(a) Every contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier as defined in § 18-44-107 who supplies labor, services, material, fixtures, engines, boilers, or machinery in the construction or repair of an improvement to real estate, or any boat or vessel of any kind, by virtue of a contract with the owner, proprietor, contractor, or subcontractor, or agent thereof, upon complying with the provisions of this subchapter, shall have, to secure payment, a lien upon the improvement and on up to one (1) acre of land upon which the improvement is situated, or to the extent of any number of acres of land upon which work has been done or improvements erected or repaired.
(b) If the improvement is to any boat or vessel, then the lien shall be upon the boat or vessel to secure the payment for labor done or materials, fixtures, engines, boilers, or machinery furnished.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 4 - Mortgages And Liens
Chapter 44 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 18-44-101. Liens on buildings, land, or boats
§ 18-44-102. Entire land subject to lien
§ 18-44-103. Improvements on leased land
§ 18-44-104. Liens for drain pipe or tile
§ 18-44-107. Subcontractors — Definitions
§ 18-44-108. Refusal to list parties doing work or furnishing materials
§ 18-44-109. Unlawful to use materials other than as designated
§ 18-44-110. Preference over prior liens — Exception
§ 18-44-113. Assignment of liens
§ 18-44-114. Notice and service generally
§ 18-44-115. Notice to owner by contractor — Definitions
§ 18-44-116. Service on nonresident or absconder
§ 18-44-118. Filing of bond in contest of lien
§ 18-44-119. Limitation of actions
§ 18-44-122. Contents of complaint
§ 18-44-124. Contractor to defend actions on liens by third persons — Liability
§ 18-44-126. Warning order for nonresident or absconding owners
§ 18-44-127. Trial and judgment
§ 18-44-131. Duty to enter satisfaction
§ 18-44-132. Penalty for failure to discharge lien after payment