Okla. Stat. tit. 42, § 42-143
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Lien by or through subcontractor
Official statutory text
Any person who shall furnish any such material or lease or rent
equipment used on said land or perform such labor as a
subcontractor, or as an artisan or day laborer in the employ of the
contractor, may obtain a lien upon such land, or improvements, or
both, from the same time, in the same manner, and to the same extent
as the original contractor, for the amount due for such material,
equipment and labor, as well as any applicable profit and overhead
costs due to the person; and any artisan or day laborer in the
employ of, and any person furnishing material or equipment used on
said land to, such subcontractor may obtain a lien upon such land,
or improvements, or both, for the same time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as the subcontractor, for the amount due for such
material, equipment used on said land and labor, as well as any
applicable profit and overhead costs due to the person, by filing
with the county clerk of the county in which the land is situated,
within ninety (90) days after the date upon which material or
equipment used on said land was last furnished or labor last
performed under such subcontract, a statement, verified by
affidavit, setting forth the amount due from the contractor to the
claimant, and the items thereof, as nearly as practicable, the name
of the owner, the name of the contractor, the name of the claimant,
and a legal description of the property upon which a lien is
claimed. Immediately upon the filing of such statement the county
clerk shall enter a record of the same against the tract index and
in the journal provided for in the preceding section, and in the
manner therein specified. Provided further, that the owner of any
land affected by such lien shall not thereby become liable to any
claimant for any greater amount than he contracted to pay the
original contractor. The risk of all payments made to the original
contractor shall be upon such owner until the expiration of the
ninety (90) days herein specified, and no owner shall be liable to
an action by such contractor until the expiration of said ninety
(90) days, and such owner may pay such subcontractor the amount due
him from such contractor for such labor, equipment used on said land
and material, and the amount so paid shall be held and deemed a
payment of said amount to the original contractor.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 42. Liens Page 48
R.L. 1910, § 3864. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 417, § 1, emerg. eff.
May 29, 1957; Laws 1977, c. 207, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Laws 1978,
c. 133, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 216, § 3, emerg. eff.
May 30, 1980; Laws 2013, c. 78, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
equipment used on said land or perform such labor as a
subcontractor, or as an artisan or day laborer in the employ of the
contractor, may obtain a lien upon such land, or improvements, or
both, from the same time, in the same manner, and to the same extent
as the original contractor, for the amount due for such material,
equipment and labor, as well as any applicable profit and overhead
costs due to the person; and any artisan or day laborer in the
employ of, and any person furnishing material or equipment used on
said land to, such subcontractor may obtain a lien upon such land,
or improvements, or both, for the same time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as the subcontractor, for the amount due for such
material, equipment used on said land and labor, as well as any
applicable profit and overhead costs due to the person, by filing
with the county clerk of the county in which the land is situated,
within ninety (90) days after the date upon which material or
equipment used on said land was last furnished or labor last
performed under such subcontract, a statement, verified by
affidavit, setting forth the amount due from the contractor to the
claimant, and the items thereof, as nearly as practicable, the name
of the owner, the name of the contractor, the name of the claimant,
and a legal description of the property upon which a lien is
claimed. Immediately upon the filing of such statement the county
clerk shall enter a record of the same against the tract index and
in the journal provided for in the preceding section, and in the
manner therein specified. Provided further, that the owner of any
land affected by such lien shall not thereby become liable to any
claimant for any greater amount than he contracted to pay the
original contractor. The risk of all payments made to the original
contractor shall be upon such owner until the expiration of the
ninety (90) days herein specified, and no owner shall be liable to
an action by such contractor until the expiration of said ninety
(90) days, and such owner may pay such subcontractor the amount due
him from such contractor for such labor, equipment used on said land
and material, and the amount so paid shall be held and deemed a
payment of said amount to the original contractor.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 42. Liens Page 48
R.L. 1910, § 3864. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 417, § 1, emerg. eff.
May 29, 1957; Laws 1977, c. 207, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Laws 1978,
c. 133, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 216, § 3, emerg. eff.
May 30, 1980; Laws 2013, c. 78, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
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