any" ], "delivery": null, "quoteIds": [ "ca-q5", "ca-q1" ] }, { "id": "ca-preliminary-notice-2", "stage": "preliminary-notice", "roles": [ "laborer" ], "projectType": "any", "branch": "default", "branchNote": null, "required": false, "expr": null, "notComputed": null, "consequence": null, "recipients": null, "delivery": null, "quoteIds": [ "ca-q6" ] }, { "id": "ca-lien-filing-0", "stage": "lien-filing", "roles": [ "direct" ], "projectType": "any", "branch": "default", "branchNote": null, "required": null, "expr": { "kind": "earlier-of", "of": [ { "kind": "period", "anchor": { "event": "completion" }, "period": { "unit": "days", "n": 90 } }, { "kind": "period", "anchor": { "event": "notice-of-completion" }, "period": { "unit": "days", "n": 60 } } ] }, "notComputed": null, "consequence": "A direct contractor may not enforce a lien unless it records the claim of lien after it completes the direct contract and before the earlier of the two times the statute sets.", "recipients": null, "delivery": null, "quoteIds": [ "ca-q7", "ca-q8" ], "eventWording": [ { "event": "notice-of-completion", "clause": "a notice of completion or cessation is recorded" } ] }, { "id": "ca-lien-filing-2", "stage": "lien-filing", "roles": [ "sub", "subsub", "supplier", "laborer" ], "projectType": "any", "branch": "default", "branchNote": null, "required": null, "expr": { "kind": "earlier-of", "of": [ { "kind": "period", "anchor": { "event": "completion" }, "period": { "unit": "days", "n": 90 } }, { "kind": "period", "anchor": { "event": "notice-of-completion" }, "period": { "unit": "days", "n": 30 } } ] }, "notComputed": null, "consequence": "A claimant other than a direct contractor may not enforce a lien unless it records the claim of lien after it ceases to provide work and before the earlier of the two times the statute sets.", "recipients": null, "delivery": null, "quoteIds": [ "ca-q9", "ca-q8" ], "eventWording": [ { "event": "notice-of-completion", "clause": "a notice of completion or cessation is recorded" } ] }, { "id": "ca-enforcement-0", "stage": "enforcement", "roles": [ "direct", "sub", "subsub", "supplier", "laborer" ], "projectType": "any", "branch": "default", "branchNote": null, "required": null, "expr": { "kind": "period", "anchor": { "event": "lien-recorded" }, "period": { "unit": "days", "n": 90 } }, "notComputed": null, "consequence": "If no action is commenced within that time, the claim of lien expires and is unenforceable.", "recipients": null, "delivery": null, "quoteIds": [ "ca-q10" ] } ], "residential": [], "commencementCompletion": [ { "text": "Completion of the work of improvement includes cessation of labor for a continuous period of 60 days, and the recording of a notice of cessation after labor has ceased for a continuous period of 30 days.", "quoteIds": [ "ca-q11" ] }, { "text": "An owner may record a notice of completion on or within 15 days after the date of completion.", "quoteIds": [ "ca-q12" ] }, { "text": "An owner that records a notice of completion or cessation must give a copy within 10 days to the direct contractor and to each claimant that gave the owner preliminary notice. 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Stat. ch. 713, part I", "statuteUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260517183304id_/https://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0713/0713.html", "summary": "Florida sets 90 days after a lienor's final furnishing to record a claim of lien and one year after recording to start an action, with shorter periods after a termination of the original contract or an owner's notice of contest of lien. Lienors not in privity with the owner, other than laborers, serve a notice to owner not later than 45 days after they begin to furnish, and in any event before the owner disburses the final payment.", "effectiveOrAmended": "The 2025 Florida Statutes. Section 713.06 was last amended by ch. 2003-177, sections 713.08 and 713.015 by ch. 2007-221, and sections 713.13, 713.18, 713.21 and 713.22 by ch. 2023-226.", "quotes": [ { "id": "fl-q1", "text": "The notice must be served before commencing, or not later than 45 days after commencing, to furnish his or her labor, services, or materials, but, in any event, before the date of the owner’s disbursement of the final payment after the contractor has furnished the affidavit under subparagraph (3)(d)1.", "citation": "Fla. Stat. § 713.06(2)(a)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260517183304id_/https://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0713/0713.html", "sourceId": "fl-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": "2026-05-17" }, { "id": "fl-q2", "text": "the failure to serve the notice, or to timely serve it, is a complete defense to enforcement of a lien by any person.", "citation": "Fla. 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Stat. § 713.08(5)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260517183304id_/https://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0713/0713.html", "sourceId": "fl-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-17" }, { "id": "fl-q6", "text": "Failure to serve any claim of lien in the manner provided in s. 713.18 before recording or within 15 days after recording shall render the claim of lien voidable to the extent that the failure or delay is shown to have been prejudicial to any person entitled to rely on the service.", "citation": "Fla. Stat. § 713.08(4)(c)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260517183304id_/https://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0713/0713.html", "sourceId": "fl-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-17" }, { "id": "fl-q7", "text": "A lien provided by this part does not continue for a longer period than 1 year after the claim of lien has been recorded or 1 year after the recording of an amended claim of lien that shows a later date of final furnishing of labor, services, or materials, unless within that time an action to enforce the lien is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction.", "citation": "Fla. Stat. § 713.22(1)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260517183304id_/https://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0713/0713.html", "sourceId": "fl-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-17" }, { "id": "fl-q8", "text": "The lien of any lienor upon whom such notice is served and who fails to institute a suit to enforce his or her lien within 60 days after service of such notice is extinguished automatically.", "citation": "Fla. 