Chapter 514 — Mechanics, Laborers and Material Suppliers

15.001 Application of Laws 2005, Chapter 56, Terminology Changes This section says that state agencies should use updated terminology from a 2005 law when they replace printed materials … 514.001 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.01 Mechanics, Laborers and Material Suppliers Establishes who can claim a mechanic's lien in Minnesota. Anyone who performs labor, furnishes materials or machinery, … 514.011 Notice This section requires contractors to give property owners a written notice about lien rights before work begins. … 514.02 Nonpayment for Improvement; Penalties and Remedies Requires that payments received by contractors and subcontractors for construction work be held in trust for the benefit … 514.03 Extent and Amount of Lien Sets the rules for how much a mechanic's lien is worth. If you had a contract with the owner at an agreed price, the … 514.04 Lines of Railway, Telegraph, or Similar Projects This section gives workers and suppliers a lien on railway lines, telegraph and telephone lines, pipelines, and similar … 514.05 When Lien Attaches; Notice This section explains when a mechanics' lien attaches to property. Liens take effect from the time the first material or … 514.06 Title of Vendor or Consenting Owner, Subject to Defines when a property owner's interest is subject to a mechanic's lien. Generally, anyone with an interest in the … 514.07 Payments Withheld; Lien Waivers This section allows property owners to withhold money from their contractor to cover liens from unpaid subcontractors … 514.08 Statement; Notice; Necessity for Recording; Contents Requires a mechanic's lien claimant to file a verified lien statement with the county recorder within 120 days after the … 514.09 Two or More Buildings This section allows a lienholder who worked on two or more buildings on the same lot or adjoining lots under one general … 514.10 Foreclosure of Liens Mechanic's liens are enforced by filing a foreclosure action in district court, following procedures similar to mortgage … 514.11 Commencement of Action; Proceedings This section explains how to start a court action to enforce a mechanics' lien. The lienholder who filed the lien … 514.12 Notice of Lis Pendens Requires a lis pendens (notice of pending lawsuit) to be filed at the start of a mechanic's lien foreclosure action. … 514.13 Statutory Lienholder Rights; Nonexclusive This section states that the lien rights in this chapter are not your only option. If you fail to follow the lien … 514.135 Computation of Interest on Claims This section sets rules for calculating interest on mechanics' lien claims. Interest accrues at the legal rate until 30 … 514.14 Postponement, Judgment, Subrogation This section covers court procedures for lien foreclosure cases. The court can postpone the trial, modify judgments, and … 514.15 Judgment, Sale, Redemption This section explains how property is sold to satisfy lien judgments. The court orders a sale, and the proceeds are … 514.16 Severance of Building, Resale, Receiver This section allows a court to order just the building or improvement sold separately from the land, if it can be … 514.17 Miners This section gives miners a lien for labor, skill, materials, or machinery used in opening or working a mine. The lien … 514.18 Retaining This section creates a lien for anyone who stores, cares for, or improves personal property at the owner's request. The … 514.19 Right of Detainer This section lists the types of services that create a lien and right to hold personal property. These include … 514.20 Sale This section allows a lienholder to sell the property if the debt is not paid within 90 days. For motor vehicles with a … 514.21 Sale, When and Where Made; Notice This section sets the rules for selling property to satisfy a lien. The sale must be at public auction with proper … 514.22 Conduct of Sale This section sets rules for how lien sales must be conducted. The property must be visible during the sale. Only enough … 514.221 Creation; Perfection; Enforceability This section creates a lien for anyone who repairs or improves an aircraft. The lien must be filed within 90 days of … 514.23 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.24 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.25 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.26 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.27 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.28 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.29 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.30 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.31 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.32 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.33 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.34 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.35 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.36 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.37 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.38 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.39 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.40 Liens, Preference This section gives a lien to anyone who performs labor or services related to cutting, hauling, or processing logs, … 514.41 Lien Statement, Filing; Assignment of Lien This section explains how to file a lien statement for timber work. If you are not paid within five days of demanding … 514.42 Termination of Lien This section sets deadlines for filing timber lien statements. The statement must be filed within 30 days after the work … 514.43 Action; Attachment This