{"id":853,"date":"2013-10-09T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lienitnow.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/10\/09\/montana-mechanics-lien\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T18:05:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:05:15","slug":"montana-mechanics-lien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lienitnow.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/montana-mechanics-lien.html","title":{"rendered":"Montana Mechanics Lien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Montana, liens filed on private               property or on funds               relating to a public               project are known as               Montana Construction Liens               or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lienitnow.com\/montana-faq.asp\">mechanics liens<\/a>. When               a Montana mechanics lien is filed with               regard to work performed               on privately owned               property, it attaches to               and encumbers the fee               simple ownership of               property. When a Montana               mechanics lien is               filed with regard to               work performed on a               publicly or government               owned property, it               attaches to the fund of               money which the public               agency has allocated for               a project. The reason               for this is that you               cannot force the sale of               publicly owned land               (public agencies mean               any county, city, town,               township, public               commission, public board               or other municipality               authorized by law to               make contracts for the               making of any public               improvement in any city,               town, township or other               municipality).<\/p>\n<p>Contractors, as well as               subcontractors,               sub-subcontractors and               suppliers who have a               contract with a general               contractor or a               subcontractor can file a               Montana mechanics lien. <\/p>\n<p>Pre-lien notices are not               required for contractors               who have direct               contracts with the               owner, wage earners, on               projects relating to               dwellings of 5 or more               families or on               commercial projects.              For residential               projects, subcontractors               and suppliers must give               notice no later than 20               days after the date on               which services or               materials are first               furnished. That period               is extended to 45 days               on residential projects               where funding is               provided by a bank and               secured by a lien,               mortgage or encumbrance,               unless it is               owner-occupied.<\/p>\n<p>Montana mechanics&#8217; liens  on               private property must be               filed within <i><b>90               days<\/b><\/i> of the last               date the lienor provided               materials or services to               the Project or from the               filing of a notice of               completion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lienitnow.com\/file-lien.asp\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Montana, liens filed on private property or on funds relating to a public project are known as Montana Construction Liens or mechanics liens. 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