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Mechanics' and Certain Other Liens

Passed

P HB220

Mechanic's lien; keeper of garage, hanger or marina. Increases the maximum lien for repairs or alterations made at the request of the owner of the boat, aircraft, or vehicle that the keeper of the garage, hanger or marina shall have from $625 to $800.
Patron - Hargrove

P HB1119

Salvage and nonrepairable vehicles. Streamlines the process by which salvage and nonrepairable vehicle can be disposed of.
Patron - Weatherholtz

P HB1410

Mechanic's lien; attachment to easement. Clarifies that any mechanic's lien associated with work or materials furnished relative to an easement shall attach only to that easement and not to fee simple title to the real estate.
Patron - Armstrong

Carried Over

C SB207

Real estate appraisers; lien for performance of appraisal. Provides that every real estate appraiser who performs an appraisal on any land, building, structure, or improved-upon land, under a written contract with the owner or his agent, shall have a lien upon the land, building, structure or improvement to the extent of the agreed contract price or a reasonable price for those services. Under the bill, a lien does not attach to the land, building, structure, or improvement unless it is recorded in the appropriate clerk's office. The bill also provides that the recorded lien shall be enforced in the same manner as a mechanic's or contractor's lien.
Patron - Quayle

C SB296

Mechanics' liens; towing. Ties mechanics' liens for towing and storage to provisions of § 46.2-1231 relating to requirements for posting of certain signs, providing and keeping copies of certain notices in connection with towing of trespassing vehicles. The bill also provides for recovery of damages (treble damages in cases of willful violations) by persons whose vehicles are illegally towed away as "trespassing vehicles" and regulation of "towing operators" by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Patron - O'Brien

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