section explains how to enforce a timber lien through a lawsuit with an attachment. The case is filed in district … 514.44 Allowance and Issue of Writ This section describes how to get an attachment writ for a timber lien. An affidavit must state the amount owed and … 514.45 Contents and Levy of Writ This section describes what the attachment writ must contain and how it is served. The writ must describe the timber and … 514.46 Logs Scaled to Officer; Where Held; Fees This section allows the officer serving a timber attachment writ to have logs scaled at a boom to prevent loss. Boomage … 514.47 Pleadings; Priority of Liens This section requires the plaintiff in a timber lien case to allege the facts supporting their lien. When multiple liens … 514.48 Discharge of Attachment; Bond This section allows a defendant in a timber lien case to dissolve the attachment by paying the admitted amount and … 514.49 Findings, Judgment, Costs This section describes what the court must decide in a timber lien trial. The court determines how much is owed, how … 514.50 Execution Sale This section explains how a timber lien judgment is enforced through an execution sale. The property subject to the lien … 514.51 Obstructing or Intermixed Logs This section gives a lien to anyone whose logs are blocked by another person's logs in a stream, or whose logs get mixed … 514.52 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.53 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.54 Timber Cut in Other States This section extends timber liens to logs cut in another state that are transported into Minnesota. A person who would … 514.55 Stray Timber Secured in Other States This section gives a lien to anyone authorized by another state's law to pick up or secure lost or stray logs from … 514.56 Preservation and Enforcement This section sets rules for preserving and enforcing liens on timber transported from other states. The lien statement … 514.57 Commissioner of Natural Resources; Lien for Charges This section gives the commissioner of natural resources a lien on logs, timber, and lumber to secure payment of … 514.58 Sale and Distribution of Proceeds This section allows the commissioner's lien on timber to be enforced through a sheriff's sale if the fees are not paid … 514.59 Wages, Lien as Against Seizure This section gives employees a lien on their employer's property for unpaid wages earned in the last six months. The … 514.60 Notice to Sheriff; Property Held This section requires a wage lienholder to notify the sheriff within five days after a levy. The sheriff must then hold … 514.61 Death or Dissolution of Employer This section extends the employee wage lien to situations where the employer dies, dissolves, or becomes insolvent. The … 514.62 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.63 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.64 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.65 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.66 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.661 Lien for Rental Value of Farm Machinery During Mediation This section creates a lien for the rental value of farm machinery used during agricultural debt mediation. The lien … 514.67 Inspections, Examinations, or Other Governmental Services This section creates a first-priority lien for government inspection and service fees. The lien applies to all taxable … 514.671 Definitions This section defines terms used in the environmental lien laws. Key terms include 'cleanup action,' 'cleanup action … 514.672 Environmental Lien This section creates an environmental lien in favor of the state on real property of persons liable for cleanup costs. … 514.673 Environmental Lien Notice This section describes what must be in an environmental lien notice and where it must be filed. The notice must identify … 514.674 Lien Enforcement; Limitation This section explains how environmental liens are enforced. They can be foreclosed like judgment liens. However, if the … 514.675 Lien Does Not Affect Other Remedies This section states that the environmental lien laws do not limit the state's ability to sue for cleanup costs through … 514.676 Amounts Received to Satisfy Lien This section requires that money collected from environmental liens be deposited in the state treasury and credited to … 514.68 Lien for Hospital Charges This section gives hospitals a lien for their charges when caring for an injured person. The lien applies to any legal … 514.69 File With County Describes how hospitals and public assistance agencies perfect a lien for unpaid care costs. A hospital must file a … 514.70 County to Provide Record This section requires county offices to maintain records of hospital liens. The county must keep a hospital lien book … 514.71 Release This section requires the hospital lienholder to join in any release of the patient's legal claims. The hospital can … 514.72 Application This section says that the hospital lien laws do not apply to workers' compensation benefits. 