43-8 - Sufficiency of memorandum, affidavit and notice required by § 43-7.
§ 43-8. Sufficiency of memorandum, affidavit and notice required by § 43-7.
The memorandum, affidavit and notice required by § 43-7 shall be sufficientif substantially in form and effect as follows:
Memorandum for Mechanic's Lien Claimed by Subcontractor.
Name of owner: ...........................................................
Address of owner: ........................................................
Name of general contractor (if any): .....................................
Name of claimant: ........................................................
Address of claimant: .....................................................
1. Type of materials or services furnished: ..............................
...........................................................................
2. Amount claimed: $ .....................................................
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).
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).
You are hereby notified that .................... (general contractor) is
indebted to me in the sum of ................ dollars ($ ..........) with
interest thereon from the .......... day of .........., 20 ..., for work
done (or materials furnished, as the case may be,) in and about the
construction (or removal, etc.,) of a .................... (describe
structure, whether dwelling, store, or etc.,) which he has contracted to
construct (or remove, etc.,) for you or on property owned by you in the county
(or city) of ............., and that I have duly recorded a mechanic's lien
for the same.
Given under my hand this the ................ day of .........., 20 ....
.................... (Subcontractor).
(Code 1919, § 6428; 1968, c. 568; 2007, c. 504.)