Effective: April 16, 1993
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 338 - 119th General Assembly
The public authority, upon the receipt of the affidavit referred to in section 1311.26 of the Revised Code shall, or the claimant or his agent, in the name of the public authority, may serve the principal contractor with a copy thereof, within five days after the public authority receives it, together with a notice that the principal contractor must give notice of his intention to dispute the claim within twenty days. If the claimant is not in privity of contract with the principal contractor, the notice of intention to dispute may state that the claimant failed to serve a notice of furnishing as required by division (A)(1) of section 1311.261 of the Revised Code. If the claimant performed the labor or work or furnished the material to a subcontractor of the principal contractor, the claimant shall, within twenty days after serving the affidavit to the public authority, furnish a copy of it to the subcontractor. If the claimant fails to furnish the copy to the subcontractor, the claimant forfeits his rights to a claim under sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code. If the principal contractor fails within twenty days after receipt of the affidavit to serve to the public authority written notice of his intention to dispute the claim, he has assented to its correctness, provided that within twenty days after receipt by any subcontractor of a copy of the affidavit, the subcontractor may serve the notice of intention to dispute on behalf of the principal contractor. Thereupon, provided all affidavits filed on the same public improvement have been assented to, the amount detained from the principal contractor shall be applied by and payment made by the public authority, in the order of preference provided in section 1311.29 of the Revised Code, pro rata, upon the claims on which affidavits have been filed. Where more than one affidavit has been filed with respect to the same public improvement, and one or more of the affidavits has not been assented to, then the amount detained shall be applied pro rata among all the claimants in the order of preference prescribed in section 1311.29 of the Revised Code, payment being made in the amount of their pro rata shares to all claimants whose affidavits have been assented to, and the pro rata shares of claimants whose affidavits have not been assented to shall be detained by the public authority until the dispute with respect to any affidavit has been resolved in any manner provided by law, whereupon payment in whole or in part shall be made to claimants in whose favor the dispute is resolved and any remaining part of the pro rata shares shall be applied pro rata among and payment made to all claimants as provided in this section. Each subsequent payment falling due shall be applied among and payment made to the claimants as provided in this section.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 13 | Commercial Transactions
Section 1311.01 | Lien Definitions.
Section 1311.011 | Liens for Home Construction Work.
Section 1311.02 | Lien of Subcontractor, Laborer or Materialman.
Section 1311.021 | Lien for Labor or Work or Materials Upon Oil or Gas Well or Facilities.
Section 1311.03 | Lien Upon Street, Turnpike, Road, Sidewalk, Way, Drain, Ditch or Sewer.
Section 1311.04 | Recording Notice of Commencement.
Section 1311.05 | Subcontractor or Materialman to Serve Notice of Furnishing.
Section 1311.06 | Affidavit - Time Period for Filing - Contents.
Section 1311.07 | Copy of Affidavit to Be Served on Owner or Lessee.
Section 1311.08 | Lien When Improvement Situated on Same or Contiguous or Adjacent Lots.
Section 1311.09 | Lien When Contracting Person Has No Title to Land Improved.
Section 1311.10 | Presumptions.
Section 1311.11 | Notifying Lienholder to Commence Suit.
Section 1311.12 | When Lien for Furnishing Materials Arises.
Section 1311.13 | Attaching of Liens - Continuance and Priority.
Section 1311.14 | Priority of Mortgage Lien.
Section 1311.16 | Proceeding by Person Holding Mechanic's Lien.
Section 1311.17 | Adjustment of Claim When Owner Fails to Perform.
Section 1311.18 | Sale of Part of Premises.
Section 1311.20 | Damages for Neglect or Refusal to Release Lien.
Section 1311.22 | Liberal Construction.
Section 1311.23 | Lien Upon Mines for Labor.
Section 1311.25 | Public Improvement Definitions.
Section 1311.251 | Claim for Furnishing Materials.
Section 1311.252 | Notice of Commencement - Affidavit.
Section 1311.26 | Subcontractor, Materialman or Laborer May Serve Affidavit on Public Authority.
Section 1311.261 | Notice of Furnishing.
Section 1311.28 | Public Authority to Detain Funds Upon Receipt of Affidavit - Escrow Account.
Section 1311.31 | Action by Claimant to Enforce Payment.
Section 1311.311 | Notice to Commence Suit.
Section 1311.32 | Enforcement by Civil Action.
Section 1311.34 | Laborers Shall Have Lien Upon Real Property of Employer.
Section 1311.35 | Waiver of Lien.
Section 1311.36 | Enforcement and Priority of Liens.
Section 1311.37 | When General Employer Assumes Payment.
Section 1311.38 | Definition of Owner.
Section 1311.39 | Liens Against a Railroad Company.
Section 1311.40 | Priority of Payment in Contracts for Railroad Work.
Section 1311.42 | Perfecting a Lien.
Section 1311.43 | Proceeding After Filing Affidavit.
Section 1311.44 | Proceeding by Petition.
Section 1311.45 | Contractor to Be Notified of Time of Payment.
Section 1311.46 | Adjusting Disputed Claims.
Section 1311.47 | Others Who May Claim Liens.
Section 1311.48 | Lien for Care of Animals.
Section 1311.49 | Sale of Animal to Satisfy Claim.
Section 1311.50 | Lien Upon Get for Service.
Section 1311.51 | Enforcement of Lien.
Section 1311.55 | Agricultural Product Lien.
Section 1311.56 | Perfection of Producer's or Handler's Lien - Affidavit.
Section 1311.57 | Priority and Duration of Lien.
Section 1311.59 | Rights of Executors, Administrators, Part Owners, and Lessees.
Section 1311.71 | Aircraft Definitions.
Section 1311.72 | Lien for Labor or Materials for Aircraft.
Section 1311.74 | Service of Copy of Affidavit on Owner.
Section 1311.75 | Priority of Liens.
Section 1311.76 | Enforcement and Priority of Liens - Claimant to Give Notice of Release.
Section 1311.77 | Owner May Obtain Release of Aircraft by Filing Surety Bond.
Section 1311.78 | Notifying Lien Claimant to Commence Suit.
Section 1311.79 | Maintaining Lien After Notice to Commence Suit.
Section 1311.80 | Award of Attorney's Fees.
Section 1311.85 | Broker's Lien on Commercial Realty Definitions.
Section 1311.86 | Broker's Lien on Commercial Real Estate.
Section 1311.87 | Perfection of Lien.
Section 1311.88 | Proceedings to Enforce Lien.
Section 1311.89 | Sale of Foreclosed Property - Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Section 1311.90 | Broker to Record Release or Satisfaction.
Section 1311.91 | Priority of Mechanic's Liens.
Section 1311.92 | Transfer of Lien Property - Escrow Account.