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§42-142.
§42-142.
Any person claiming a lien as aforesaid shall file in the office of
the county clerk of the county in which the land is situated a
statement setting forth the amount claimed and the items thereof as
nearly as practicable, the names of the owner, the contractor, the
claimant, and a legal description of the property subject to the lien,
verified by affidavit. Such statement shall be filed within four (4)
months after the date upon which material or equipment used on said
land was last furnished or labor last performed under contract as
aforesaid; and if the claim be for the planting of any trees, vines,
plants, or hedge, such statement shall be filed within four (4) months
from such planting. Immediately upon the receipt of such statement the
county clerk shall enter a record of the same against the tract index
and in a book kept for that purpose, to be called the mechanics' lien
journal, which shall be ruled off into separate columns, with headings
as follows: "When filed", "Name of owner", "Name of claimant", "Amount
claimed", "Legal description of property", and "Remarks", and the
clerk shall make the proper entry in each column.
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