41-5-202. Statement of mechanic's lien; delivery to owner of ditch; retention of unpaid amount from subsequent payments to contractor.
Every laborer, mechanic, ranchman, farmer, merchant or other person performing any work or labor or furnishing any material, or goods of any kind which enter into and become a part of such irrigation works, to any contractor or subcontractor in the construction of any ditch, canal or reservoir, or any part thereof used by such contractor or subcontractor in carrying on said work of construction, whose demand has not been paid, may deliver to the owner or owners of such ditch, canal or reservoir, or to its, his or their agent, a verified statement of the account, and thereupon such owner or owners or its, his or their agent, shall retain out of the subsequent payments to the contractor or contractors the amount of such unpaid account for the benefit of the person to whom the same is due.