572.2 Persons entitled to lien.
1. Every person who furnishes any material or labor for, or performs any labor upon, any building or land for improvement, alteration, or repair thereof, including those engaged in the construction or repair of any work of internal or external improvement, and those engaged in grading, sodding, installing nursery stock, landscaping, sidewalk building, fencing on any land or lot, by virtue of any contract with the owner, owner-builder, general contractor, or subcontractor shall have a lien upon such building or improvement, and land belonging to the owner on which the same is situated or upon the land or lot so graded, landscaped, fenced, or otherwise improved, altered, or repaired, to secure payment for the material or labor furnished or labor performed.
2. If material is rented by a person to the owner, general contractor, or subcontractor, the person shall have a lien upon such building, improvement, or land to secure payment for the material rental. The lien is for the reasonable rental value during the period of actual use of the material and any reasonable periods of nonuse of the material taken into account in the rental agreement. The delivery of material to such building, improvement, or land, whether or not delivery is made by the person, creates a presumption that the material was used in the course of alteration, construction, or repair of the building, improvement, or land. However, this presumption shall not pertain to recoveries sought under a surety bond.
3. An owner-builder is not entitled to a lien under this chapter as to work the owner-builder performs, or is contractually obligated to perform, prior to transferring title to the buyer.
[C51, §981, 1010; R60, §1846; C73, §2130; C97, §3089; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10271; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.2]
98 Acts, ch 1142, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 83, §3; 2012 Acts, ch 1105, §3, 27, 28; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §13
Homestead liable, §561.21
Structure Iowa Code
Section 572.1 - Definitions and rules of construction.
Section 572.2 - Persons entitled to lien.
Section 572.3 - Collateral security before completion of work.
Section 572.4 - Security after completion of work.
Section 572.5 - Extent of lien.
Section 572.6 - In case of leasehold interest.
Section 572.7 - In case of internal improvement.
Section 572.8 - Perfection of lien.
Section 572.9 - Time of lien posting.
Section 572.10 - Perfecting lien after lapse of ninety days.
Section 572.11 - Extent of lien posted after ninety days.
Section 572.12 - Time of filing against railway.
Section 572.13 - General contractor — owner notice — residential construction.
Section 572.13A - Notice of commencement of work — general contractor — owner-builder.
Section 572.13B - Preliminary notice — subcontractor — residential construction.
Section 572.14 - Liability to subcontractor after payment to general contractor or owner-builder.
Section 572.15 - Discharge of mechanic’s lien — bond.
Section 572.16 - Rule of construction.
Section 572.17 - Priority of mechanics’ liens between mechanics.
Section 572.18 - Priority over other liens.
Section 572.19 - Priority over garnishments of the owner.
Section 572.20 - Priority as to buildings over prior liens upon land.
Section 572.21 - Foreclosure of mechanic’s lien when lien on land.
Section 572.22 - Record of claim.
Section 572.23 - Acknowledgment of satisfaction of claim.
Section 572.24 - Time of bringing action — court.
Section 572.25 - Place of bringing action.
Section 572.26 - Kinds of action — amendment.
Section 572.27 - Limitation on action.
Section 572.28 - Demand for bringing suit.
Section 572.29 - Assignment of lien.
Section 572.30 - Action by subcontractor or owner against general contractor or owner-builder.
Section 572.31 - Cooperative and condominium housing.
Section 572.32 - Attorney fees — remedies.
Section 572.33 - Requirement of notification for commercial construction.
Section 572.33A - Liability of owner to general contractor — commercial construction.