Title LIE, Lien

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "lien law."\n

§ 10. Filing of notice of lien. 1. Notice of lien may be filed at any\ntime during the progress of the work and the furnishing of the\nmaterials, or, within eight months after the completion of the contract,\nor the final performance of the work, or the final furnishing of the\n…

§ 100. Distribution of surplus. If upon payment of all claims\nestablished as liens against the vessel from the proceeds of its sale, a\nsurplus remains, it may be distributed by the court to the persons\nentitled thereto, after a hearing and the publication of a notice by the\n…

§ 101. Application for a discharge of warrant. The owner, consignee,\nagent or master of any vessel so seized, or any person interested\ntherein, may at any time before the sale of the vessel under this\narticle, apply in person or by attorney to the justice issuing the\nwarrant…

§ 102. Undertaking to accompany application for discharge. The\napplication shall be accompanied by an undertaking to the lienor\nexecuted by at least two sureties in a sum at least twice the amount\nspecified in the warrant, to the effect that the person making the\napplication…

§ 103. Discharge of warrant. When such undertaking shall have been\nexecuted, approved and delivered to the lienor and the taxed fees of the\nsheriff upon the seizure and detention of the vessel have been paid, the\njustice shall make an order discharging the warrant, and no fur…

§ 104. Action on undertaking. The undertaking may be prosecuted by\naction in any court having jurisdiction thereof, at any time within\nthree months after its delivery, but not afterward. If, in such action\nit is found that any sum is due the plaintiff which was a subsisting\n…

§ 105. Costs of proceedings. The costs of the proceedings in addition\nto the disbursements shall be: For filing notice of lien, two dollars.\nFor applying for and procuring a warrant if the lien is fifty dollars or\nunder, ten dollars; if the lien exceeds fifty dollars and is n…

§ 106. Sheriff must return warrant. A sheriff to whom a warrant may\nhave been delivered pursuant to the provisions of this article, may be\ncompelled by an order made by the justice issuing it, to return such\nwarrant with his proceedings thereon and pay over moneys in his hand…

§ 107. Discharge of lien before issue of warrant. When any notice of\nlien shall have been filed under this article and no warrant has been\nissued to enforce the same, any person interested in the vessel, may\napply to any justice of the supreme court for leave to discharge the…

§ 11. Service of copy of notice of lien. Within five days before or\nthirty days after filing the notice of lien, the lienor shall serve a\ncopy of such notice upon the owner, if a natural person, (a) by\ndelivering the same to him personally, or if the owner cannot be found,\nt…

§ 11-a. Notice of completion and acceptance may be demanded. 1. At any\ntime before the construction or demolition of a public improvement is\ncompleted and accepted by the state or any political subdivision\nthereof, or by a public corporation or within thirty days thereof a\np…

§ 11-b. Copy of notice of lien to a contractor or subcontractor.\nWithin five days before or thirty days after filing a notice of lien in\naccordance with section ten of this chapter or the filing of an\namendment of notice of lien in accordance with section twelve-a of this\nch…

§ 11-c. Copy of notice of lien to a contractor or subcontractor with\nrespect to public improvements liens. Within five days before or\nsimultaneously with filing a notice of lien in accordance with section\ntwelve of this chapter or the filing of an amendment of a notice of lie…

§ 12. Notice of lien on account of public improvements. At any time\nbefore the construction or demolition of a public improvement is\ncompleted and accepted by the state or by the public corporation, and\nwithin thirty days after such completion and acceptance, a person\nperfor…

§ 12-a. Amendment. 1. Within sixty days after the original filing, a\nlienor may amend his lien upon twenty days notice to existing lienors,\nmortgagees and the owner, provided that no action or proceeding to\nenforce or cancel the mechanics' lien has been brought in the interim…

§ 120. Liens on monuments, gravestones and cemetery structures. A\nperson furnishing or placing in a cemetery or burial ground, a monument,\ngravestone, inclosure or other structure, has a lien thereon for the\nagreed price thereof or the part remaining unpaid, with interest fro…