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"weekday": 1, "nth": 1, "datedByStatute": false, "modelNote": null }, { "name": "Veterans' Day", "quoteId": "fl-q12", "kind": "fixed", "month": 11, "day": 11, "observed": "saturday-to-friday-sunday-to-monday", "datedByStatute": true, "modelNote": null }, { "name": "Thanksgiving Day", "quoteId": "fl-q12", "kind": "nth-weekday", "month": 11, "weekday": 4, "nth": 4, "datedByStatute": false, "modelNote": null }, { "name": "Friday after Thanksgiving", "quoteId": "fl-q12", "kind": "nth-weekday", "month": 11, "weekday": 5, "nth": 4, "datedByStatute": true, "modelNote": "Always the fourth Friday of November." }, { "name": "Christmas Day", "quoteId": "fl-q12", "kind": "fixed", "month": 12, "day": 25, "observed": "saturday-to-friday-sunday-to-monday", "datedByStatute": false, "modelNote": null } ], "holidaysComplete": false, "holidayQuoteIds": [ "fl-q12", "fl-q13" ] }, "eventWording": [ { "event": "lien-recorded", "clause": "the lien is recorded", "input": "Claim of lien recorded on", "hint": "Leave empty if no claim of lien has been recorded. If an amended claim of lien that shows a later date of final furnishing was recorded, the date the amended claim was recorded. The 15-day service date and the deadline to sue then both count from that date." } ], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-10-01", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "fl-0", "fl-1" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "GA", "name": "Georgia", "status": "verified", "releaseBatch": 1, "statute": "O.C.G.A. §§ 44-14-360 to 44-14-368", "statuteUrl": "https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/gacode/", "summary": "Georgia gives a claimant 90 days after the last labor, services or materials to file a claim of lien, two business days after filing to send the owner a copy, and 365 days after filing to commence a lien action. Where a notice of commencement is filed, a claimant without privity of contract with the contractor sends a notice to contractor within 30 days after the notice of commencement is filed or 30 days after the claimant's first delivery of labor, services or materials to the property, whichever is later.", "effectiveOrAmended": "Official Code of Georgia Annotated, current through the 2026 Special Session. Section 44-14-361.1 was last amended by Ga. L. 2021, p. 674 (HB 480); section 44-14-361.5 by Ga. L. 2014, p. 866 (SB 340); section 44-14-367 by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1063 (SB 374), which also enacted section 44-14-368.", "quotes": [ { "id": "ga-q1", "text": "(a) To make good the liens specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (6) through (9) of subsection (a) of Code Section 44-14-361, any person having a right to a lien who does not have privity of contract with the contractor and is providing labor, services, or materials for the improvement of property shall, within 30 days from the filing of the notice of commencement or 30 days following the first delivery of labor, services, or materials to the property, whichever is later, give a written notice to contractor as set out in subsection (c) of this Code section to the owner or the agent of the owner and to the contractor for a project on which there has been filed with the clerk of the superior court a notice of commencement setting forth therein the information required in subsection (b) of this Code section.", "citation": "O.C.G.A. § 44-14-361.5(a)", "url": 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Subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, suppliers and laborers serve a notice within 90 days after completing their own contract and file within the time limits set for the contractor.", "effectiveOrAmended": "Sections 5, 21 and 24 were amended by P.A. 103-827, effective January 1, 2025; section 7 by P.A. 96-654, effective January 1, 2010; section 34 by P.A. 100-1061, effective January 1, 2019.", "quotes": [ { "id": "il-q1", "text": "shall within 90 days after the completion thereof, or, if extra or additional work or material is delivered thereafter, within 90 days after the date of completion of such extra or additional work or final delivery of such extra or additional material, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the amount due or to become due thereunder, to be provided to the owner of record or the owner of record's agent or architect, or the superintendent having charge of the building or improvement and to the lending agency, if known", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/24(a)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q2", "text": "Notice shall be considered served at the time the written notice is placed with the delivery service or in the mail.", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/24(a)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q3", "text": "It shall be the duty of each subcontractor who has furnished, or is furnishing, labor, services, material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery, or forms or form work for an existing owner-occupied single family residence, in order to preserve the subcontractor's lien", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/21(c)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260409150323id_/https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q4", "text": "to notify the occupant either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the occupant or the occupant's agent of the residence within 60 days from the subcontractor's first furnishing labor", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/21(c)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q5", "text": "any notice given after 60 days by the subcontractor shall preserve the subcontractor's lien, but only to the extent that the owner has not been prejudiced by payments made prior to receipt of the notice", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/21(c)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q6", "text": "(a) No contractor shall be allowed to enforce such lien against or to the prejudice of any other creditor or incumbrancer or purchaser, unless within 4 months after completion, or if extra or additional work is done or labor, services, material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery, forms or form work is delivered therefor within 4 months after the completion of such extra or additional work or the final delivery of such extra or additional labor, services, material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery, forms or form