Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 10, § 3251 (2026)

Lien established

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A person who performs labor or furnishes labor or materials, including repair parts of machines used, or performs services as a surveyor, an architect, a forester licensed under Title 32, chapter 76 or an engineer, or as a real estate licensee, or as an owner-renter, owner-lessor, or owner-supplier of equipment used in erecting, altering, moving or repairing a house, building or appurtenances, including any public building erected or owned by any city, town, county, school district or other municipal corporation, or in constructing, altering or repairing a wharf or pier, or any building thereon, including the surveying, clearing, grading, draining, excavating or landscaping of the ground adjacent to and upon which any such objects are constructed, or in selling any interest in land, improvements or structures, by virtue of a contract with or by consent of the owner, has a lien thereon and on the land on which it stands and on any interest the owner has in the same, to secure payment thereof, with costs. If the owner of the building has no legal interest in the land on which the building is erected or to which it is moved, the lien attaches to the building, and if the owner of the wharf or pier has no legal interest in the land on which the wharf or pier is erected, the lien attaches to the wharf or pier, and in either case may be enforced as provided. If the owner of the land, building, wharf or pier, so contracting, is a minor, the lien exists and that minority does not bar a recovery in any proceeding brought to enforce it. [PL 2025, c. 390, Pt. B, §21 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1971, c. 421 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 280 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 137, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 264, §1 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 56, §1 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 390, Pt. B, §21 (AMD).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 53 cases, 1968–2018 · leading case: Yeadon Fabric Domes, Inc. v. Maine Sports Complex, LLC, 901 A.2d 200 (Me. 2006).

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Yeadon Fabric Domes, Inc. v. Maine Sports Complex, LLC, 901 A.2d 200 (Me. 2006). · cites it 3× “See 10 M.R.S. § 3251 (2005). Specifically, 10 M.”

The Cote Corp. v. Kelley Earthworks, Inc., 2014 ME 93 (Me. 2014). · cites it 3× “10 M.R.S. § 3251 (2013). [¶ 7] Kelley contends that the court erred in finding that on the summary judgment record there was no genuine issue of fact concerning three of section 3251’s requirements, namely that (1) Cote built the asphalt plant with Kelley’s consent; (2) RC, the…”

F.R. Carroll, Inc. v. TD Bank, N.A., 2010 ME 115 (Me. 2010). “Although we construe and apply 10 M.R.S. § 3251 (2009) “liberally to further [its] equity and efficacy, when it is clear that the lien has been honestly earned,” John W.”

Biette v. Scott Dugas Trucking & Excavating, Inc., 676 A.2d 490 (Me. 1996). · cites it 2× “10 M.R.SA § 3251 (Supp.1995). 4 In this case it is undisputed that Homeplaee had the Biettes’ consent to engage the services of the subcontractors.”

Platz Assocs. v. Finley, 2009 ME 55 (Me. 2009). “Finley’s Knowledge and Consent [¶ 22] Title 10 M.R.S. § 3251 (2008) provides that “[w]hoever performs .”

John W. Goodwin, Inc. v. Fox, 642 A.2d 1339 (Me. 1994). · cites it 2× “" 10 M.R.S.A. §§ 3251, 3255 (Supp.1993). [2] M.”

John W. Goodwin, Inc. v. Fox, 1999 ME 33 (Me. 1999). · cites it 2× “10 M.R.S.A. § 3251 (Supp.1998). 2 Because Goodwin did not con *544 tract with Fox, Goodwin had to demonstrate that Fox consented to Goodwin’s labor and materials.”

New England Explosives Corp. v. Maine Ledge Blasting Specialist, Inc., 542 F. Supp. 1343 (D. Me. 1982). · cites it 2× “10 M.R.S.A. § 3251 (1980). The theory of recovery under Count II is apparently predicated on article 2 of the Maine Uniform Commercial Code, 11 M.”

Maguire Constr., Inc. v. Forster, 905 A.2d 813 (Me. 2006). “§ 3255(1) (2005) provides that a mechanic’s lien, as established by 10 M.R.S. § 3251 (2005), may be preserved and enforced by action against the debtor and owner of the property affected and all other parties interested therein, filed with the Superior Court .”

Gagnon's Hardware & Furniture, Inc. v. Michaud, 1998 ME 265 (Me. 1998). “” 10 M.R.S.A. § 3251 (1997), amended by P.L.”

Lyon v. Dunn, 402 A.2d 461 (Me. 1979). · cites it 2× “As noted above, a mechanic’s lien has its onset from the moment labor or materials are first provided. The lien, however, can only attach to that interest the contracting party has in the property to which the services relate.”

LaPointe Bros., Inc. v. Farrell, 363 A.2d 225 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “When LaPointe was not compensated for the material which it had supplied, it took all the procedural steps necessary to perfect a mechanic’s lien on the Farrell house and surrounding property pursuant to 10 M.R.S.A. §§ 3251, 3253. LaPointe subsequently brought a complaint in the…”

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