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Cal. Civil Code § 8450 (2026)
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(a)A lien under this chapter, other than a lien provided for in Section 8402, has priority over a lien, mortgage, deed of trust, or other encumbrance on the work of improvement or the real property on which the work of improvement is situated, that (1) attaches after commencement of the work of improvement or (2) was unrecorded at the commencement of the work of improvement and of which the claimant had no notice.
(b)Subdivision (a) is subject to the exception provided for in Section 8452.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2012–2019 · leading case: Jeffrey C. Stone, Inc. v. Cent. & Monroe, L.L.C. (In re Mortgages Ltd.), 482 B.R. 298 (Bankr. D. Ariz. 2012).
Jeffrey C. Stone, Inc. v. Cent. & Monroe, L.L.C. (In re Mortgages Ltd.), 482 B.R. 298 (Bankr. D. Ariz. 2012). “The Court notes that the current version of the California Statute expressing the priority of a mechanics’ lien is found at Cal. Civil Code § 8450 (2012). Pursuant to the historical notes for this statute, the section was renumbered by the 2010 additions, which became effective…”
Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Champion-Cain (S.D. Cal. 2019). “Code § 8400 (implementing the California 26 constitutional provision just cited); Cal. Civ. Code § 8450 (giving a mechanic’s lien priority 27 over any other encumbrance that attached after the work was performed or that was 28 unrecorded at the commencement of the work and of…”
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