Effective - 28 Aug 1939
429.440. Lien on railroad property for work, labor, materials. — All persons who shall do any work or labor in constructing or improving the roadbed, rolling stock, station houses, depots, bridges or culverts of any railroad company, incorporated under the laws of this state, or owning or operating a railroad within this state, and all persons who shall furnish ties, fuel, bridges or material to such railroad company, shall have for the work done and labor performed, and for the materials furnished, a lien upon the roadbed, station houses, depots, bridges, rolling stock, real estate and improvements of such railroad, upon complying with the provisions herein mentioned; provided, such work and labor is performed, and such materials are furnished, under and in pursuance of a contract with such railroad company, its agents, contractors, subcontractors, lessees, trustees, or construction company, organized for the uses and purposes of such railroad company, or having in charge the building, construction or improvement of such railroad, or any part thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3591)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3201; 1919 § 7261; 1909 § 8249
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations
Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate
Section 429.010 - Mechanics' and materialmen's lien, who may assert — extent of lien.
Section 429.014 - Lien fraud, penalties — claim against original contract, when.
Section 429.020 - Lien for street, sidewalk, sewer or pipeline adjacent to land.
Section 429.030 - Amount of property subject to lien.
Section 429.040 - Buildings on same or adjacent lots.
Section 429.050 - Priority of lien — improvements removed when — exception.
Section 429.060 - Lien shall have precedence over subsequent encumbrances.
Section 429.070 - Lien in case of licensed or leased property.
Section 429.080 - Lien filed with circuit clerk, when.
Section 429.090 - Abstract of lien by clerk.
Section 429.100 - Notification by subcontractors and others.
Section 429.110 - When owner nonresident — notice, how given.
Section 429.120 - Satisfaction to be filed, when.
Section 429.130 - Penalty for refusing to satisfy.
Section 429.140 - Duty of contractor when others file lien.
Section 429.150 - Who construed as owner or proprietor.
Section 429.160 - Assignment of mechanics' liens — rights of assignee.
Section 429.170 - Actions commenced in six months.
Section 429.180 - Pleadings as in other civil cases.
Section 429.190 - Who may be made parties.
Section 429.200 - Personal representative made party, when.
Section 429.210 - The judgment.
Section 429.220 - Judgment by default.
Section 429.230 - Judgment on constructive notice.
Section 429.240 - Judgment on personal service.
Section 429.250 - The execution.
Section 429.260 - Proceeds divided pro rata, when.
Section 429.280 - Parties to equitable action.
Section 429.290 - Equitable action exclusive of other remedies.
Section 429.300 - Other actions stayed when equitable action brought.
Section 429.310 - Time suits deemed commenced.
Section 429.320 - Appointment of referee by court, when — jury trials.
Section 429.330 - No equitable action in case of one lien.
Section 429.340 - Enforcement of decree ordering sale of property.
Section 429.350 - Enforcement of mechanics' liens by associate circuit judge.
Section 429.360 - Suits for foreclosure, process, procedure — same as other civil suits.
Section 429.440 - Lien on railroad property for work, labor, materials.
Section 429.450 - Such lien to have precedence over other encumbrances.
Section 429.460 - Account and claim of lien filed with circuit clerk, when — copy served.
Section 429.470 - Lien abstracts, contents — duties of clerk.
Section 429.480 - Secretary of state to file lien in his office.
Section 429.490 - Satisfaction filed, when.
Section 429.500 - Refusal of parties to satisfy — penalty.
Section 429.510 - Limitations of subcontractor's lien by his contract.
Section 429.520 - Actions to enforce lien, how conducted — nature of judgment.
Section 429.530 - Who shall be parties to suit.
Section 429.540 - Proceeds, when distributed pro rata.
Section 429.550 - Railroad liable to subcontractors, laborers, when.
Section 429.600 - Law, how cited.
Section 429.603 - Definitions.
Section 429.605 - Broker's lien for compensation for services, requirements.
Section 429.607 - Lien notice, content.
Section 429.611 - Lien claim release or satisfaction to be filed when.
Section 429.614 - Broker to mail copy of notice of lien to owner by certified mail.