Section 3.7.25 License Requirement for Mechanic’s Liens

• Library: Construction Law Practice Manual 3rd Edition 2016

§ 3.7.25 License Requirement for Mechanic’s Liens

A.R.S. § 33-981(E) provides that anyone furnishing professional services on a project who does not hold a valid certificate of registration is not entitled to claim a mechanics’ lien. Substantial, rather than strict, compliance with the licensing statutes may be enough to meet this requirement.²²³ A notable exception to the registration requirement is that no registration is required for someone who “designs, alters or adds to a detached single family...