work, he or she shall either bring an action to enforce his or her lien therefor or shall file in the office of the recorder of the county in which the building, erection or other improvement to be charged with the lien is situated, a claim for lien", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/7(a)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260409150323id_/https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q7", "text": "as to the owner may be filed at any time after the contract is made and within 2 years after the completion of the contract, or the completion of any extra work or the furnishing of any extra labor, services, material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery, forms or form work thereunder", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/7(a)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260409150323id_/https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q8", "text": "then such person may file a claim for lien or file a complaint and enforce such lien within the same limits as to time and in such other manner as hereinbefore provided for the contractor in Section 7 and Sections 9 to 20 inclusive, of this Act", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/28", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q9", "text": "A contractor for improvements of an owner-occupied single-family residence must give the owner written notice within 10 days after recording a lien against any property of the owner.", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/7(d)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q10", "text": "If timely notice is not given and, as a result, the owner has suffered damages before notice is given, the lien is extinguished to the extent of the damages.", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/7(d)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260409150323id_/https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q11", "text": "Such suit shall be commenced or counterclaim filed within two years after the completion of the contract, or completion of the extra or additional work, or furnishing of extra or additional material thereunder.", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/9", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q12", "text": "Upon written demand of the owner, lienor, a recorder under Section 3-5010.8 of the Counties Code, or any person interested in the real estate, or their agent or attorney, served on the person claiming the lien, or his agent or attorney, requiring suit to be commenced to enforce the lien or answer to be filed in a pending suit, suit shall be commenced or answer filed within 30 days thereafter, or the lien shall be forfeited.", "citation": "770 ILCS 60/34(a)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260409150323id_/https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "sourceId": "il-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": "2026-04-09" }, { "id": "il-q13", "text": "The time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be 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Stat. § 44A-11.2(l)(2)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260517205913id_/https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_44A/Article_2.pdf", "sourceId": "nc-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-17" }, { "id": "nc-q5", "text": "Claims of lien on real property may be filed at any time after the maturity of the obligation secured thereby but not later than 120 days after the last furnishing of labor or materials at the site of the improvement by the person claiming the lien.", "citation": "N.C.G.S. § 44A-12(b)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260517205913id_/https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_44A/Article_2.pdf", "sourceId": "nc-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-17" }, { "id": "nc-q6", "text": "No such action may be commenced later than 180 days after the last furnishing of labor or materials at the site of the improvement by the person claiming the claim of lien on real property.", "citation": "N.C.G.S. § 44A-13(a)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260517205913id_/https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_44A/Article_2.pdf", "sourceId": "nc-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-17" }, { "id": "nc-q7", "text": "The time within which an act is to be done, as provided by law, shall be computed in the manner prescribed by Rule 6(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure.", "citation": "N.C. 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Lien Law § 11-b", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250418044502id_/https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LIE/11-B", "sourceId": "ny-4", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2025-04-18" }, { "id": "ny-q8", "text": "A lienor having a direct contractual relationship with a subcontractor or a sub-subcontractor but not with a contractor shall also serve a copy of such notice or amendment by certified mail to the contractor.", "citation": "N.Y. Lien Law § 11-b", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LIE/11-B", "sourceId": "ny-5", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2025-04-18" }, { "id": "ny-q9", "text": "No lien specified in this article shall be a lien for a longer period than one year after the notice of lien has been filed, unless within that time an action is commenced to foreclose the lien, and a notice of the pendency of such action", "citation": "N.Y. Lien Law § 17", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LIE/17", "sourceId": "ny-6", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-09-22" }, { "id": "ny-q10", "text": "A lien on real property improved or to be improved with a single family dwelling may only be extended by an order of a court of record, or a judge or justice thereof.", "citation": "N.Y. Lien Law § 17", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LIE/17", "sourceId": "ny-6", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-09-22" }, { "id": "ny-q11", "text": "where the improvement is related to real property improved or to be improved with a single family dwelling, the notice of lien may be filed at any time during the progress of the work and the furnishing of the materials, or, within four months after the completion of the contract", "citation": "N.Y. Lien Law § 10(1)", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LIE/10", "sourceId": "ny-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-09-22" }, { "id": "ny-q12", "text": "the