Bill Text: IA HSB173 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the perfection of mechanics' liens and mechanics' liens remedies.(See HF 561.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-16 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 561. [HSB173 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB173-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
173
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
perfection
of
mechanics’
liens
and
1
mechanics’
liens
remedies.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
1900YC
(1)
89
cm/jh
H.F.
_____
Section
1.
Section
572.8,
subsection
3,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
A
lien
perfected
under
this
section
shall
be
limited
3
to
the
county
or
counties
in
which
the
building,
land,
or
4
improvement
to
be
charged
with
the
lien
is
situated.
The
5
county
or
counties
identified
on
the
mechanics’
notice
and
lien
6
registry
internet
site
at
the
time
of
posting
the
required
7
notices
pursuant
to
sections
572.13A
and
572.13B
shall
be
8
the
only
county
or
counties
in
which
the
building,
land,
or
9
improvement
may
be
charged
with
a
mechanic’s
lien.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
572.32,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
1.
In
a
court
action
to
enforce
a
mechanic’s
lien,
or
13
an
action
brought
upon
any
bond
given
in
lieu
thereof,
a
14
prevailing
plaintiff
may
be
awarded
reasonable
attorney
fees.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
specifies
that
a
perfected
mechanic’s
lien
shall
19
be
limited
to
the
county
or
counties
in
which
the
building,
20
land,
or
improvement
to
be
charged
with
the
lien
is
situated.
21
The
bill
also
provides
that,
in
addition
to
an
action
to
22
enforce
a
mechanic’s
lien,
attorney
fees
may
be
awarded
to
a
23
prevailing
plaintiff
in
an
action
brought
upon
any
bond
given
24
in
lieu
of
a
mechanic’s
lien.
25
-1-
LSB
1900YC
(1)
89
cm/jh
1/
1
