Section 27. A person entering into a written contract with the owner of land or flats for reclaiming or raising the level thereof by suction, hydraulic or any other form of dredging, or for furnishing material therefor, or the trustee or trustees of any fund or funds, described in section one, providing coverage or benefits for persons, shall have a lien upon the interest of the owner in said land or flats as appears of record at the date when notice of said contract is filed or recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where such land or flats lie, to secure the payment of all labor and material which shall thereafter be furnished by virtue of said contract. Said notice shall be in substantially the following form:
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a written contract dated , between , owner, and , contractor, said contractor is to furnish labor and material for reclaiming or raising the level of land or flats described as follows:
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases
Chapter 254 - Liens on Buildings and Land
Section 1 - Labor Performed; Limitation on Lien; Filing
Section 2 - Written Contract; Notice; Time for Filing; Form
Section 2b - Termination of Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form; Certified Mail
Section 2c - Design Professional's Lien Upon Real Property; Form and Filing of Notice
Section 2d - Subcontractor of Design Professional; Lien; Form and Filing of Notice
Section 5 - Enforcement of Lien; Procedure
Section 5a - Court Order Authorizing Sale of Real Estate; Procedure
Section 6 - Public Property; Exemption
Section 7 - Mortgages; Invalidity of Subsequent Liens
Section 8 - Statement of Amount Due; Time for Filing; Dissolution of Lien
Section 9 - Notice or Statement; Public Inspection; Recording
Section 10 - Dissolution by Notice
Section 11 - Action to Enforce Lien; Time to Commence; Validity of Lien
Section 12 - Written Contract; Recording of Bond; Form; Enforcement
Section 14 - Dissolution by Bond Recording; Labor and Materials; Form of Bond
Section 15 - Dissolution by Judgment
Section 15a - Application to Court for Order Ruling on or Discharging Lien
Section 17 - Claims; Allowance
Section 20 - Redemption; Limitation
Section 21 - Distribution of Assets
Section 23 - Original Owner; Death or Conveyance of Interest; Action to Enforce Lien
Section 24 - Death of Creditor; Effect
Section 25 - Estate Less Than Fee Simple; Effect of Sale
Section 27 - Written Contract; Form of Notice
Section 28 - Subcontractor; Written Contract; Notice; Filing; Form
Section 29 - Laws Applicable to Sec. 27 or 28
Section 30 - Recording; Duty of Register of Deeds
Section 31 - Apportionment; Priority; Proceedings; Public Contracts
Section 32 - Void and Unenforceable Covenants, Promises, etc.; Exceptions
Section 33 - Mortgagee's Right to Withhold Funding, Financing or Payment for Labor and Materials