term \"single family dwelling\" shall not include a dwelling unit which is a part of a subdivision that has been filed with a municipality in which the subdivision is located when at the time the lien is filed, such property in the subdivision is owned by the developer for purposes other than his personal residence.", "citation": "N.Y. Lien Law § 10(1)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260922055037id_/https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LIE/10", "sourceId": "ny-2", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-09-22" }, { "id": "ny-q13", "text": "A number of days specified as a period from a certain day within which or after or before which an act is authorized or required to be done means such number of calendar days exclusive of the calendar day from which the reckoning is made.", "citation": "N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 20", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20251108212158id_/https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GCN/20", "sourceId": "ny-7", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2025-11-08" }, { "id": "ny-q14", "text": "In computing any specified period of time from a specified event, the day upon which the event happens is deemed the day from which the reckoning is made. The day from which any specified period of time is reckoned shall be excluded in making the reckoning.", "citation": "N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 20", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20251108212158id_/https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GCN/20", "sourceId": "ny-7", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2025-11-08" }, { "id": "ny-q15", "text": "When any period of time, computed from a certain day, within which or after which or before which an act is authorized or required to be done, ends on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, such act may be done on the next succeeding business day", "citation": "N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 25-a(1)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250825120112id_/https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GCN/25-A", "sourceId": "ny-8", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2025-08-25" }, { "id": "ny-q16", "text": "The term public holiday includes the following days in each year:", "citation": "N.Y. Gen. Constr. 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Code ch. 1311", "statuteUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "summary": "Ohio gives 60 days after the last labor or material to file a lien affidavit for a one- or two-family dwelling or a residential condominium unit, and 75 days for other improvements except oil and gas wells. Where a notice of commencement is recorded, subcontractors and material suppliers serve a notice of furnishing within 21 days after first furnishing, or within 21 days after a late notice of commencement is recorded; the notice does not apply under a home construction contract.", "effectiveOrAmended": "Section 1311.04 as amended by H.B. 96 (136th General Assembly), effective September 30, 2025; section 1311.06 effective January 30, 2014; sections 1311.05 and 1311.13 effective March 30, 2007; sections 1311.07 and 1311.11 effective April 10, 1991.", "quotes": [ { "id": "oh-q1", "text": "at any time after the recording of the notice of commencement or amended notice but within twenty-one days after performing the first labor or work or furnishing the first materials or within the extended time period provided for in division (I) or (J) of section 1311.04 of the Revised Code.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.05(A)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q2", "text": "If the owner, part owner, lessee, or designee fails to record the notice of commencement in accordance with this section, the time within which a subcontractor or material supplier may serve a notice of furnishing as required by section 1311.05 of the Revised Code is extended until twenty-one days after the notice of commencement has been recorded.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.04(I)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q3", "text": "Prior to the performance of any labor or work or the furnishing of any materials for an improvement on real property which may give rise to a mechanics' lien under sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code, the owner, part owner, or lessee who contracts for the labor, work, or materials shall record in the office of the county recorder for each county in which the real property to be improved is located a notice of commencement in substantially the form specified in division (B) of this section.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.04(A)(1)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q4", "text": "This section does not apply to any improvement made pursuant to a home construction contract as defined in section 1311.011 of the Revised Code.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.05(E)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q5", "text": "No original contractor has to serve a notice of furnishing to preserve lien rights arising from a contract with an owner, part owner, or lessee.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.05(A)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q6", "text": "No laborer must serve a notice of furnishing in accordance with this section to preserve lien rights.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.05(G)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q7", "text": "If the lien arises in connection with a one- or two-family dwelling or in connection with a residential unit of condominium property as defined in Chapter 5311. of the Revised Code, within sixty days from the date on which the last labor or work was performed or material was furnished by the person claiming the lien", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.06(B)(1)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q8", "text": "within seventy-five days from the date on which the last of the labor or work was performed or material was furnished by the person claiming the lien", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.06(B)(3)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q9", "text": "If the lien arises under section 1311.021 of the Revised Code, within one hundred twenty days from the date on which the last labor or work was performed or material was furnished by the person claiming the lien", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.06(B)(2)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q10", "text": "shall serve a copy of the affidavit on the owner, part owner, or lessee of the improved property or his designee, within thirty days after filing the affidavit", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.07", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q11", "text": "(C) Liens under sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code continue in force for six years after an affidavit is filed in the office of the county recorder under section 1311.06 of the Revised Code. If an action is brought to enforce the lien within that time, the lien continues in force until final adjudication thereof.