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Subdivision 1.Notice not required.
With respect to any contract or improvement as to which notice is not required by section 514.011, the lien shall be as follows:
(a) If the contribution is made under a contract with the owner and for an agreed price, the lien as against the owner shall be for the sum agreed upon.
(b) In all other cases, it shall be for the reasonable value of the work done, and of the skill, material, and machinery furnished.
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Subd. 2.Notice required.
With respect to any contract or improvement as to which notice is required by section 514.011, the lien shall be as follows:
(a) If the contribution is made under a contract with the owner and for an agreed price, the lien as against the owner shall be for the sum agreed upon;
(b) In all other cases, it shall be for the reasonable value of the work done, and of the skill, material, and machinery furnished. Provided, however:
(c) The total sum of all liens, whether the contribution is made under a contract with the owner or otherwise, shall not exceed the total of said contract price plus the contract price or reasonable value of any additional contract or contracts between the owner and the contractor or additional work ordered by the owner, less the total of the following:
(i) Payments made by the owner or the owner's agent to the contractor prior to receiving any notice prescribed by section 514.011, subdivision 2;
(ii) Payments made by the owner or the owner's agent to discharge any lien claims as authorized by section 514.07; and
(iii) Payments made by the owner or the owner's agent pursuant to presentation of valid lien waivers from persons or companies contributing to the improvement who have previously given the notice required by section 514.011, subdivision 2.
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Subd. 3.All title, interest.
The lien shall extend to all the interest and title of the owner in and to the premises improved, not exceeding 80 acres, except in the case of homesteaded agricultural land as used in section 273.13, subdivision 23, where the lien shall be limited to 40 acres.
Notes of Decisions
Ryan Contracting Co. v. O'Neill & Murphy, LLP, 883 N.W.2d 236 (Minn. 2016).
· cites it 28× “The district court reasoned that because those lots were no longer owned by Farr, Minn.Stat. § 514.03, subd. 1(b) (2014), and limited the amount of the liens to “the reasonable value of the work done, and of the skill, material, and machinery furnished.”
Riverview Muir Doran, LLC v. JADT Dev. Grp., LLC, 790 N.W.2d 167 (Minn. 2010).
· cites it 4× “See Minn.Stat. § 514.03, subds. 1-2 (providing that where there is no contract with the owner for an agreed price, the lien “shall be for the reasonable value of the work done, and of the skill, material, and machinery furnished”).”
E.C.I. Corp. v. G.G.C. Co., 237 N.W.2d 627 (Minn. 1976).
· cites it 2× “1971, § 514.03. The statute specifically addresses the situation when the contracted project has been completed.”
Carolina Holdings Midwest, LLC v. Copouls, 658 N.W.2d 236 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 14× “Appellants challenge the district court’s determinations that service of both pre-lien notices and lien statements was adequate, that Minn.Stat. § 514.03 (2000) does not limit the amounts of the liens, that respondents are entitled to a personal judgment against appellants for…”
Premier Bank v. Becker Dev., LLC, 767 N.W.2d 691 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 2× “Second, Minn.Stat. § 514.03, subd. 3 (2008), provides that “[t]he lien shall extend to all the interest and title of the owner in and to the premises improved, not exceeding 80 acres [.”
Enviro-Fab, Inc. v. Blandin Paper Co., 349 N.W.2d 842 (Minn. Ct. App. 1984).
· cites it 2× “A subcontractor cannot legally act in bad faith as the appellant presupposes. Ill The next issue raised by appellant is whether the trial court’s finding that the services for the clarifier work were worth $34,578.”
DUININCK BROS., ETC. v. Brandondale Chaska Corp., 248 N.W.2d 743 (Minn. 1976).
· cites it 2× “1971, § 514.03, which sets limits upon the amount of property subject to a mechanics lien: “If the contribution be made under a contract with the owner and for an agreed price, the lien as against him shall be for the sum so agreed upon; otherwise, and in all cases as against…”
G. C. Kohlmier, Inc. v. Albin, 101 N.W.2d 909 (Minn. 1960).
· cites it 2× “In considering appellant’s second contention — that testimony as to the amount he owed was outside the scope of plaintiff’s pleadings because the complaint did not allege that the claim was for an agreed price or for the reasonable value of the work done — we must look to §…”
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