California Civil Code CHAPTER 3 - Design Professionals Lien

• Section 8300.
  For purposes of this chapter, a “design professional” is a person described in Section 8014 who provides services pursuant to a written contract with a...
• Section 8302.
  (a) A design professional has, from the date of recordation of a claim of lien under this chapter, a lien on the site notwithstanding the absence...
• Section 8304.
  A design professional is not entitled to a lien under this chapter unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:(a) The work of improvement for which...
• Section 8306.
  (a) On recordation of the claim of lien, a lien is created in favor of the named design professional.(b) The lien automatically expires and is null and...
• Section 8308.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no provision of this part applies to a lien created under this chapter.(b) The following provisions of this part apply...
• Section 8310.
  This chapter does not affect the ability of a design professional to obtain a lien for a work of improvement under Section 8400.(Added by Stats....
• Section 8312.
  A design professional shall record a claim of lien under this chapter no later than 90 days after the design professional knows or has reason...
• Section 8314.
  The creation of a lien under this chapter does not affect the ability of the design professional to pursue other remedies.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch....
• Section 8316.
  (a) No lien created under this chapter affects or takes priority over the interest of record of a purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer, if the interest of...
• Section 8318.
  A design professional may not obtain a lien under this chapter for services provided for a work of improvement relating to a single-family, owner-occupied residence...
• Section 8319.
  (a) A design professional may convert a recorded design professional lien to a mechanics lien if all of the following requirements are met:(1) The design professional lien...

Last modified: October 22, 2018