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Va. Code Ann. § 43-10 (2026)

Sufficiency of memorandum, affidavit and notice required by § 43-9

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The memorandum, affidavit and notice required by § 43-9 shall be sufficient if substantially in form and effect as follows:

Memorandum for Mechanic's Lien Claimed by Sub-subcontractor.

Name of owner: ___________________________________________________________________________

Address of owner: ___________________________________________________________________________

Name of general contractor (if any) and subcontractor:

___________________________________________________________________________

Name of claimant: ___________________________________________________________________________

Address of claimant: ___________________________________________________________________________

Contractor license or certificate number of claimant

(if applicable): ___________________________________________________________________________

Issuance date of license or certificate

(if applicable): ___________________________________________________________________________

Expiration date of license or certificate

(if applicable): ___________________________________________________________________________

If no contractor license or certificate number is included, the claimant certifies that such a valid license or certificate is not required by law for the work done for which the benefit of a lien is claimed.

1. Type of materials or services furnished: ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

2. Amount claimed: $ ___________________________________________________________________________

If any part of the Amount claimed is not due as of the date of this mechanic's lien, identify the date or event upon which it will be due, and the sum(s) to which the due date(s) or event(s) apply: ___________________________________________________________________________

3. Type of structure on which work done or materials furnished: ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

4. Brief description and location of real property: ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

5. Date from which interest on above amount is claimed:

Date: ____________________________

It is the intent of the claimant to claim the benefit of a lien.

____________________________ (Name of claimant).

______________ (Signature of claimant or agent for claimant).

Affidavit.

State of Virginia,

County (or city) of ________________________, to wit:

I, ___________________________________________________________________________ (notary or other officer) for the county (or city)

aforesaid do certify that ___________________________________________ claimant, or ___________________________________________, agent for claimant, this day made oath before me in my county (or city) aforesaid that _______________ is justly indebted to claimant in the sum of __________ dollars for the consideration stated in the foregoing memorandum, and that the same is payable as therein stated.

Given under my hand this the ................ day of ..............., 20....

________________________________________ (Notary Public or

Magistrate, et cetera.)

Notice.

To __________________________ (owner) and __________________________ (general contractor):

You are hereby notified that ___________________________________________________________________________ , a subcontractor under you,

said ___________________________________________________________________________ (general contractor) for the construction (or removal,

etc.,) of a ___________________________________________________________________________ (describe structure) for you, or on property owned by

you, said ___________________________________________________________________________ (owner) is indebted to me in the sum of .............

................. dollars ($ ______________) with interest thereon from the .... day of ......., 20..., for work done (or materials furnished) in and about the construction (or removal, etc.,) of _________________________ (naming structure), situate in the county (or city) of _______________ Virginia, and that I have duly recorded a mechanic's lien for the same.

Given under my hand this the .................. day of ..............., 20.......

__________________________________________________ (Sub-subcontractor).

Code 1919, § 6429; 1968, c. 568; 1984, c. 647; 2007, c. 504; 2013, c. 293; 2019, c. 243.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2024 · leading case: Coward v. Wellmont Health Sys., 812 S.E.2d 766 (Va. 2018).
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Coward v. Wellmont Health Sys., 812 S.E.2d 766 (Va. 2018). “See generally Kent Sinclair, Sinclair on Virginia Remedies § 43-10[E], at 43-62 to -63 (5th ed. 2016) (noting that "duress is not readily accepted as an excuse" (citation omitted) ).”
TQY Investments v. Rodgers Co., 26 Va. Cir. 40 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 1991). “in the description of the property covered by the lien shall invalidate the lien, if the property can be reasonably identified by the description given and the memorandum conforms substantially to the requirements of § 43-5, § 43-8, and § 43-10, respectively, and is not…”
Atkins v. Jim Carpenter Co., 18 Va. Cir. 432 (Stafford Cir. Ct. 1990). · cites it 3× “" *433 Respondent materialman, Jim Carpenter, maintains that the quoted recital of the owner of the subject property, as required by § 43-4 and by § 43-9 (the form for which is set forth in § 43-10) complies with those sections pursuant to the substantial performance provisions…”
Montalla, LLC v. Commonwealth, 303 Va. 150 (2024). · cites it 2× “264, 267 (1977); see also Kent Sinclair, 1 Virginia Remedies § 43-10 (2023). Although, as Professor Sinclair notes, “[a] contract reluctantly entered into by one badly in need of money without force or intimidation and with full knowledge of that fact is not a contract executed…”
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