§ 121. Notice of lien. Such notice may be filed at any time after the\ncompletion of the work, but must be filed within one year after the\nagreed price for furnishing or placing such monument, gravestone,\ninclosure or other structure becomes due, and shall state that the\nlien…

§ 122. Proceedings to enforce lien. After the service of such notice,\nan action to recover the amount of the debt and to enforce a lien\ntherefor may be maintained by the lienor against the person with whom\nthe agreement was made, for the purchase and erection of such monument…

§ 123. Disposition of proceeds of sale. The lienor shall, out of the\nproceeds of the sale, pay the expenses thereof, and the expenses of the\nremoval of such monument, gravestone, inclosure or other structure from\nthe cemetery or burial ground, not exceeding fifty dollars, if …

§ 124. Duties of officers of cemetery associations. The superintendent\nor other person in charge of a cemetery or burial ground shall not\npermit the removal, alteration or inscription of a monument, gravestone,\ninclosure or other structure, against which a lien exists, after …

13. Priority of liens. (1) A lien for materials furnished or labor\nperformed in the improvement of real property shall have priority over a\nconveyance, mortgage, judgment or other claim against such property not\nrecorded, docketed or filed at the time of the filing of the not…

§ 14. Assignment of lien. A lien, filed as prescribed in this article,\nmay be assigned by a written instrument signed and acknowledged by the\nlienor, at any time before the discharge thereof. Such assignment shall\ncontain the names and places of residence of the assignor and …

§ 140. Lien for labor performed in quarrying, mining, dressing and\ncutting stone. A person employed in a quarry, mine, yard or dock at\nexcavating, quarrying, mining, dressing or cutting sandstone, granite,\ncement stone, limestone, bluestone or marble, may have a lien on such\…

§ 141. Duration and effect of lien. Such lien shall terminate unless\nan action is brought to enforce the same within three months after the\ndate of filing such notice, as provided in article nine for the\nenforcement of a lien upon a chattel. If the labor upon such sandstone,\…

§ 142. Discharge of lien. Such lien may be discharged by a payment of\nthe amount due thereon, by a failure to bring an action to enforce the\nsame within the time prescribed in the preceding section, by the written\nconsent of the lienor, duly acknowledged and filed with the pr…

§ 15. Assignments of contracts and orders to be filed. 1. No\nassignment of one or more contracts for the performance of labor or the\nfurnishing of materials for the improvement of real property or of the\nmoney or any part thereof due or to become due therefor, nor an order\nd…

§ 150. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Customer" means any individual or entity who causes a molder to\nfabricate, cast or otherwise make a die, mold, form, or pattern or who\nprovides a molder with a di…

§ 151. Creation of a lien. Molders shall have a lien, dependent on\npossession, on all dies, molds, forms or patterns in their hands\nbelonging to a customer, for the balance due them from such customer for\nany manufacturing or fabrication work, and in the value of all material…

§ 152. Enforcement. Before enforcing such lien, notice in writing\nshall be given to the customer, and to the holder of a perfected\nsecurity interest either delivered personally or sent by registered mail\nto the last-known address of the customer or holder of a perfected\nsecu…

§ 153. Period of cure. If the molder has not been paid the amount due\nwithin sixty days after the notice has been received by the customer as\nprovided in section one hundred fifty-two of this article, the molder\nmay sell the die, mold, form or pattern at a public auction.\n

§ 154. Sale procedure for mold lien property. 1. Before a molder may\nsell the die, mold, form or pattern the molder shall notify the customer\nand the holder of a perfected security interest by registered mail,\nreturn receipt requested. This notice shall include the following\…

§ 16. Assignment of contracts and orders for public improvement to be\nfiled. No assignment of a contract for the performance of labor or the\nfurnishing of materials for a public improvement, or of the money, or\nany part thereof, due, or to become due, therefor, nor an order d…

§ 160. Lien on mare and foal, or on cow and calf. On complying with\nthe provisions of this article, the owner of a stallion or bull shall\nhave a lien on each mare or cow served together with the foal or calf of\nsuch mare or cow from such service, for the amount agreed on at t…

