CHAP. 827.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2476 of the code of Virgi-
nia of 1887, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend sections 2475 and
2476 of the code of Virginia, with reference to liens for work done and mate-
rial furnished by artisans, mechanics, lumber dealers and others, approved
January 16, 1896, and to amend and re-enact section 2477 of the code of Vir-
ginia of 1887,.as amended by an act entitled an act to amend section 2477 and
2479 of the code of Virginia in relation to the lien of mechanics, approved
February 28, 1894.

Approved March 5, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-four hundred and seventy-six of the code of Virginia of eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended by an act entitled an act
to amend sections twenty-four hundred and seventy-five and twenty-
four hundred and seventy-six of the code of Virginia, with reference
to lien for work done and materials furnished by artisans, mechan-
ics, lumber dealers and others, approved January sixteenth, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-six, and section twenty-four hundred and
seventy-seven of the code of Virginia of eighteen hundred and eighty-
seven, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend
sections twenty-four hundred and seventy-seven, and twenty-four
hundred and seventy-nine of the code of Virginia, in relation to the
lien of mechanics, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§ 2476. Perfection of lien by general contractor; mechanics lien
record ; notice of lien.—A general contractor, in order to perfect the
lien given by the preceding section, shall at any time after the work
done and the materials furnished by him, and before the expiration
of sixty days from time such building, structure, or railroad is com-
pleted or the work thereon otherwise terminated, and from the time
such labor is last performed or materials furnished for the construc-
tion of any building, structure, or railroad, file in the clerk’s office of
the county or corporation in which the building, structure, or rail-
road, or any part thereof is, or in the clerk’s office of the chancery
court of the city of Richmond if the said building, structure, or rail-
road is within the corporate limits of said city, an account showing
the amount and character of the work done or materials furnished,
the prices charged therefor, the payments made, if any, and the bal-
ance due, verified by the oaths of the claimant or his agent, with a
statement attached declaring his intention to claim the benefit of
said lien and giving a brief description of the property on which he
claims the lien. Itshall be the duty of the clerk in whose office such
account and statement shall be filed, as hereinbefore provided, to
record the same in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, called
mechanics lien record, and to index the same in the name as well of
the claimant of the lien as of the owner of the property, and from
the time of such filing all persons shall be deemed to have notice
thereof.

8 2477. Perfection of lien by sub-contractor; extent of lien.—Any
sub-contractor, in which term is included all contractors and labor-
ers and mechanics and those furnishing materials, as provided in
section two thousand four hundred and seventy-five of the code and
acts amendatory thereof, other than general contractors, in order to
perfect the lien given him by section twenty-four hundred and
seventy-five shall comply with the preceding section, and in addi-
tion, give notice in writing to the owner of the property or his
agent of the amount and character of his claim. But the amount
for which a lien may be perfected under this section shall not ex-
ceed the amount in which the owner is indebted to the general con-
tractor at the time the notice is given, or shall thereafter become
indebted to said general contractor upon bis contract with said gen-
eral contractor for said structure or building or railroad.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.