Every workman, laborer or other person who shall do or perform any work or labor, for an incorporated company doing business in this state, by virtue of a contract either directly with such incorporated company or with its general contractor, or with any subcontractor, shall have a lien for the value of such work or labor upon all real estate and personal property of such company; and, to the extent and value of one month's such work or labor, said lien shall have priority over any lien created by deed or otherwise on such real estate or personal property subsequent to the time when such work or labor was performed: Provided, however, That there shall be no priority of lien as against conditional sales of, or reservation of title to, machinery sold to such company; nor shall there be priority of lien as between the parties claiming under the provisions of this section.
Structure West Virginia Code
§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