Effective: September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 49 - 134th General Assembly
(A)(1) A landscape architect who enters into a written contract for services to be provided with regard to any interest in commercial real estate has a lien on that interest.
(2) The lien shall be effective only if the contract for services is in writing and is signed by the landscape architect and the owner of the interest in commercial real estate.
(B)(1) Only the landscape architect named in the contract shall have a lien pursuant to this section.
(2) A lien is not available to any employee, agent, or independent contractor of the landscape architect.
(C) The amount of the lien shall be limited to the amount due to the landscape architect pursuant to the contract.
(D) The lien shall be effective only against the interest in commercial real estate that is the subject of the contract.
(E) All valid and recorded mechanic's liens arising pursuant to Chapter 1311. of the Revised Code, regardless of recordation date, and all previously recorded mortgages and liens, including judgment liens, take priority over a landscape architect's lien.
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