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18-44-208. Proceedings for establishment and enforcement.
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18-44-208. Proceedings for establishment and enforcement.
(a) Except as expressly provided in this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-207 and 18-44-209 — 18-44-210, the lien created under the provisions of these sections shall be construed, established, preserved, and enforced in like manner and in the same time as liens of mechanics are construed, established, preserved, and enforced.
(b)(1) When the labor performed or the material, supplies, or machinery furnished was entered under an open, running account, that shall be construed as a continuous contract, and the time within which the verified statement of the claim for lien shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court shall be computed from the time upon which the last labor was in good faith performed or the last material, machinery, or supplies were in good faith furnished.
(2) The lien provided for, when perfected in the manner set out in this subchapter, shall be held in law and equity as security for the entire open, running account whether it has been partially closed by note or not.
(c)(1) Whenever any person shall remove any encumbered property to a county other than the one in which the lien has been filed, the lienholder, within ninety (90) days after removal, may file an itemized inventory of the property so removed.
(2)(A) The inventory shall show how much there is due and unpaid thereon and shall be filed with the circuit clerk of the county to which it has been removed.
(B) This filing shall operate as notice of the existence of the lien and the lien shall attach, and extend to, the land or leasehold and other premises, properties, and appurtenances to which the properties so removed shall attach of the kind and character enumerated in §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-204.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-208
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18-44-208. Proceedings for establishment and enforcement.
(a) Except as expressly provided in this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-207 and 18-44-209 — 18-44-210, the lien created under the provisions of these sections shall be construed, established, preserved, and enforced in like manner and in the same time as liens of mechanics are construed, established, preserved, and enforced.
(b)(1) When the labor performed or the material, supplies, or machinery furnished was entered under an open, running account, that shall be construed as a continuous contract, and the time within which the verified statement of the claim for lien shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court shall be computed from the time upon which the last labor was in good faith performed or the last material, machinery, or supplies were in good faith furnished.
(2) The lien provided for, when perfected in the manner set out in this subchapter, shall be held in law and equity as security for the entire open, running account whether it has been partially closed by note or not.
(c)(1) Whenever any person shall remove any encumbered property to a county other than the one in which the lien has been filed, the lienholder, within ninety (90) days after removal, may file an itemized inventory of the property so removed.
(2)(A) The inventory shall show how much there is due and unpaid thereon and shall be filed with the circuit clerk of the county to which it has been removed.
(B) This filing shall operate as notice of the existence of the lien and the lien shall attach, and extend to, the land or leasehold and other premises, properties, and appurtenances to which the properties so removed shall attach of the kind and character enumerated in §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-204.
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18-44-201. Construction.
The provisions of this section and §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-210 shall not be construed to deprive or abridge materialmen, artisans, laborers, or mechanics of any rights and remedies given them by law, and the provisions of this section and §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-210 shall be cumulative of the lien laws of this state.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-201
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18-44-207. Lien of common laborer superior.
(a) As between the various liens provided by §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-204, that given common laborers shall be superior to all other liens perfected under this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-206 and 18-44-208 — 18-44-210.
(b) The term “common laborer” shall mean not only persons actually performing manual labor in the drilling, operating, completing, equipping, maintaining, and repairing oil or gas wells, but to also include persons hauling supplies or machinery to be used in the drilling, operating, equipping, maintaining, or repairing of any oil or gas wells.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-207
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18-44-209. Sale or removal of property subject to lien.
(a) When the lien provided for in this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-208 and 18-44-210 shall have attached to the property covered thereby, neither the owner of the land nor the owner of the oil, gas, or mineral leasehold interest therein, the owner of any gas pipeline or oil pipeline, the contractor, the subcontractor, the purchaser, the trustee, receiver, or agent, of the owner, lessor, lessee, contractor, subcontractor, or purchaser shall either sell or remove any property subject to the lien, cause it to be removed from the land or premises upon which the property was to be used, or otherwise sell or dispose of it without the written consent of the holder of the lien created.
(b)(1) In case of any violation of the provision of this section, the same lienholder shall be entitled to the possession of the property upon which the lien exists wherever the property is found, together with the land or leasehold to which the property may have been attached.
(2) The lienholder is entitled to have it then sold for the payment of his or her debt, whether the debt has become due or not.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-209
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 18-44-209. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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18-44-210. Limitation of liability.
Nothing in §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-209 shall be construed to fix a greater liability against the owner of the land or leasehold interest in the land than the price or sum stipulated to be paid in the contract under which the material is furnished or labor performed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-210
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 18-44-210. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.