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N.Y. LIE Law § 140

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Lien for labor performed in quarrying, mining, dressing and cutting stone

Official statutory text

§ 140. Lien for labor performed in quarrying, mining, dressing and\ncutting stone. A person employed in a quarry, mine, yard or dock at\nexcavating, quarrying, mining, dressing or cutting sandstone, granite,\ncement stone, limestone, bluestone or marble, may have a lien on such\nsandstone, cement stone, granite, limestone, bluestone or marble, for\nthe amount due for the labor expended thereon, upon filing a notice of\nlien as paragraph two of subsection (a) of section 9--501 of the uniform\ncommercial code requires to perfect a security interest in such\nsandstone, cement stone, granite, limestone, bluestone or marble. Such\nnotice must be filed within thirty days after the completion of such\nlabor and must state the amount due therefor, the name and residence of\nthe lienor, and the name of the person for whom the labor was performed,\nthe quantity and description of the sandstone, cement stone, granite,\nbluestone, limestone or marble against which the claim is made. Such\nnotice of lien shall be marked, filed and indexed by the filing officer\nin the same manner as a financing statement, and the same fees shall be\ncharged therefor. A copy of the notice so filed shall be served upon the\nowner of such sandstone, cement stone, granite, limestone, bluestone or\nmarble or upon the person in charge of the quarry, mine, yards or docks\nwherein such services were performed within five days after the filing\nthereof.\n

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