Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 254, § 8 (2026)

Statement of amount due; time for filing; dissolution of lien

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Section 8. Liens under sections two and four shall be dissolved unless the contractor, subcontractor, or some person claiming by, through or under them, shall, not later than the earliest of: (i) ninety days after the filing or recording of the notice of substantial completion under section two A; (ii) one hundred and twenty days after the filing or recording of the notice of termination under section two B; or (iii) one hundred and twenty days after the last day a person, entitled to enforce a lien under section two or anyone claiming by, through or under him, performed or furnished labor or material or both labor and materials or furnished rental equipment, appliances or tools, file or record in the registry of deeds in the county or district where the land lies a statement, giving a just and true account of the amount due or to become due him, with all just credits, a brief description of the property, and the names of the owners set forth in the notice of contract. Liens under sections 2C and 2D shall be dissolved unless a like statement is filed or recorded at the appropriate registry of deeds within 30 days after the last day that a notice of contract may be filed or recorded under the applicable section. A lien under section one shall be dissolved unless a like statement, giving the names of the owner of record at the time the work was performed or at the time of filing the statement, is filed or recorded in the appropriate registry of deeds within the ninety days provided in said section. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the filing or recording of a statement under this section prior to the filing or recording of the notices under section two A or two B.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 39 cases, 1928–2018 · leading case: Mullen Lumber Co. v. Lore, 537 N.E.2d 123 (Mass. 1989).

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Mullen Lumber Co. v. Lore, 537 N.E.2d 123 (Mass. 1989). · cites it 4× “12, and the supplies provided as required by G.L.c. 254, § 8, in order to preserve the mechanic's lien on the property.”

Nat'l Lumber Co. v. LeFrancois Constr. Corp., 723 N.E.2d 10 (Mass. 2000). · cites it 3× “Pursuant to G. L. c. 254, § 8, National Lumber had thirty days (until December 31, 1995) within which to file any statement of account without which its hen would dissolve.”

Ng Bros. Constr., Inc. v. Cranney, 766 N.E.2d 864 (Mass. 2002). “Nevertheless, on January 9, 1998, the plaintiff recorded a statement of account pursuant to G. L. c. 254, § 8. 4 On January 26, 1998, the parties sought to settle some of their differences by agreeing to a partial release, and on January 29, the plaintiff filed a notice of…”

O. Ahlborg & Sons, Inc. v. United States, 74 Fed. Cl. 178 (Fed. Cl. 2006). · cites it 3× “MHI and MAR-AD still refused to release the payment from the Escrow Fund, claiming that Ahlborg had not paid its subcontractors. Harrington Aff. 1112. On September 10, 1999, Ahlborg recorded a “statement of account on the property” for unpaid Requisition No.”

Golden v. Gen. Builders Supply LLC, 807 N.E.2d 822 (Mass. 2004). · cites it 2× “59 for the materials furnished to Golden’s property, see G. L. c. 254, § 8. 1 Unable to resolve General Builders’s claim, Golden filed a complaint in the Superior Court on August 24, 2001, alleging various defects in General Builders’s ostensible mechanic’s hen, and seeking to…”

NES Rentals v. Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc., 992 N.E.2d 291 (Mass. 2013). · cites it 2× “*858 On April 26, 2010, NES Rentals perfected a mechanic’s lien on the Berkshire Wind property by recording a notice of its contract with McManus, as required by § 4, 3 and a sworn statement of account that claimed $89,101 as the amount due for the rental equipment, as required…”

Paul D. Reardon & John E. Reardon v. United States of Am. & the United States Env't Prot. Agency, 947 F.2d 1509 (1st Cir. 1991). “10, §§ 3253, 3255; Mass.Gen.L. ch. 254, §§ 8, 11; N.H.Rev.Stat.”

Nat'l Lumber Co. v. United Cas. & Sur. Ins., 802 N.E.2d 82 (Mass. 2004). “G. L. c. 254, § 8 (recorded, sworn statement of claim must state *729 “a just and trac account of the amount due him”).”

Trace Constr., Inc. v. Dana Barros Sports Complex, LLC, 945 N.E.2d 833 (Mass. 2011). “254, § 4 (notice of contract requirement for subcontractors); G. L. c. 254, § 8 (statement of account for all mechanic’s liens).”

Trs. of the Iron Workers Dist. Council of New England, Pension, Health, & Welfare, Annuity, Vacation, Educ. Funds v. Oxford Sutton Dev., LLC, 24 Mass. L. Rptr. 421 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2008). · cites it 5× “” G.L.c. 254, §8 (footnote added). The Plaintiffs were the proper parties to file the Lien as the Union is the agent of the workers who performed the labor, and the Trustees are the workers’ third-party beneficiaries to whom B&M was to pay amounts for allocation to certain…”

Tremont Tower Condo., LLC v. George B.H. Macomber Co., 767 N.E.2d 20 (Mass. 2002). “G. L. c. 254, § 8. That statement of account must be filed within ninety days of the fifing of a notice of substantial completion; within 120 days of the fifing of a notice of termination; or within 120 days after the contractor last performed or furnished labor, materials, *681…”

East Coast Steel Erectors, Inc. v. Ciolfi, 632 N.E.2d 397 (Mass. 1994). “The judge ruled that the lien dissolved under G. L. c. 254, § 8, because East Coast had failed to file its statement of account within thirty days of the completion date specified in its notice of contract.”

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— Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 254, § 8(iii) — 1 case

NG Bros. Constr. v. Cranney, 12 Mass. L. Rptr. 556 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2000).

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