2004 Minnesota Statutes

     514.03 Extent and amount of lien. 

    Subdivision 1.    Notice not required.  With respect to 
 any contract or improvement as to which notice is not required 
 by section 514.011, the lien shall be as follows: 

    (a) If the contribution is made under a contract with the 
 owner and for an agreed price, the lien as against the owner 
 shall be for the sum agreed upon.  

    (b) In all other cases, it shall be for the reasonable 
 value of the work done, and of the skill, material, and 
 machinery furnished.  

    Subd. 2.    Notice required.  With respect to any 
 contract or improvement as to which notice is required by 
 section 514.011, the lien shall be as follows: 

    (a) If the contribution is made under a contract with the 
 owner and for an agreed price, the lien as against the owner 
 shall be for the sum agreed upon; 

    (b) In all other cases, it shall be for the reasonable 
 value of the work done, and of the skill, material, and 
 machinery furnished.  Provided, however: 

    (c) The total sum of all liens, whether the contribution is 
 made under a contract with the owner or otherwise, shall not 
 exceed the total of said contract price plus the contract price 
 or reasonable value of any additional contract or contracts 
 between the owner and the contractor or additional work ordered 
 by the owner, less the total of the following: 

    (i) Payments made by the owner or the owner's agent to the 
 contractor prior to receiving any notice prescribed by section 
 514.011, subdivision 2; 

    (ii) Payments made by the owner or the owner's agent to 
 discharge any lien claims as authorized by section 514.07; and 

    (iii) Payments made by the owner or the owner's agent 
 pursuant to presentation of valid lien waivers from persons or 
 companies contributing to the improvement who have previously 
 given the notice required by section 514.011, subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 3.    All title, interest.  The lien shall extend 
 to all the interest and title of the owner in and to the 
 premises improved, not exceeding 80 acres, except in the case of 
 homesteaded agricultural land as used in section 273.13, 
 subdivision 23, where the lien shall be limited to 40 acres. 

    HIST: (8492) RL s 3506; 1973 c 247 s 3; 1976 c 32 s 1; 1Sp1985 
 c 14 art 4 s 96; 1986 c 444