§ 162. Copy of statement and certificate to be posted. The person\nhaving the custody and control of such stallion or bull, shall post a\nwritten or printed copy of such statement and certificate in a\nconspicuous place in each locality in which said stallion or bull is\nkept fo…

§ 163. Penalty. A person who neglects or refuses to file and post such\nstatement as required in this article, or falsely states the pedigree of\nsuch stallion or bull in such statement, forfeits all fees for the\nservices of such stallion or bull and is liable to a person decei…

§ 17. Duration of lien. No lien specified in this article shall be a\nlien for a longer period than one year after the notice of lien has been\nfiled, unless within that time an action is commenced to foreclose the\nlien, and a notice of the pendency of such action, whether in a…

§ 18. Duration of lien under contract for a public improvement. If the\nlien is for labor done or materials furnished for a public improvement,\nit shall not continue for a longer period than one year from the time of\nfiling the notice of such lien, unless an action is commence…

§ 180. Artisans' lien on personal property. A person who makes,\nalters, repairs or performs work or services of any nature and\ndescription upon, or in any way enhances the value of an article of\npersonal property, at the request or with the consent of the owner, has\na lien o…

§ 182. Self-storage facilities; lien. 1. Definitions. As used in this\narticle:\n (a) "Self-storage facility" means any real property or a portion\nthereof that is designed and used for the purpose of occupying storage\nspace by occupants who are to have access thereto for the p…

§ 183. Lien of bailee of animals. Any veterinarian, duly licensed to\npractice under the laws of this state, who in connection with such\npractice renders professional services in the treatment of any dog, cat,\nor other domestic animal or boards any such animal on his premises,…

§ 184. Lien of bailee of motor vehicles, motor boats or aircraft. 1. A\nperson keeping a garage, hangar or place for the storage, maintenance,\nkeeping or repair of motor vehicles as defined by the vehicle and\ntraffic law, or of motor boats as defined by article seven of the\nn…

§ 185. Lien of manufacturers and throwsters of silk goods. All persons\nor corporations engaged in the business of manufacturing, spinning or\nthrowing silk into yarn or other goods, shall be entitled to a lien upon\nthe goods and property of others in their possession for the a…

§ 186. Lien of bailees for hire. Every person, firm or corporation\nengaged in performing work upon any watch, clock or jewelry for a price\nshall have a lien upon any such watch, clock or jewelry upon which such\nperson, firm or corporation performs such work for the amount of …

§ 187. Liens of truckmen and draymen. 1. Every person, firm or\ncorporation engaged in carting or trucking property shall have a lien\nupon such property and may retain such portion of the property in his\npossession as will insure to the said truckman or drayman, at the sale\no…

§ 188. Lien of motion picture film laboratories. All persons, firms or\ncorporations engaged in the business of a motion picture film laboratory\nor in the business of developing, titling, storing, assembling or\nreproducing motion picture film shall have, in every case where su…

§ 189. Liens of hospitals. 1. Every corporation incorporated under\ngeneral law or special act as a charitable institution maintaining a\nhospital in the state supported in whole or in part by charity, the\nstate university of New York and every county, city, town or village\nop…

§ 19. Discharge of lien for private improvement. A lien other than a\nlien for labor performed or materials furnished for a public improvement\nspecified in this article, may be discharged as follows:\n (1) By the certificate of the lienor, duly acknowledged or proved and\nfiled…

§ 190. Corporate mortgages against real and personal property. 1. A\nmortgage creating a lien upon real and personal property, executed by a\ncorporation as security for the payment of bonds, notes or other\nevidences of indebtedness, issued by such corporation or any other\ncor…

§ 2. Definitions. 1. Lienor. The term "lienor," when used in this\nchapter, means any person having a lien upon property by virtue of its\nprovisions, and includes his successor in interest.\n 2. Real property. The term "real property," when used in this chapter,\nincludes real …