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.13(C)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q12", "text": "(A)(1) The owner, part owner, lessee, mortgagee, or any other person with an interest in real property upon which a lien has been taken, or any original contractor or subcontractor who has provided a bond, cash deposit, general obligation of any state government or of the United States government, obligation insured by an agency of the United States government, or other reasonable security in accordance with division (C) of this section, may notify the lienholder to commence suit on the lien, by written notice delivered to the lienholder in one of the following manners:", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.11(A)(1)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q13", "text": "Except as otherwise provided in this section, the notice to commence suit shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which the land upon which the lien has been taken is situated, upon payment of the same mileage and fees as provided by law with respect to the service of summons.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.11(A)(1)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q14", "text": "If the lienholder fails to commence suit upon the lien within sixty days after completion of service upon him of the notice to commence suit, or if the action is commenced but dismissed with prejudice before adjudication, the lien is void and the property wholly discharged from the lien.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.11(B)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q15", "text": "(O) This section does not apply to a home construction contract as defined in section 1311.011 of the Revised Code, except that when a lending institution as defined in division (A)(3) of section 1311.011 of the Revised Code requires that a notice of commencement be recorded as part of the financing for a home construction contract, which is secured in whole or in part by a mortgage on real estate upon which the improvements are to be constructed, the owner, part owner, or lessee may file a notice of commencement pursuant to this section", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.04(O)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260520002650id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-1311", "sourceId": "oh-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-05-20" }, { "id": "oh-q16", "text": "The time within which an act is required by law to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day;", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1.14", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260612180452id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1.14", "sourceId": "oh-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-06-12" }, { "id": "oh-q17", "text": "except that, when the last day falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, the act may be done on the next succeeding day that is not Sunday or a legal holiday.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1.14", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260612180452id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1.14", "sourceId": "oh-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-06-12" }, { "id": "oh-q18", "text": "\"Legal holiday\" as used in this section means the following days:", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1.14", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260612180452id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1.14", "sourceId": "oh-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-06-12" }, { "id": "oh-q19", "text": "(L) Any day appointed and recommended by the governor of this state or the president of the United States as a holiday.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1.14(L)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260612180452id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1.14", "sourceId": "oh-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-06-12" }, { "id": "oh-q20", "text": "If any day designated in this section as a legal holiday falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day is a legal holiday.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 1.14", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260612180452id_/https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1.14", "sourceId": "oh-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": "2026-06-12" }, { "id": "oh-q21", "text": "When a public office in which an act, required by law, is to be performed is closed to the public for the entire day that constitutes the last day for doing the act or before its usual closing time on that day, the act may be performed on the next succeeding day that is not a Sunday or a legal holiday as defined in this section.", "citation": "Ohio Rev. 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Code § 53.056(a)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q2", "text": "for projects other than residential construction projects, not later than the 15th day of the third month after the month during which: (A) the labor or materials were provided; or (B) the undelivered specially fabricated materials would normally have been delivered", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.056(a-1)(1)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q3", "text": "for residential construction projects, not later than the 15th day of the second month after the month during which: (A) the labor or materials were provided; or (B) the undelivered specially fabricated materials would normally have been delivered.