State Bar of Arizona

Until now, there has never been a single practice devoted exclusively to Arizona lien law. Both the experienced and inexperienced practitioner alike will find this manual useful.

Features:

• Articulate and detailed explanations of the topic areas of Arizona lien law
• Warnings about practice pitfalls
• Practice pointers
• Voluminous annotations
• Several trustworthy forms on disk
• Summaries of procedures

1. INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION LIENS
   • Definitions
   • An Overview of the Lien Process
   • Origin, Purpose, and Nature of Mechanics’ Liens
   • The Function of Courts and Applied Standards
2. WHO MAY FILE A LIEN AND FOR WHAT?
   • Persons Entitled to Construction Liens
   • Who Is Ineligible for Filing Construction Liens?
   • For What May You File a Construction Lien?
   • How Far the Lien Extends
   • Mechanics’ Lien Rights on Indian Reservations
3. PRESERVING AND PERFECTING CONSTRUCTION LIEN RIGHTS
   • Statutory Notices Required
   • Priority of Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s Liens
   • Time of Service and the Relation Back Doctrine
   • Actual Performance Required
   • Form of Claim of Lien
   • Information Required in the Preliminary Twenty-Day Notice and Claim of Lien
   • Lien Waivers – Forms and Usage
4. COMMON PITFALLS
   • Failure to Provide Preliminary Notice
   • Failure to Amend Preliminary Notice
   • Failure to Obtain Correct Legal Description
   • Failure to Know Which Version of the Lien Laws Apply
   • Failure to Recognize Completion
   • Failure to Apportion
   • Failure to Recognize Owner-Occupied Property
   • Failure to Recognize the Difference Between the Landlord and Tenant
   • Failure to Record...........
   • Failure to Serve
   • Failure to Timely Sue
   • Failure to Record Notice of Pendency of Action
   • Failure to Timely Add Surety
5. ARIZONA’S STOP NOTICE LAW
   • Introduction
   • Prerequisites to Serving a Stop Notice
   • Who May Serve a Stop Notice
   • The Effect of a Payment Bond on a Stop Notice
   • Bonded Stop Notices
   • Enforcing the Stop Notice
   • Penalties for a False Stop Notice
6. RECENT CHANGES TO ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES
7. ARIZONA’S PROMPT PAYMENT LAW
8. CONSTRUCTION LAW FORMS
   • Checklist for Preliminary Twenty-Day Notices
   • Letter to Owner Seeking Required Preliminary Twenty-Day Notice
   • Arizona Preliminary Twenty-Day Notice
   • Affidavit of Mailing (Preliminary Twenty-Day Notice)
   • Notice of (Project) Completion
   • Checklist for Perfecting Construction Lien on Private Projects
   • Notice and Claim of Mechanics’, Materialmen’s or Professional Services Lien (Letter Notice and Claim of Mechanics’, Materialmen’s or Professional Services Lien (Recordable Version)
   • Release and Waiver of Lien or Claim
   • Conditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment
   • Unconditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment
   • Conditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment
   • Unconditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment
   • Special Mailing Services
   • County Recorders Information and Recording Procedures
   • Notice of Lis Pendens
   • Stop Notice
   • Bond to Release Money Held on Stop Notice
   • Bond to Support Stop Notice
   • Notice and Claim on Bond (Arizona Little Miller Act)
   • Notice and Claim on Bond (Private Projects)
   • Joint Check Agreement
   • Arizona Registrar of Contractors Complaint Form
   • Mechanics' Lien Data Request Letter
   • Table of Authorities

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