514.73 Liens Assignable This section allows all liens under Chapter 514 to be transferred to another person. If the lien holder dies, their … 514.74 Inaccuracies in Lien Statement This section protects liens from being invalidated due to minor errors in the lien statement. However, if a lien … 514.75 Promissory Note; Effect This section says that accepting a promissory note or other written promise to pay does not cancel a lien, unless the … 514.76 Satisfaction; Penalty for Refusal This section requires lien claimants to release their lien once they are paid. Refusing to release a lien after payment … 514.77 Liens for Launderers This section gives launderers, dry cleaners, and similar businesses the right to hold clothing and household items until … 514.78 Notification of Owner; Sale This section allows launderers and similar businesses to sell unclaimed items if they are not picked up within 90 days … 514.79 Balance of Proceeds of Sale; Payment of This section explains what happens to leftover money from a laundry or dry cleaning lien sale. If the owner cannot be … 514.80 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.81 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.82 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.83 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.84 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.85 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.86 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.87 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.88 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.89 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.90 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.91 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.92 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.93 Summary Sale of Unclaimed Animal; Notice; Proceeds; Record This section allows veterinarians to sell unclaimed animals after completing treatment if the owner does not pick them … 514.94 Rights of Detainer, Lien and Sale of Animals This section confirms that the veterinary lien sale provisions do not change a veterinarian's existing rights to hold … 514.945 Agricultural Producer's Lien This section creates a lien for agricultural producers who sell and deliver their products to a buyer. The lien attaches … 514.950 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.952 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.954 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.956 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.958 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.959 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.960 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.963 Crop Lien Definitions This section defines terms used in the crop lien laws. Key terms include 'agricultural chemical,' 'agricultural lien,' … 514.964 Agricultural Lien on Crops This section creates three types of agricultural liens on crops: a landlord's lien for unpaid rent, a harvester's lien … 514.965 Livestock Lien Definitions This section defines terms used in the livestock lien laws. Key terms include 'agricultural lien,' 'emergency veterinary … 514.966 Agricultural Lien on Livestock This section creates several types of agricultural liens on livestock: a veterinarian's lien for emergency services, a … 514.970 Title This section gives the official name of the self-service storage lien laws. They are called the 'Minnesota Liens on … 514.971 Definitions This section defines terms used in the self-service storage lien laws. Key terms include 'self-service storage … 514.972 Lien Against Property Gives self-service storage facility owners a lien on personal property stored in their facility for unpaid rent, labor … 514.973 Enforcement of Lien This section explains how a storage facility owner enforces a lien for unpaid rent. The owner must send notice to the … 514.974 Additional Notification Requirement This section requires storage facility owners to send notices to the occupant's email address (if consented), their … 514.975 Rental Agreements This section requires storage rental agreements to disclose the owner's lien rights, insurance coverage, and allow the … 514.976 Disclosure and Actions This section requires storage facility owners to disclose their name and address and the name of the property manager to … 514.977 Additional Remedies This section gives storage facility owners additional legal remedies when an occupant does not pay rent or violates the … 514.978 Waiver or Modification Prohibited This section prohibits storage facility owners and occupants from waiving or changing the protections in the … 514.979 Advertising This section prohibits self-service storage facilities from using the word 'warehouse' in their advertising unless they … 514.980 Medical Assistance Liens; Definitions This section defines terms used in the medical assistance lien laws. A 'medical assistance agency' is the Department of … 514.981 Medical Assistance Lien This section creates a lien in favor of the state on the real property of medical assistance recipients for the cost of … 514.982 Medical Assistance Lien Notice This section describes the contents and filing requirements for a medical assistance lien notice. The notice must … 514.983 Lien Enforcement; Limitation This section explains how medical assistance liens are enforced. They can be foreclosed like judgment liens, but they … 514.984 Lien Does Not Affect Other Remedies This section clarifies that the medical assistance lien laws do not limit the state's ability to file claims against the … 514.985 Amounts Received to Satisfy Lien This section requires money collected from medical assistance liens to be deposited in the state treasury and credited … 514.99 Nonconsensual Common Law Liens This section addresses nonconsensual common law liens, which are liens not authorized by statute and not agreed to by … 514.991 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.992 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.993 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.994 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the … 514.995 This section of the Minnesota lien statutes has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed from the …