Chapter 2 - Chapter 2 MECHANICS' LIENS — BASIC PROCESS AND PROCEDURES

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

Chapter 2 MECHANICS' LIENS — BASIC PROCESS AND PROCEDURES

Timothy W. Gordon, Esq.

SYNOPSIS

§ 2.1 PERSONS WHO MAY FILE LIENS

§ 2.1.1—Contractors
§ 2.1.2—Laborers
§ 2.1.3—Superintendents
§ 2.1.4—Designers, Engineers, and Architects
§ 2.1.5—Surveyors and Engineers Plotting Mines
§ 2.1.6—Material and Equipment Suppliers

§ 2.2 TIMING TO RECORD A LIEN

§ 2.2.1—Basic Time Limits
§ 2.2.2—Extensions
§ 2.2.3—Bona Fide Purchaser of a Single-Family Home
§ 2.2.4—Abandonment
§ 2.2.5—Renewing a Lien

§ 2.3 NOTICE OF INTENT

§ 2.3.1—The Notice Process
§ 2.3.2—Recording the Lien
§ 2.3.3—Strict Compliance Required
§ 2.3.4—Amending, Supplementing, and Reducing a Lien
§ 2.3.5—Notice of Lien Rights to Homeowners

§ 2.4 AMOUNT OF THE LIEN

§ 2.4.1 Amounts for Work Not Yet Performed
§ 2.4.2—Excessive Liens
§ 2.4.3—Interest and Late Charges
§ 2.4.4—Claims and "Extra" Work and Change Orders
§ 2.4.5—Costs and Attorney Fees
§ 2.4.6 Defective Work

§ 2.5 PRIORITY AND RANKING OF LIENS

§ 2.5.1—Priorities
§ 2.5.2—Ranking of Liens

§ 2.6 PROPERTY COVERED BY A MECHANICS' LIEN

§ 2.6.1—Interests Subject to

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