Whenever it shall be necessary for suit to be brought as hereinafter provided, for the enforcement of any of the liens contemplated by this article, such contractor and the sureties upon such bond mentioned in sections twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four of this article, shall be made parties thereto and all matters arising upon such bond and the liabilities thereunder shall be litigated and determined in such suit to enforce the lien and it shall not be necessary for judgment upon such bond to be taken at law, but all such proceedings as are necessary to enforce liability upon such bond shall be had in such court of chancery, according to the usual and ordinary course of proceeding therein.
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§38-2-2. Lien of Subcontractor
§38-2-3. Lien of Materialman Furnishing Supplies to Owner
§38-2-4. Lien of Materialman Furnishing Supplies to Contractor or Subcontractor
§38-2-5. Lien of Mechanic or Laborer Working for Owner
§38-2-6. Lien of Mechanic or Laborer Working for Contractor or Subcontractor
§38-2-6a. Lien of Architect, Surveyor, Engineer or Landscape Architect
§38-2-7. Necessity and Period for Perfecting Lien
§38-2-8. Notice and Recordation of Contractor's Lien
§38-2-9. Notice and Recordation of Subcontractor's Lien
§38-2-10. Notice and Recordation of Lien for Supplies Furnished to Owner
§38-2-11. Notice and Recordation of Lien for Supplies Furnished to Contractor or Subcontractor
§38-2-12. Notice and Recordation of Lien of Mechanic or Laborer Working for Owner
§38-2-14. Discharge of Lien for Failure to Comply With Article
§38-2-15. Publication and Posting of Notice to Nonresident Owner or Owner Not Found
§38-2-16. What Deemed Included in One Contract
§38-2-17. Priority of Mechanics' Liens Over Other Liens
§38-2-18. Priority as Among Mechanics' Lienors
§38-2-19. Demand of Account by Owner; Discharge of Lien for Failure to File Account
§38-2-20. Preliminary Notice to Owner; Effect
§38-2-21. Effect of Payment by Owner to Contractor or Subcontractor
§38-2-22. Limitation of Owner's Liability by Recordation of Contract and Bond of General Contractor
§38-2-23. Effect of Failure of Owner to Record Contract and Bond
§38-2-25. Amount of Rural Land Subject to Lien
§38-2-26. Enforcement of Contractor's Bond in Suit to Enforce Lien
§38-2-28. Proof of Sale and Delivery Prima Facie Proof of Use of Materials
§38-2-29. Lien on Several Structures
§38-2-30. Compensation and Lien of Contractor on Default of Owner
§38-2-31. Lien Against Corporation for Work or Labor; Priority
§38-2-32. Perfecting Lien for Work or Labor Against Corporation
§38-2-33. Clerk to Record Notices of Liens Against Corporations for Work and Labor
§38-2-34. Time Within Which Suit to Enforce Lien May Be Brought; Right of Other Lienors to Intervene
§38-2-35. Decree of Sale in Suit to Enforce Lien; Personal Decree
§38-2-36. Discharge or Release of Lien; Recordation; Escrow; Disbursement of Escrow
§38-2-37. Ordering Clerk to Execute Release When Lienholder Refuses
§38-2-38. Enforcement of Lien by Executor, Administrator or Assignee
§38-2-39. Public Building; Bond of Contractor; Recordation of Bond; No Lien in Such Case