An Virginia based electrical subcontractor asked TRADITION LIEN SERVICEto record a VIRGINA Memorandum for Mechanic’s Lien on a new convenience store in Port Royal, VA within Caroline county. According to Wikipedia, Caroline county is the birthplace of the renowned racehorse Secretariat, winner of the 1973 Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.
On private commercial projects VIRGINIA Code Annotated § 43-5 mandates that a notarized VIRGINIA Memorandum For Mechanic’s Lien Claim must be recorded no later than ninety (90) consecutive calendar days of last providing labor, services, equipment or materials at a project. Record at the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office in the county where the project is located. Cost to record a lien with the Circuit Court serving Caroline county is $26.
Claimants are required to file suit to foreclose on a VIRGINIA Mechanic’s Lien within six (6) months after a lien is recorded or sixty (60) days from the date the entire improvement was completed.