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.056(a-1)(2)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q4", "text": "The claimant must send the notice of claim for unpaid retainage to the owner or reputed owner and the original contractor not later than the earlier of: (1) the 30th day after the date the claimant's contract is completed, terminated, or abandoned; or (2) the 30th day after the date the original contract is terminated or abandoned.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.057(a-1)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q5", "text": "not later than the 15th day of the fourth month after the month in which the original contractor's work was completed, terminated, or abandoned", "citation": "Tex. Prop. 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Code § 53.052(a)(2)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q7", "text": "(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), a claimant other than an original contractor claiming the lien must file an affidavit with the county clerk not later than the 15th day of the fourth month after the later of: (1) the month the claimant last provided labor or materials; or (2) the month the claimant would normally have been required to deliver the last of specially fabricated materials that have not been actually delivered.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.052(b)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q8", "text": "(c) A claimant other than an original contractor claiming a lien arising from a residential construction project must file an affidavit with the county clerk not later than the 15th day of the third month after the later of: (1) the month the claimant last provided labor or materials; or (2) the month the claimant would normally have been required to deliver the last of specially fabricated materials that have not been actually delivered.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.052(c)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q9", "text": "A claimant other than an original contractor claiming a lien for retainage must file an affidavit with the county clerk not later than the 15th day of the third month after the month in which the original contract under which the claimant performed was completed, terminated, or abandoned.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.052(d)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q10", "text": "A person who files an affidavit must send a copy of the affidavit to the owner or reputed owner at the owner's last known business or residence address not later than the fifth day after the date the affidavit is filed with the county clerk.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.055(a)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q11", "text": "If the person is not an original contractor, the person must also send a copy of the affidavit to the original contractor at the original contractor's last known business or residence address within the same period.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.055(b)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-01", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q12", "text": "suit must be brought to foreclose the lien not later than the first anniversary of the last day a claimant may file the lien affidavit under Section 53.052", "citation": "Tex. Prop. 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Code § 53.001(9)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q15", "text": "\"Residence\" means the real property and improvements for a single-family house, duplex, triplex, or quadruplex or a unit in a multiunit structure used for residential purposes in which title to the individual units is transferred to the owners under a condominium or cooperative system that is: (A) owned by one or more adult persons; and (B) used or intended to be used as a dwelling by one of the owners.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.001(8)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q16", "text": "To fix a lien on a homestead, the person who is to furnish material or perform labor and the owner must execute a written contract", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.254(a)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q17", "text": "Before a residential construction contract is executed by the owner, the original contractor shall deliver to the owner a disclosure statement", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.255(a)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q18", "text": "If the affidavit is filed after the 10th day after the date of completion, the date of completion for purposes of this subchapter is the date the affidavit is filed.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.106(d)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "sourceId": "tx-0", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q19", "text": "In computing a period of days, the first day is excluded and the last day is included.", "citation": "Tex. Gov't Code § 311.014(a)", "url": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/GV/htm/GV.311.htm", "sourceId": "tx-1", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30", "capturedAt": null }, { "id": "tx-q20", "text": "The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision in this code, except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.", "citation": "Tex. Prop. 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null, "quoteIds": [ "tx-q4" ] }, { "id": "tx-lien-filing-0", "stage": "lien-filing", "roles": [ "direct" ], "projectType": "commercial", "branch": "default", "branchNote": null, "required": null, "expr": { "kind": "period", "anchor": { "event": "completion" }, "period": { "unit": "day-of-month", "day": 15, "monthsAfter": 4 } }, "notComputed": null, "consequence": null, "recipients": null, "delivery": null, "quoteIds": [ "tx-q5" ], "eventWording": [ { "event": "completion", "clause": "the original contractor's work was completed, terminated, or abandoned" } ] }, { "id": "tx-lien-filing-1", "stage": "lien-filing", "roles": [ "direct" ], "projectType": "residential", "branch": "default", "branchNote": null, "required": null, "expr": { "kind": "period", "anchor": { "event": "completion" }, "period": { "unit": "day-of-month", "day": 15, "monthsAfter": 3 } }, "notComputed": null, "consequence": null, "recipients": null, "delivery": null, "quoteIds": [ "tx-q6" ], "eventWording": [ { "event": 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