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Iowa Code § 572.9 (2026)
Time of lien posting
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The statement of account required by section 572.8 shall be posted by a general contractor or subcontractor within two years and ninety days after the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the labor was performed. [R60, §1851; C73, §2137; C97, §3092; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10278; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.9] 87 Acts, ch 79, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 83, §5; 2012 Acts, ch 1105, §5, 27, 28; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §13 Referred to in §572.31
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Cited in 18
cases, 1957–2008 · leading case: Schaffer v. Frank Moyer Constr., Inc., 628 N.W.2d 11 (Iowa 2001).
Schaffer v. Frank Moyer Constr., Inc., 628 N.W.2d 11 (Iowa 2001). “" Iowa Code § 572.9 . Failure to file within the ninety-day period does not necessarily defeat the lien.”
Randall v. Colby, 190 F. Supp. 319 (N.D. Iowa 1961). “Section 572.9, Code of Iowa 1958, I.C. A.”
Rohlin Const. Co., Inc. v. Lakes, Inc., 252 N.W.2d 403 (Iowa 1977). “The time for filing is provided in § 572.9, The Code: “Time of filing. The statement or account required by section 572.”
Guldberg v. Greenfield, 146 N.W.2d 298 (Iowa 1966). “We think the principal question this appeal presents is whether a subcontractor who fails to file his mechanic’s lien and bring action to enforce it within the times required by sections 572.9 and 572.27, Codes, 1962, 1966, may recover a personal judgment against the owners,…”
Schaffer v. Frank Moyer Constr., Inc., 563 N.W.2d 605 (Iowa 1997). “That danger existed by reason of the ninety-day period permitted for the filing of subcontractor liens under section 572.9. To interpret section 572.14(2) as also precluding enforcement of liens that are filed and fully perfected against a record titleholder contracting for the…”
Moffitt Bldg. Material Co. v. U. S. Lumber & Supply Co., 124 N.W.2d 134 (Iowa 1963). “On January 28, 1961, well within the 60 days provided by section 572.9, Code of Iowa, for the filing of subcontractor’s liens, plaintiff filed a mechanic’s lien for material furnished for the improvement.”
Baumhoefener Nursery, Inc. v. a & D P'ship, II, 618 N.W.2d 363 (Iowa 2000). “” Iowa Code § 572.9 . The question urged by A & D at trial, and renewed on appeal, is whether Baum-hoefener’s services come within the scope of section 572.”
Pay-N-Taket, Inc. v. Crooks, 145 N.W.2d 621 (Iowa 1966). “Section 572.9, Code 1962. The mechanic’s lien statutes are designed to protect the owner as well as the contractor and subcontractor.”
Souers v. Nevada Ready Mix (In Re Souers), 163 B.R. 346 (Bankr. S.D. Iowa 1994). “Iowa Code § 572.9 mandates that such statement shall be filed “within 90 days from the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the labor was performed.”
Bourrett v. W. M. Bride Constr. Co., 84 N.W.2d 4 (Iowa 1957). “Plaintiff’s desire to recover on the bond of the Casualty company is understandable in view of the fact his claim for mechanic’s lien was not filed within 60 days from the date the last material was furnished or labor performed as provided by section 572.9, Code, 1954. Liens,…”
Griess & Ginder Drywall, Inc. v. Moran, 561 N.W.2d 815 (Iowa 1997). “Iowa Code § 572.9 . If the owner pays the contractor before the lapse of the ninety-day period, the owner is still hable to the subcontractor for labor and materials furnished provided the subcontractor has filed the hen within the time required by law for its filing.”
Casler Elec. Co. v. Carlsen, 86 N.W.2d 682 (Iowa 1957). “Section 572.9, Code of Iowa, requires that a subcontractor’s lien be perfected by filing, within sixty days from the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the labor performed.”
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